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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, stuck in an ever-decreasing vortex of doom, staring dead in the face,

wondering if we will be able

to get through the next few weeks without contracting the most deadly virus known to man in

the entire history of the world.

And what is it that we are most concerned about?

That's right, our summer bleeding holidays.

Only in Britain could a newspaper like the Daily Mail make missing out on a foreign holiday

sound like the worst news of all

time worse than the plague worse than an invasion of locust or indeed an increased death rate from

...