Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

A mid-morning dance with the devil from the farmer of fury.

It's my boss.

Dangerous mid-morning debate with the great dictator.

The Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

It is all kicking off this morning.

One side blaming the other for talking to the wrong people.

The other side accusing them of working to undermine their credibility and leaking stories to the press.

It's a story of broken promises, ultimatums and relationships gone sour.

And that's just the wags at war, of course.

We'll be talking about Rebecca Vardy and Colleen Rooney a little bit later on.

Meanwhile, back in the surreal world of politics, things aren't any smoother.

Lib Dem leader Joe Swinson has been busy in Brussels,

having a picture taken with Michelle Barnier and Giva Hofstadt.

David Sassoli, the new president of the European Parliament,

has been having secret meetings with our Speaker John Burko,

and Boris Johnson is being called a traitor for attempting to keep Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.

Bizar, isn't it?

The Prime Minister was meeting with Irish Taoiseach Leo of Radka around lunchtime today in a last ditch attempt to salvage some kind of agreeable deal on the Irish

border that the EU will find difficult but possible to agree to. That was in Michelle Barnier's

words of course. It's great, isn't it? 0344-49-1,000. Meanwhile, Parliament is still proroged until

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