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Good morning and welcome to yet another very special edition of the Independent Republic of Mike Graham.

We are live in the Horseshoe, one of the great pubs of old London town in the Shadow of the Shard. I'm

joined by Kevin O'Sullivan, my erstwhile hospitality partner. Deanna Davidson is here,

Tory MP for Bishop Auckland. We are ready, willing and able to drink 124 pints each

in order to save the economy. However, we won't do it in the next three hours.

We'll maybe do...

Six hours.

Two or three.

But it's going to be a great day.

If you're in the hospitality business, you're going to be very happy.

If you run a cinema, you're going to be pretty happy.

If you're in a travel business, you might actually get some business today.

There's lots to talk about. We've got a whole host of great guests, including Peter Hitchens, coming along. Lee Anderson MP is going to be here. Myr-Toozy. Ali Ross is going to talk about that dreadful

TV show that was on last night, probably later on as well. We want to hear from all of you.

We might not be taking your calls today, but we will be taking all your messages on Twitter

at Talk Radio, at IROMG, at TV, Kev. And of course, you can email us, you can text us at 87-2. We are at the

opening of the economy. The proper opening. It's not April of 12th. It's not when you can only have a few

people sitting outside, freezing in the rain, sitting there shivering in the snow. No, we're

actually inside. Look at these beautiful leather armchairs. Somebody said it looks a bit like tails from the unexpected,

which of course if you're not that old you won't remember. But there'll be plenty of unexpected

tales, there'll be plenty of news, there'll be plenty of entertainment as well. This is the

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