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

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

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Armando and Helen are joined by Ava Santina Evans to talk casualness in political speech.

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Comedy writer Armando Iannucci and journalist Helen Lewis decode
the utterly baffling world of political language.

Following the remarkable security breach dubbed 'Signalgate',
Helen and Armando are joined by political editor of Politics Joe,
Ava Santina Evans, to discuss how casualness has crept into
political communication. Is it a threat? Is it just cringe? And
why oh why do we still use the suffix 'gate' for a scandal, given
its origins are over 50 years old?

Listen to Strong Message Here every Thursday at 9.45am on Radio 4
and then head straight to BBC Sounds for an extended episode.

Have you stumbled upon any perplexing political phrases you need
Helen and Armando to decode? Email them to us at
strongmessagehere@bbc.co.uk

Sound Editing by Charlie Brandon-King Production Coordinator -
Katie Baum Executive Producer - Pete Strauss

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Audio production for
Radio 4. An EcoAudio Certified Production.