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Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

So here we are then, lockdown Tuesday.

What are you doing and where are you going and what will it be like this time next week?

Last night the Prime Minister in what must be described as a very presidential performance,

basically declared a national state of emergency and told everyone to stay home

unless they had a very good reason not to. And good

reasons not to include essential working, visiting your children, going out for food and

exercising in the park, but only in groups of no more than two and only once a day. We spent

a great deal of the show yesterday talking about how ludicrous it was that so many people had

flocked to the beaches of this country,

had flocked to the national parks of this country, and were hanging around as if there was

nothing wrong whatsoever. Well, all of those people who argued with me on Twitter about how

I was wrong to criticise it have all, I'm afraid, been proved completely and utterly wrong.

The one thing that surprises me is how almost everyone has accepted that this is absolutely what we have to do.

No more weddings, no more parties, no more socialising effectively for the next three months.

I'm okay with that and I'd like you to be okay with it as well.

This morning we will be seeking answers as ever to more of your questions.

Some of you have been asking about court cases that you've been asked to attend,

MOT tests and whether you can still get them, joint custody of course, and exactly when the self-employed

can expect to know what they will be getting in terms of financial help from the government.

We will also be asking when Sadiq Khan will be sorting out the public transport in London,

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