Talk Breakfast

It was a turbulent day for the Labour party which saw its Deputy Leader Tom Watson resign, plus they, along with the Tories, will be targeted by the Unite To Remain alliance. Also what's been your favourite words that have come out of the whole Brexit debate?

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All I want for Christmas is... a rail and Royal Mail strike? We talk to Professor Len Shackleton from the IEA to find out what's the point of strikes these days. CEO of the Dogs Trust explains why there's a surge of people buying dogs before Christmas. We cross live to San Diego to catch up with LaDona Harvey. And what happens when a caller accuses Mike of being thick?

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The Labour Party would like us all to do four-day weeks, we speak to Robert Colvile from the Centre for Policy Studies about whether that's a good idea. Columnist Dawn Neesom gives her opinion about Emma Watson refusing to call herself 'single'. And Royal Butler Grant Harold tells us which things make us British. Plus, we take your calls on how fireworks affect your pets.

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Welcome to The Independent Republic for another week. We chat all things Brexit and General Election with pollster Joe Twyman, Dr Rakib Ehsan from the Henry Jackson Society, talkRADIO's Andre Walker, and Brexit Party MEP Alexandra Phillips takes some calls.

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Nigel Farage has lunched his General Election campaign and also caught up with talkRADIO. Plus, Conservative candidate for Mayor of London Shaun Bailey joins us in the studio. And we speak to a lot of callers, including a woman from Workington.

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Welcome to talkRADIO, your election station! We speak to William Clouston, the leader of the Social Democratic Party. Roy Lilley joins us to discuss the state of the NHS. And Howard Hughes brings us spooky Halloween stories!

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We're having an election on the 12th of December and we've popped down to the Tent of Common Sense to celebrate. We're joined by Joe Twyman from Delta Poll, Alastair Campbell, Tory MP guy Opperman, and Mark Dolan. Plus, we speak to Yvette Williams MBE from Justice 4 Grenfell to find out what she makes of the inquiry report released today.

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Will there be a General Election in December now that Labour seem to back the idea? We speak to former Conservative MP Stewart Jackson and Comedian Geoff Norcott pops in to talk about it. Plus the get former firefighter Jim Fitzpatrick's thoughts on what we know so far about the Grenfell inquiry report. And Emma Hammett from First Aid for Life brings us first aid tips ahead of Bonfire Night.

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Clocks went back an hour yesterday and our very own Brexit countdown clock has gone back three months thanks to the EU's 'flextension'! What next? We speak to SNP Business spokesman Drew Hendry about why his party wants an election on the 9th of December. Plus we have a chat with The Laughing Gardener.

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Lord Daniel Finkelstein joins us to discuss to which extent the DUP are key for the Brexit deal to get approved by the Commons. Former Royal Editor of The Sun Charles Rae talks all things Meghan Markle. And how long until we can get on flying taxis?

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