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License to Chill

Reform Party Leader and talkRADIO Presenter Richard Tice kicks off today's shoes to discuss the recent outrage caused by P&O Ferries after sacking 800 staff with plans to replace them with cheaper agency workers. Head of Investigations at The Times Paul Morgan-Bentley joins Mike shortly after to talk on his recent report looking into how hundreds of civil servants at the DVLA carried out no work on full pay for significant periods of the pandemic as managers boasted of watching Netflix at the public’s expense. Dr Tony Sewell visits the Independent Republic to discuss the removal of his honorary degree after his opinions on whether or not Britain is an 'institutionally racist society" received backlash from his University and former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan Colonel Ricvhard Kemp closes the show to provide the latest from Ukraine including Putin's recent removal of a top Kremlin officer. All that and so much more, so tune in!


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    01:18:50|
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    01:07:35|
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    01:32:09|
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    01:29:59|
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    01:38:14|
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