Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk TV. It's the start of another week. It's a rather glorious day there. It's a bit windy, mind you. So be very careful if you're walking around carrying anything that might blow away, because it will blow away. It's that windy. We are, of course, well into the middle of March, the eyes of March. We've just had the Oscars. We won't be talking about that because I didn't watch it and I'm not really very interested in it either. Thank you very much indeed. What I am interested in, however, is free speech. What I am interested in is Gary Linneker. What I am interested in is the BBC and also the police who have been now told by Suella Braverman to stop recording hate crime incidents or non-crime incidents that may involve or not involve hate. It's a very complicated scenario, this one, but basically I thought she'd already told them to stop doing it. Why didn't

they stop doing it? Why are they still doing it? So we'll be talking about that. Claire Fox is here

with us, the Baroness, of course, in from the House of Lords. We'll be finding out from her

what she makes at the whole stramatches going on over the weekend with Gary Lineca. It looks very much as though

they've come to some kind of arrangement. But the arrangement they've come to would suggest

that now Gary Linneka actually runs the BBC and Gary Linneka actually owns the BBC because

it would appear that Gary Lindica would be back presenting much of the day next Saturday

and he's going to be allowed to tweet about anything he likes. Anyway, any time he because it would appear that Gary Lineke will be back presenting match as a day next Saturday,

and he's going to be allowed to tweet about anything he likes.

Anyway, any time he wants.

So basically, Gary Lunica has won.

He might even be getting an apology for the BBC.

I mean, is it any more craven and useless as an organisation?

They might as well just disband it, mind they. I think, I'm going to say this, and I said to Julie Hartley Brewer,

I think he's going to be disappointed.

I think he was looking forward to being sacked by the BBC

so that one, he could be a martyr to his cause,

and he thinks he's already a cross between Mahatma Gandhi

and, what's his face, Nelson Mandela.

You know, that's what he thinks he is. And then he could have got to make some real money somewhere else.

But we shall see.

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