Across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio. So here we are once more at the end of another fascinating and tumultuous week.

And we have learned quite a lot of things, haven't we? Let's have a little bit of a recap as to what

we now know that we did not know at this time last week. One, there is no such thing as a

promise Boris won't break. Okay, well, we sort of knew that one already. Number two, there is no such

thing as a safe to receipt. I think we probably knew that as already. Number two, there is no such thing as a safe to a receipt.

I think we probably knew that as well. Number three, Health Secretary Matt Hancock is effing useless.

I think we sort of knew that. Number four, UAF of VIPs don't get COVID and so don't ever need to quarantine.

Now that one is new, definitely. Number five, Scotland fans will take over London once more. I think we sort of expected that, and it's pouring with rain, by the way.

Can you imagine the wet bagpipes and the soggy kilts out there are going to be there all day?

And six, the sage modelers are still getting it all wrong.

Neil Ferguson, Captain Pantsdown, is predicting that something like 100,000 people are going to die before the summer.

Where's he getting all this?

We'll be kicking things off this morning with the former UK party leader Richard Tice,

who will have plenty to say about all of the above,

plus a call from the leader of the Oxford vaccine programme to scrap COVID tests in schools.

John Redson will join us with his take on the Lib Dems as well,

winning an historic by-election last night, and of course the rest of the week in politics. So 344-49-1,000. Coming up later on, we're going to be looking ahead to the big game tonight in the company of a host of great guests, including Jim White

from Talksport and will keep the pressure on the Royal Mail, who are still insisting that posties

can't fly the England flag on their vehicles, right, because of health and safety. It's okay for

them to drive around at 90 miles an hour down a street where there are children running and playing,

but no, no, they can't have a flag that's about the size of, you know, a can of peace. 0344491,000.

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