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

Well, well, well.

It's another happy Monday, isn't it, for everybody out there, wondering exactly what to do with the rest of the day.

Fancy going to the beach, perhaps?

Not really.

It's a bit cold.

How about a nice walk in the park?

Well, it's pouring down with rain, unfortunately.

Well, it is the last day of July, after all.

As Kevin O'Sullivan just said on the Mike and Kev's show,

let's get back to doing what we do best,

moaning about the weather and how awful the summer is.

They're not seen to be talking about the forests on fire anymore in Europe,

are they? The world is on fire, according to Sadiq Khan. The only

thing that's on fire is Sadiq Khan's opportunity meter, because he thinks he can now bring

U-LES in, make another £400 million off of the poor London budget, not just the people who live

in London, but the people who visit it and the people who live around it. The U-Less argument is still going on. It's still raging all over the weekend.

And I'm delighted to say that Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, appears to have discovered something,

Eureka-style, is worked out that actually, if you become a bit more friendly to motorists, actually win the odd election because Uxbridge of course the by-election was won as a result of people wanting to vote conservative for the very reason that it ended up being for the Ullo's source or situation.

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