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A mid-morning dance with the devil from the farmer of fury.

It's my bad morning debate with the great dictator.

The Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio as we wake up to the glorious news that the ludicrously expensive vanity project known as HS2 could be about to hit the buffers, much to the delight of everyone sensible and much to the horror of all the people who love

spending our money. After all, what's £100 billion of taxpayers' money between friends?

After all, it was dreamed up by Lord Adonis and endorsed by George Osborne. It was almost

bound to be jeeps, put Chris Grayling into the mix.

And what do you have?

Now Dominic Cummings, the Downing Street Hardman, has described it as a disaster zone.

It is surely doomed. It's not going to come back from this.

As I said to James Max, if it was a horse, you'd probably shoot it.

What better way to start the Boris Johnson era than with the axing of this great white elephant. You know it makes sense.

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But what happens now to all the people who sold their property to the government,

who passed on land that they thought they could occupy for the rest of their lives,

people who have had these taken away from them, businesses interrupted,

money lost, where does all that go now? And do we have to

pay out another $6 billion on some of the $6 billion that's already been spent doing absolutely

nothing about setting up a new train line? Coming up later, former number 10 communications chief

Katie Perrier will join me for a look at the Bojo effect in Europe. After his summit with

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