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Across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham,

on Talk Radio.

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

There's a revolution underway this morning, ladies and gentlemen, whether it is the test and trace revolution whether it's the revolution

going on at the BBC where they suddenly seems to have worked out they might not be as

unbiased as they thought whether it's the revolution of opening the pubs next month it's a matter

of taking your pick this morning Matt Hancock has been singing the praises of the new system

that will move us out of lockdown faster by concentrating instead on those who are infected rather than those who

are not. The question is, will it work? And is it financially sustainable for people who can't

work from home but could be told to stay there for two weeks despite not actually being unwell?

And in parts of the country where infections are running at all-time lows, is it even necessary? We've just been hearing on the news there that over in New Zealand,

they haven't had any new cases for five days. We've had a very, very low rate of infection here

in London and the South East in recent times. We'll be talking to David Wooding coming up

to find out what's going on. We'll kick off this morning with David. We'll be asking him about yesterday's

appearance by Boris Johnson before the liaison committee, where MPs once more kept saying they

wanted to move on from the Dominic Cummings issue by refusing to stop asking questions about him.

Honestly, the story is dead and buried. Even the papers have left it alone by and large this

morning, apart from the Guardian, and even Emily Maitless has proved that the story's more about her than it is about him this morning. She was stood down,

of course, last night and admonished by the BBC for her biased attack on the Prime Minister's

Chief Advisor on Tuesday night. 0344-491,000. As ever, we want to hear from you, though,

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