Talk Breakfast

TalkTV's International Editor Isabel Oakeshott kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines four alleged people smugglers were tonight charged with manslaughter following the drowning of at least six UK-bound migrants in the English Channel. Former police officer and Head of Royal Protection Dai Davies joins shortly after to discuss the government's latest knife crime and offensive weapon statistics as custodial sentences for such crimes continue to decline. Son of TV legend Terry Wogan Mark Wogan joins Mike at the Independent Republic to discuss the sad passing another TV legend Michael Parkinson passed away this morning at the age of 88, and Olympic medallist Sharron Davies closes the show to discuss a new ‘open’ category to include transgender athletes will be offered for the first time at the Swimming World Cup events in Berlin this October. All that and so much more, so tune in!

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Former MEP Alex Phillips kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as an alleged Russian spy ring whose agents are said to have posed as journalists to carry out surveillance on targets in London and Europe has been broken up by the Metropolitan Police. Founder of Fair Fuel UK Hoard Cox joins Mike shortly after to discuss Sir Keir Starmer's ULEZ U turn as Labour scrap policy plans for clean air zones, similar to London’s Ulez expansion, across the country. Writer for the Spectator Gavin Mortimer returns to The Independent Republic to discuss the latest from the migrant crisis, Tasmina Ahmed Sheik from The Alba Party joins shortly after tyo discuss why a poster depicting Rishi Sunak as a vampire feasting on Scottish oil has been rejected over fears it is “slanderous” towards the Prime Minister. Media giant Global refused the artwork from Alex Salmond’s Alba Party, which displayed a cartoon Mr Sunak alongside the words “No wonder he’s laughing. He’s got Scotland’s oil” with black droplets coming from oversized fangs. And  Chef & Restaurateur Anthony Worral Thompson closes the show to discuss whether Britons should embrace tipping after an online survey and why he is stepping away from the Greyhound pub after 18 years. All that and so much more, so tune in!

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Author and Sociologist Frank Furedi kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as Colonialism is to blame for imposing the male-female divide on society, NHS staff are being told in official hospital policies. Health trust documents obtained by the Daily Mail also state that adults who take hormone therapy are going through puberty, and that men who identify as women can be lesbians. Former NHS Trust Chair Martin Gower joins shortly after to discuss why on Earth Sixty per cent of patients at England's busiest hospital trusts are not being treated within the NHS's time target, official figures show. Sick Brits have the legal right to undergo routine procedures, such as hip and knee replacements, within 18 weeks of being referred. Leader of The Reform Party Richard Tice returns to The Independent Republic to discuss the latest why the EU has rejected Britain's attempts to create a new migrant returns agreement, which Rishi Sunak hoped would help to tackle the small boats crisis.

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International Editor for TalkTV Isabel Oakeshott kicks off todasys show by delving into the mornings top headlines as Rishi Sunak will face calls from up to a third of his Cabinet to put leaving the European Convention on Human Rights at the heart of the Tory election campaign if migrant deportation flights to Rwanda are blocked by the courts. Robert Oulds from The Bruge Group joins shortly after to discuss the number of people crossing the English Channel on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years could have passed 100,000 following fresh arrivals of migrants on lifeboats on Thursday. London Mayoral Candidate for the Reform Party Howard Cox returns to the Independent Republic to discuss why two thirds of applications for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) scrappage scheme have not yet been successful, fresh figures show. Transport for London (TfL) data shows £71.5m of funds remain unclaimed from an original pot of £110m, and Crime, justice & policing commentator Danny Shaw joins Mike shortly after to discuss Suella Braverman has ordered police to “hunt down and lock up” violent thugs behind a shop looting campaign to avoid US “lawlessness” coming to UK streets. The Home Secretary said police would have her “full backing to do whatever necessary” to maintain order as she demanded a “full incident report” into the social media-fuelled campaign to “rob JD Sports” which brought violence to Britain’s busiest shopping street. All that and so much more, so tune in! 

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Columnist at The Telegraph Madeline Grant kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as the number of civil servants earning more than £100,000 a year has nearly doubled, as new data suggest that Whitehall has been using a loophole to get around pay freezes. Executive Director of the Henry Jackson Society Alan Mendoza joins shortly after to discuss More than 40million voters may have had their data stolen in the biggest data breach in UK history. The Electoral Commission revealed yesterday that 'hostile actors' had access to its systems for 14 months without being detected. Senior Fellow at The New Culture Forum Rafe Heydel-Mankoo returns to The Independent Republic to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis as a Syrian asylum seeker has said living on the Bibby Stockholm barge would remind him of hiding from ISIS. On Monday, 15 people spent their first night on the vessel, docked in Portland Port, but 20 refused to board due to a 'severe fear of water', according to their lawyers. Bar Owner and Restaurateur Clinton Pugh joins shortly after to discuss his ongoing war with low traffic neighbourhoods, and The Telegraph's Annabel Denham closes the show with her weekly takedown of the top headlines of the morning. All that and so much more, so tune in! 

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Baroness Claire Fox kicks off today's show by delving into the morning's top headlines as the Home Secretary says those advising migrants on how to remain in the country by fraudulent means 'must be rooted out and brought to justice'. Former Met Police Officer Rory Geoghegan joins shortly after to discuss why on earth a group opposed to sports utility vehicles (SUVs) said its supporters had 'destroyed' car tyres at a dealership in an 'act of retaliation' after two young girls were killed in a crash at a school. Former Royal Air Force Pilot Andrew Brookes joins The Independent Republic to discuss why the air force are demanding bosses behind a botched diversity drive should face consequences, white men who were rejected for the force have said. Owner of Il Portico Restaurant James Chiaverini joins shortly after to discuss why he was targeted by trans activists after hosting a lunch with Sharron Davies and Daley Thompson, and Conservative MP Anne Marie Morris closes the show to discuss her concerns we are heading into a cashless society as NatWest imposes new cash limits in latest de-banking row. All that and so much more, so tune in! 

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