Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republican Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

So this is it, ladies and gentlemen, the gloves are off and there can be no turning back.

And I'm not just talking about the football either.

I'm not just talking about the game that will captivate the entire nation on Sunday night.

And I'm not just talking about what the mood of the country will be on Monday if England and Garret Southgate managed to pull it off and beat Italy to win the euros. The world will literally be our oyster, or at least that part that is not classified as the red list part of the oyster. But we need more. We are not a greedy nation, but we are hungry for success. Are we not? We are anxious for normality to return,

and we're keen to get up and go, but the big question is where and how much is it going

to bloody cost? Because you're going to have to pay a lot of money to get tested here,

there and everywhere. And what happens if you get a negative test and then a positive test?

I mean, who knows? Up first this morning, we've got Reform UK Party Chairman Richard Tice. He's here with a spring in his step, a glint in his eye, and a couple of glasses of English Fizz to celebrate this

great big weekend, which would also encompass the Wimbledon finals as well. What a time to be alive.

We might as well get ready to party. It's only 10.08, but what the hell? It's Friday, and we're ready. We're absolutely ready. O344-49-1,000. Coming up later on, we've got

travel guru Simon Calder. He's going to answer any questions you've got about just how complicated

it's going to be to go to any of the 100 destinations that Grant Shaps unveiled yesterday. And how

you're supposed to organise it all? The big question is whether you're prepared to jump through

all of the hoops they want you to jump through just to have a few days on a sunbed. I suppose it depends

who's next to you really, isn't it? 03444-49-1,000. John Reynolds here as well, Chief Political

Comptainter of the Independent. He'll give us his take on the week in politics, the paucity of the

opposition, and the dreadful Jess Phillips as well. Plus Rob Clark's here about Afghanistan, Georgie Frost, and it's Friday.

So we've got the Perrier Awards as well in the company of Yorkshire's finest Ms. Izzy

Rowland.

You're listening to me, Mike Graham, and the fastest growing radio station on the planet, the original and the best.

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