SiBarber

Just been told about the fascinating appearance of breakfast show star Mike Graham at the wedding reception of Richard Tice and his bride Isabel Oakshott. Mike arrived late at The Shard at London Bridge and, according to fellow guests, was already over-refreshed. On Tice beginning his speech Mike fell into a slumber. Tice does have that effect but not normally at the beginning of the oration. Reform’s No.2 finished on a rousing note and this woke Mike up who then decided the guests should hear his glowing views on Tice and his bride. So, he grabs the microphone and begins to speak in what some felt was a version of Latin. Very hard to decipher. David Bull, Reform’s former chairman, thought Mike was lowering the tone of the event - how this was possible with a roomful of politicians, journalists and Rebekah Brooks is hard to divine- and tries to grab the microphone. Mike fights him off, so in the middle of the room a wrestling match is now going on with Farage telling colleagues ; “Mike’s out of control.” Difficult for Farage to be too censorious as on occasions he has been in the grip of the grape . Anyway, a now irritable Mike beats off Mr Bull for the microphone but the effect of his exertions means he’s lost his thread and he lays down the mike. On reverting to his chair Mike is accosted by another guest displeased by the Latin oration and another bout of physical unpleasantness breaks out. Then it’s time to leave and for Mike, a matter of hours later, to prepare himself for his enormously successful breakfast show on UK Live. How he does it all is quite beyond me.