Strong Message Here

Strong Message Here

Armando Iannucci hosts the programme that gives you a cast-iron guarantee to be laser-focused on decoding the baffling world of political language.

Each week he'll be joined by a guest to crack open the political phrasebook and attempt to demystify 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 people on the inside who are 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.

Armando's erstwhile partner in de-baffling political lexicon, Helen Lewis, is away working in the United States in the autumn and so her seat will be kept warm by a rotating cast of co-hosts.

Listen to Strong Message Here on Thursdays on Radio 4 at 9.45am, and an extended version is available on BBC Sounds.

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.

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There's Been An Under-Discussion (with Natalie Haynes)

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That's Not for Me to Say (with Munya Chawawa)

That's Not for Me to Say (with Munya Chawawa)

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28 Maj 34min

A Febrile Atmosphere (with Tom Peck)

A Febrile Atmosphere (with Tom Peck)

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21 Maj 39min

We Can't Go On Like This (with Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ayesha Hazarika)

We Can't Go On Like This (with Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ayesha Hazarika)

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14 Maj 34min

Technological Republic (with Stewart Lee and Carole Cadwalladr)

Technological Republic (with Stewart Lee and Carole Cadwalladr)

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7 Maj 34min

Game On (with Natalie Haynes)

Game On (with Natalie Haynes)

Ready Player One?Natalie Haynes joins Armando once again to talk about the rise of prediction markets, and how they might affect political language. We also look at the respective war memes from the U...

30 Apr 28min

The Process Was Followed (with Tim Shipman)

The Process Was Followed (with Tim Shipman)

Tim Shipman steps out of a busy week in Westminster to talk Armando through the language of political crises.Whether "time will tell", or "the matter has been dealt with", we decode what these phrases...

23 Apr 23min

Only the Fake News Would Come Up with This (with Amol Rajan)

Only the Fake News Would Come Up with This (with Amol Rajan)

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16 Apr 34min

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