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Talk Breakfast

Iran, the Labour leadership contest, and HS2

Talk Breakfast

Ricky Freelove

Current Affairs, Politics, News, Uk News, Phone In, Debate, British News, Conservatives, Immigration, Daily News, News Commentary, Talk, Labour, Reform Uk, Government, Speech Radio

4.3763 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

We kick off speaking to former Commander of the British Forces Colonel Richard Kemp about the ongoing situation in Iran. Plus, former Political Secretary for Tony Blair John McTernan gives us his thoughts on the Labour leadership race. And we catch up with Lord Berkeley to find out how exactly the HS2 budget is getting out of control.

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0:00.0

Across the UK, online and on DAB,

0:03.2

the Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

0:06.8

The Big Chief with a badge, a cattle prod and a head on a stick.

0:12.0

Dangerous mid-morning debate with the Great Dictator.

0:15.0

The Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

0:37.4

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham, right here on Talk and for the very first time live streamed as well on YouTube and on Twitter.

0:41.6

You might enjoy listening to me.

0:43.0

Now you get a chance to look at me as well while I'm actually talking.

0:45.9

Some of you may like that.

0:46.9

Some of you may not.

0:47.8

The point is that we are doing it now from this point on and for the rest of time.

0:51.5

So welcome to the Independent Republican Mike Graham. An uneasy calm is hanging over the Middle East at the moment this morning as dire warnings of dark days continue to emanate from Iran

1:01.0

following the drone killing of the country's hardline military leader on Friday.

1:05.0

Major General Kasim Soleimani was travelling in a convoy at Baghdad airport when his car was struck by the deadly drone

1:11.5

missile controlled, rather amazingly, from a little room somewhere in Washington, D.C.

1:16.4

After his screening all yesterday, Iran was still promising revenge, but President Donald Trump

1:20.2

has vowed to hit the Islamic Republic even harder if they attempt any attacks on US interests

1:25.2

in the region. And today, he's also threatening sanctions on Iraq after their parliament voted to kick

1:30.4

all foreign soldiers out of the country, including US and British forces.

1:34.6

We'll get the military view from Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan,

1:39.4

and the view from Tehran itself with Maya Tuzi, who says not everyone in the country

1:43.2

is sad that Soleimani is no more.

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