Deep Disillusionment in This Country (with Stewart Lee)
4/8/202628 min
This week, Armando is joined again by Stewart Lee to look at how political actors use language.
Wes Streeting says there is a 'deep disillusionment in this country', and says there is a “growing sense of despair about whether anyone is capable of turning this country round". Why is that? And does politicians speaking in that way confound our misery? We look at Sarah Pochin's comments about black and asian people in adverts, and the responses across parliament to that. We also look at how much news is just speculation, and how politicians use speculation to further th...
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First 90 secondsStewart Lee· Guest0:00
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Armando Iannucci· Host0:49
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Strong Message here from BBC Radio 4, a guide to the use and abuse of political language. I'm Armando Iannucci, or if you're listening to the Spotify transcript of this program, I'm Amanda You Nucci. [laughs] And I'm joined again by Stuart Lee. And this week we're gonna talk about, quote, "The deep disillusionment in this country", unquote. Uh, words from Wes Streeting, who is actually in the government. Why did the Health Secretary feel the need to say that? Uh- He wants, he wants someone to do something about it. Yes. [laughs] He's having a stiff word with himself. Uh,