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Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio. Well, there's only one story in town, obviously, today, ladies and gentlemen, and it's the total and utter destruction of the woke agenda that came so close to shutting down debate in this country, thanks to the Queen of Woke, Megan Markle.

This morning, Piers Morgan is basking in the glow of victory after the broadcast regulator of Com ruled that he was right to share his

opinions about the Duchess of Sussex following her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey

on CBS in America. Last night, Pearce hailed the win as a thumping endorsement of freedom of speech

and I can only say that I totally agree with him and I think the fact that this is such a big

story will reverberate throughout

the land and will reverberate and put the hebe-jeebies up the wokeists and that's what

I plan to do today as well. After receiving 58,000 complaints about the show on Good Morning

Britain, Offcom declared that to rebuke peers over what he said would be an unwarranted and

chilling restriction on

freedom of expression. We talked a little bit about it yesterday right here on this show because

the story broke as we were on the air, but we will be doing more on it today because I'll tell you

what, in the sun today, they've got 17 untruths that were part of that Megan Markle interview.

And the fact, and you may not think this

is as big a deal as it is, but I can tell you it really is. The fact that Offcom, the regulator of

the broadcast media in this country has actually backed a presenter with an opinion is a massive

deal. And I want you all to realise that, please. This morning we'll be celebrating the end of

workery with some columnist Ply Moody, who spoke to peers last night, and author and lawyer Helen Dale as well. Up first

though, we're joined by Ben Habib, former Brexit Party MEP, with his take on the Taliban takeover

of Afghanistan, their talks with the British government, and just where all the refugees are

going to be housed in this country. Some councils are already rejecting the idea of bringing

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