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The Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

Good morning, welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham, yet again at the start of another crucial week for the Prime Minister and the government.

It would seem as though we have one of those every single week. I can't remember the last time we didn't have a crucial week for the government.

Here at talk radio, of course, you know you can rely on us to guide you through the choppy waters of political intrigue emanating from Downey Street

and other parts of Whitehall because when it comes to chicanery, you might need a dictionary

of terms and who better to give it to you than me, a man who has dealt with words all of his life

and who sometimes even uses the right ones. The latest news this morning is that the party still

isn't over but it's starting to look a bit serious for Boris Johnson.

The vultures are indeed circling, and the pressure isn't letting up.

We've got headlines that say things like entire cabinet would back-attack hike delay.

We've got Johnson still believes he broke no rules in the Times.

The Sun talking about how it is a sort of deed-day for Boris Johnson.

The Daily Telegraph, number 10, police questioned by Gray over parties.

And some suggestions that Boris Johnson may not be Prime Minister by the end of this week.

Well, not if you ask him.

It's all very difficult to work out.

Meanwhile, looking east, of course, the UK and the USA have ordered all their staff to leave embassies in Ukraine as fears rise of an imminent Russian invasion. But is it all the case of Sabia Rattling from Moscow?

We will find out. We'll be asking Maylon Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens what he thinks is going on.

He knows an awful lot about what's going on in Russia, of course. Up first so it's Rod Little from

the Sunday Times. We'll get his take on the state of things, how we got here, and why everyone seems to want to tell us what to do. And why there are so many

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