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

Welcome to a brand new day here at Talk Radio, the home of free speech, the headquarters of common sense,

and the bane of all woke commentators, the enemy of those who would take away our freedoms,

and the one place of the media landscape where we tell you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing

but the truth. Yesterday, YouTube tried to stifle our message. They tried to silence our words.

They tried to ban our pictures and our live television feed. Today, I'm delighted to announce

we have triumphed over their censorship. We have been victorious in our fight for you, in our

crusade to battle for the right to criticise our

government, its strategy and its continuing assault on our livelihoods, our way of life and our

fundamental freedoms. And it is due in no small part to all of you out there who were magnificent

yesterday in sending messages, in sending messages of support to us, messages of complaint to them.

We are now, of course, back doing what we do best. Make no mistake, ladies and gentlemen,

we are not in the business of promoting conspiracy theories. We are not in the business of concealing

the truth and we are not in the business of denying that COVID is a nasty and ghastly virus.

But here is what we are in the business of doing, safeguarding your rights, ensuring that every rule and restriction on

your lives is based on common sense and proper scientific data, and we are here to bring you

every side of the story without fear and without favour. As ever, we need to hear from you, the voices

of reason in this

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