Leaf Us Alone!

Morning Glory with Mike Graham

Matt Hall

News, Unknown, News & Politics

4.4 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

TalkTV's International Editor Isabel Oakeshott kicks off today's show to discuss yesterday's budget, migrant forecasting carried out by The Sun, as well as her reaction to The Lockdown Files and the journalistic work carried out by her and her team at the Telegraph. Travel correspondent from The Independent Simon Calder joins shortly after to give us the full lowdown on today's train strikes and how this will affect you and your commute. Conservative MP for North East Somerset & Former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Jacob Rees-Mogg returns to the Independent Republic to discuss yesterday's budget, we also ask Mogg why the government have decided to raise corporation tax as Jeremy Hunt waves through the biggest tax burden since war in the 2023 budget. Deputy Comment Editor at the Telegraph Annabel Denham continues the conversation surrounding the budget with a particular focus on why the government's plans for free childcare has been halted until 2025, we discuss whether this is a good plan for parents and families at all? Political Editor of the Scottish Daily Mail Michael Blackley joins shortly after to provide the latest from the SNP leadership race, and member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Conservative MP Bob Seely closes the show to discuss the Russian fighter jet that intercepted a US drone and how this will affect the ongoing conflict in the east. All that and so much more, so tune in!

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0:00.0	for the common people.
0:01.8	Solid Talk.
0:02.6	The Independent Republic of Mike Graham.
0:07.2	The home of common sense.
0:09.1	Talk Radio and Talk TV.
0:12.6	Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk TV.
0:16.8	There's lots to do this morning.
0:18.0	We are edging ourselves into the end of the week.
0:20.3	It's Thursday.
0:20.9	Isabel Oakshot's going to join us, Talk TV's international editor.
0:24.2	Could there be a looming banking crisis going on?
0:26.7	Why on earth has a council down in Plymouth decide to cut down load of trees,
0:31.0	despite the fact that they're supposed to be saving the environment
0:33.4	by putting in a cycle lane against the wishes, of course,
0:36.5	of all the people that actually live there.
0:38.8	We're going to talk about what else is going on with the budget and the fallout from that.
0:42.9	I mean, I'm not entirely convinced that this government has done anything really particularly good
0:47.6	in the last 24 hours in terms of Jeremy Hunt's ideas about building growth
0:51.9	and bringing people back to the Conservative Party. I'm willing
0:56.3	to be convinced and Isabel Oshott may believe in fact that the childcare situation is going to be
1:01.7	a lot better for an awful lot of people. Some people think that's a good thing. I'm not sure that
1:05.4	it is, but I remain convinced to be convinced and so that's why we're all here. If you can convince me
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