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Coming up, we look at the tragic developments in crimes and mass shooting in the capital

has racked up what the police are described is an unspecified amount of deaths.

Also, how the transport officers embarrass itself granting northern funding for London potholes.

Plus the overly complex EU migration deal the nation states

think won't work and the home office is stealth climbed down on reducing immigration.

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

It's the last show before Christmas, so we've got a few festive surprises for you between now and 11 o'clock. We'll be digging into the story that Sakeer Stama helped hate preacher Abu Qatada fight deportation from this country

when he was one of Britain's top human rights lawyers. Of course, he says it's all a desperate

Tory smear and that he had to represent people he didn't agree with. Oh, really? Is that right,

Sakeir? Like you supported Jeremy Corby, Prime Minister and then dumped him, claiming you were

never really friends. The long-running case cost 1.7 million pounds to the

taxpayer, and it was a Labour Home Secretary that wanted the Islamic extremist deported anyway.

Meanwhile, life doesn't get any easier for Rishi Sunat. He's facing yet another Tory rebellion

over a net zero tax he wants to impose on boiler makers to persuade them to move to heat pumps instead.

No one wants them. Backbenchers know it's a vote loser,

and they're emassing their forces to get the boiler tax reversed.

Surely he must realise that Britain isn't ready, isn't interested,

and isn't going to pay for anyone's Green Revolution.

We've got a brilliant cast of characters to run the line

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