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we have reached the end of the second week of the lockdown and Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republican Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

We have reached the end of the second week of the lockdown and things are starting to look terribly familiar, aren't they?

More masks are being worn by the dwindling number of people walking the streets of our towns and cities.

More police appear to be in evidence in ever greater numbers.

Our food shops seem to be more likely to have shelves containing produce on them,

and social distancing is being practised more and more properly. Today, we are taking stock of where we are,

what Matt Hancock had to say yesterday, and where the next few weeks and months are going to take us.

There's been a lot of questions about compensation packages this week. We will continue to search

for answers for those people who are the most

badly affected. We will continue to press the government on the self-employed packages,

the voluntary sector jobs being created and the companies that are in need of being named

and shamed for trying to profiteer from this ghastly pandemic. And I'm talking about welcome

break here, of course. If footballers are being asked to sacrifice their wages by the Health Secretary,

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