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.

The wrangling goes on, ladies and gentlemen, even as we speak. Up in Manchester,

Andy Burnham is still holding firm on his position that he won't accept tier three lockdown,

despite the facts presented to him by the government and the critical care beds in Greater

Manchester will be overwhelmed by this time next month. He just heard Vaughan Geth in there in Wales

saying, if we don't do something now, we will be overwhelmed.

Well, that may well be, or it may well not be, because could it be, for example, that

Andy Burnham doesn't believe the government? Could it be that he knows something that they don't

when they say they'll be overwhelmed by this time next month? Could it be that the projected

figures are actually incorrect? We've got some very interesting information this morning to bring you.

We've been talking to a statistician who will give us the real lowdown on the numbers game,

and it's very different from the one that's being painted by the lockdown enthusiasts,

including, of course, the government.

Only yesterday, Labour MP, Chris Bryant, told a bare-faced lie

about the number of people in hospital

beds on the Dan Wooden show after calling my drive-time colleague a dangerous conspiracy theorist

just because he questioned the figures.

And he then called all the distinguished doctors who signed the Great Barrington Declaration

crackpots.

What would you expect from the new Labour Party?

Pretty much like the old Labour Party,

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