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🗓️ 19 May 2023
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Director General at The Institute for Economic Affairs Mark Littlewood kicks off today's show as we look into whether the rise of artificial intelligence will lead to British citizens losing their jobs to autonomy. Minister for Tech and Digital Economy Paul Scully MP joins shortly after to discuss his recent announcement that he will be running in the upcoming London mayoral elections to fight back against Sadiq Khan’s Infamous reign. Former MEP Rupert Lowe returns to the Independent Republic to discuss the countries migrant crisis as the National Crime Agency plans to crackdown on lawyers who help traffickers enter this country. Sergeant Rich Cooke joins Mike to discuss the home office's recent knife crime figures as it is revealed Rural knife crime is up 56% since 2012 and a 116% increase in suspended sentences since 2012. Brides-to-be have blasted the 'appalling' move by the Home Office to block-book a four-star hotel which has been forced to cancel weddings and school proms to house migrants, we speak to Bride to be Nicola Harmel whos wedding has been put on hold till next year due to the hotels decision to house migrants. All that and so much more, tune in!
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0:00.0 | Fast talk, straight talk, Mike Graham, fighting the good fight with all his might, providing a welcome dose of common sense for the common people. |
0:11.7 | Solid talk, hot talk, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham. |
0:17.1 | See it, hear it, think it, talk radio and talk TV. |
0:22.6 | Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk TV. |
0:26.6 | We have reached the end of yet another incredibly active week, you'd have to say. |
0:30.6 | Lots of lots of news going on, lots of things to report to you, lots of reasons why we need to get your opinions today on Friday |
0:38.3 | of all days heading into the weekend. We know one thing for sure. Coming up next week, we are going |
0:43.8 | to get the official numbers of the people coming into this country in 2022 and it's going to |
0:49.0 | be a big number. It could be 750,000, it could be 800,000, it could be 900,000, it could even be 1 million. |
0:56.3 | And I've got a big question for you this morning. Why on earth do we need to import so many |
1:00.7 | people from abroad to do work that has to be done in this country? Why on earth are we not |
1:06.1 | training enough people? Why on earth are we not upskilling enough people? Why are we not |
1:10.2 | educating enough people? And why are we just finding upskilling enough people? Why are we not educating enough people? |
1:11.5 | And why are we just finding it so difficult to fill jobs? I think I know the answer, but I'm going |
1:16.4 | to seek help from various people, including Mark Littlewood, who is of course from the Institute of |
1:20.9 | Economic Affairs. I'm going to ask him, why is it, for example, on the front page of the Times |
1:24.6 | this morning, it says the UK reliance on foreign nurses |
1:27.5 | is at a critical level. In 2019, the government promised to recruit 50,000 extra nurses |
1:33.4 | to work in the NHS from abroad. Why would be my question? These are not badly paid jobs. |
1:40.0 | I know that some of the nurses don't think they're paid enough. I know that some of the |
1:43.5 | nurses have been on strike for a very long time. I know that some of the nurses don't think they're paid enough. I know that some of the nurses have been on strike for a very long time. |
1:45.3 | I know that some of the nurses would like to continue to stay on strike until they get rid of the Tory government. |
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