Good evening and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham. You're with talk. We're on TV. We're on radio, we're online, and we're on your smart speaker. Coming up, shockingly, a quarter of the UK's foreign aid budget is spent on housing asylum seekers and refugees. Plus, the rise in the suburban Cicno, every part of Britain has seen a rise in incapacity benefit claims with some of the largest increases in affluent commute to towns. And a teenage rally driver

beats the odds and her disability with her sights set on Formula One. Danielle Sutton will be live

in the studio. Good evening, Britain, and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham,

right here on Talk TV. We've got a belter of a show for you tonight. We'll be discussing the former American football star and acquitted murderer OJ Simpson, who's died at the age of 76, plus

Boris wades in on Sunak's smoking band plan, calling it absolutely nuts. Meanwhile, the UN's climate

chief has warned there's only two years left to save the world. Brilliant. So, the only place

to be on Earth right now is the

independent Republican Mike Graham. Start your engines, put your pedal to the metal. Lights out,

and away we go. Now, if you thought we spent too much time on foreign aid, a new revelations

show that a quarter of the budget is not going on any actual worthy foreign

developments, but has been used instead on the migrant hotel program. This scandal, which has crippled

the hospitality business for years now, cost us alone about £4.3 billion. With total migration

already higher at this point of the year since the boat started coming, it looks like the spending is only going to go up and up and up.

I'd like to introduce my panel for tonight, journalist and broadcaster Sam Dowler,

political commentator Ream Ibrahim and Barriston broadcaster Andrew Eborn.

Such a ham, isn't he?

Absolutely.

How did he get his own theme to? I mean, he does a lot of talking behind the scenes, you know.

It's true.

I can't help you.

Anyway, listen, welcome to all of you.

We've only got two years left, so just make the most of it is my...

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