Talk Breakfast

Leader of the Social Democratic Party William Clouston kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as protests erupt as video shows woman ‘grabbed by throat & dragged out of shop after hitting man with basket’ after she was caught shoplifting. Professor Karol Sikora joins shortly after to discuss why on Earth NHS strikes caused 36,000 cancer appointments and operations to be cancelled according to new data.  Former First Minister of Scotland & Leader Alba Party Alex Salmond returns to The Independent Republic to discuss last nights football as England beat Scotland 3-1, Conservative MP and Former Brexit Minister David Davis joins Mike shortly after to discuss why a government unit accused of seeking to suppress free speech should be suspended immediately and face an independent review, a cross-party group of MPs has said. David Davis, the Conservative MP, and Caroline Lucas, the Green Party leader, have written to Michelle Donelan, the Secretary of State for Digital, Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), raising concerns that the Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) is “monitoring online dissent”. All that and so much more, so tune in!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Columnist for the Mail on Sunday Peter Hitchens joins Mike at The Independent Republic for his weekly takedown of the weeks stop news stories! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Founder and Director of The New Culture Forum Peter Whittle kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as thousands of schools and colleges are in danger of breaking the law over recognising pupils' gender, a report warned yesterday. NHS GP and Broadcaster Dr Renee Hoenderkamp joins shortly after as doctors have warned that a nationwide clamour to get hold of new weight-loss injections is causing a “genuine threat to patient safety”, after the first NHS supplies arrived yesterday. Data Editor for The Spectator Michael Simmons returns to The Independent Republic to discuss recent statistics by the DWP as Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester one in five people in the working-age population are claiming out-of-work benefits.  Author, mediaeval historian and former supreme court judge closes the show to discuss his new book and what can be done about the rift between the European Union and the UK. All that and so much more, so tune in!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CEO of Independent Business Network Brendan Chilton kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as hundreds of council staff are 'working from the beach' – with a ten-fold increase in the number allowed to log in from abroad. Town hall bosses have granted more than 1,350 requests to work from overseas over the past three years, figures show. Communications Officer at the IEA Reem Ibrahim joins shortly after to discuss Britain's welfare hotspots as Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester one in five people in the working-age population are claiming out-of-work benefits. We speak to Councillor Tony Ball from Essex County Council as 50 school buildings in Essex have been fitted with dangerous concrete, with several told to delay the start of term, a council said. Conservative MP for Orpington Gareth Bacon returns to the Independent Republic to discuss the ongoing fightback against London Mayor Sadiq Khans ULEZ expansion and the founder of Loch Ness Exploration Alan McKenna closes the show to give an update on his hunt for the Loch Ness monster as he “most exciting” potential sighting of the Loch Ness monster captured on camera for decades has been dampened as the strange object photographed “spinning and rolling” in the water is “most likely” a sturgeon. All that and so much more, so tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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