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

So, how was it for you?

Did you spend the weekend avoiding the shops because you can't stand the idea of wearing a mask was it for you? Did you spend the weekend avoiding

the shops because you can't stand the idea of wearing a mask to go into one? Did you do your

weekly trips for the food happily covering your face for the first time just because the

government told you to do so? Did you spend hours fretting about that fortnight's holiday

you booked in Spain for the last two weeks of August. Or did you just enjoy reading

all the royal nonsense published in the newspapers this weekend? How Megan and Harry were the victims

of nasty, horrible people that forced them to live in a rent-free 10-bedroom cottage while

handing them free money and servants. How William and Kate pushed the boat out for the pair of them

and only got branded selfish in return. And how the Hollywood horrors most definitely didn't cooperate with the book,

Finding Freedom, even though it seems to carry an awful lot of their friends' views.

We'll be talking to Royal author Charlie Ray later on in the show.

First up, though, it's Nick Dubois, former Tory MP and talk radio host, of course,

with the lowdown on what Boris does now. He's launching his new fitness regime this week by urging everyone to lose five pounds to save the NHS 100 million quid.

Not content with banning junk food adverts, the Prime Minister is hiring an army of weight loss coaches to work in GP surgeries,

and doctors will get bonus payments for the number of patients referred to weight loss clinics.

It's all a bit of a con, isn't it? Maybe you should make it a tax incentive as well.

You know, pay me to lose weight and I might do it.

0344-49-1,000. Mail on Sunday, Column, Peter Hitchins joins us later on with his take on the latest developments from the Nanny State.

And I'm pretty sure he's not going to be in favour

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