The Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

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Because I don't think the government exactly at this point in time knows what it's doing.

Maybe Brendan Chilton can tell us. Brendan, very good bolly to you.

Morning, Mike. I'm afraid that's a very tall order.

I haven't got a clue either.

I mean, it's almost just like the sort of People's Republic of Stepney or something now, isn't it?

You know, but I'll tell you what, when you come to Stepney, these are the rules.

When you go to, you know, Onger, a bit further out, that will change to these rules. And then when you get down to Ashford, where Brendan is, you can do this. I mean, there doesn't seem to be any kind of what you

might call consistency about any of it. Quite right. And I think the people now just totally

confused. I don't understand the rules. And then you're getting positions where,

you know, regional mayors are saying they're going to enforce certain things and first ministers

are going to enforce other bits and but not that. And I think the people throughout this pandemic,

all they have ever wanted is consistency and straightforward rules. Right the way through this

pandemic, from when we first started learning

about coronavirus right up till the present day, government communications have been abysmal.

No one's known really what's going on. Nobody's known whether you've got to wear a mask here

or when you've got to get jabbed there or who you can go and see and who you can't.

And if there's one thing that comes out of this pandemic for the government and for not just the Conservatives, but for Labour win an election in the future as well, just for heaven's

sake, get someone that's half decent at comms that can tell people what to do.

Because frankly, I think we've had so many unfair arrests. We've had

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