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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