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

and radio. Well, here we are then. Yet another month arrives and we're still locked down,

but not quite locked up. The dust still hasn't settled on the race debate after the commission

on race and ethnic disparities declared yesterday that Britain was not institutionally racist.

The howling could be heard all the way to the moon

last night and it's still going on today. They're not having it, are they? After all, there's jobs

to be had, there's money to be made. You can't just dismantle an industry overnight. Yesterday,

two of the most privileged men in Britain were both claiming that the report was wrong. Both men

are paid in excess of £200,000 a year by the British taxpayer.

Both men are members of Parliament.

David Lamy was sounding off about the gaslighting it was going on while declaring himself to be tired of it all.

Meanwhile, his Labour colleague Clive Lewis tweeted a picture of a Ku Klux Klan wizard from America

with the caption, Nothing to See Here.

Quite despicable.

We'll continue to take your calls on the subject today.

John Rentson will join us from the Independent as well.

I'll ask him whether the Lib Dems have finally found a policy that some people might actually like.

To do with lockdown, of course.

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Coming up later on, we're joined by commentator Helen Dale,

who will address the problem for schools and gender in this country as the NSPC sets up a helpline for pupils to call in report

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