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Egy Talk, Plainte, and MyRae Talk, Mike Graham. The only radio show you can count on for a proper serving of good old-fashioned common sense.

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

talk TV. Lots going on this morning. It's very foggy out there, but the mist will clear

the more you listen to this show. Because after 10 o'clock, we give you clarity, we bring you the

news, we bring you exactly what is happening around the world. And there are plenty of things

going on. Ben Habib joins us

first up. Also, Peter Cardwell Talk Radio's political editor. He's outside Downing Street where

there is a reshuffle underway, believe it or not. Nobody's really sure precisely what this is going

to mean. But more than likely, it may well mean that there's going to be a couple of new departments

created or broken down just so that somebody can do something with Dominic Rav. That may well be the case. You may not care, but we will tell

you why it's important and why you should care. Peter Cardinal will bring us every cough and spit,

including any sightings of the cat, of course, no matter what happens. Also, we'll be going

live to Turkey this morning where there's a terrible, terrible human catastrophe ongoing.

More than 5,000 people dead.

It could be as many as 6,000 before the end of this morning.

We'll also be going live to a sentencing hearing for David Carrick, who is, of course, that dreadful police officer who pleaded guilty to a series of rapes and sexual assaults over the course of the last several years.

They've been hearing terrible, terrible evidence from some of his victims over the last 24 hours.

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