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In this new series, Helen Lewis and Armando Iannucci investigate which political buzzwords are strong and stable and which are a crock of covfefe.
Each week Helen and Armando will crack open the political phrasebook and attempt to decode the doublespeak. Why does everything now have to be 'turbo-charged'? What's the difference between a 'pledge' and a 'mission'? Why has my local MP been 'weaponised' and should I be worried?
You'll be treated to a crash course in the dark arts of political language from two people both baffled and beguiled by it. They'll walk you through the various verbal fiascos of the modern political lexicon so that by the end you'll be oven-ready for an appearance on Newsnight.
Warning: this podcast features strong political language that some listeners may find nonsensical.
Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4.
Episodes (46)

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We Haven't Always Told Our Story as Well as We Should

The New Brexit

Delivering for Ordinary People (with Marina Hyde)

I Regret Some of My Posts (with Sara Pascoe)

Weird Turkish Barber Shops (with Stewart Lee)

An Announcement President (with Jon Stewart)

The Island of Strangers and the Manacled Gimp of Brussels

Yes or No?

I Want My Country Back (with Phil Wang)

The Official Language of the United States

How Much is a Pint of Milk? (with Rob Burley)

Liberation Day (with Soumaya Keynes)

Three Word Slogans (with Cleo Watson)

Fist Emoji, Flag Emoji, Fire Emoji (with Ava Santina Evans)

Seizing the Narrative (with Stephen Bush)

Britain Isn't Working

Be Quiet, Small Man

In the Public Interest?

Everybody's Miserable

The Threat from Within

Build, Baby, Build!

Flying a Kite and Rolling the Pitch (with Rob Hutton)

Trump Derangement Syndrome

Free Speech Is Back!

A Lawyer, Not a Leader

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Words of the Year

The Tepid Bath of Managed Decline

Reset, NOT Relaunch

Becoming a Distraction

I Make No Apology For...

The Deep State

In Listening Mode

MAGA - Trump trumps Harris

Tough Decisions

Kemi-Kaze and political nicknames
