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

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

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Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis are joined by a guest, journalist Rob Hutton.

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

Why do we know what's going to be in a political speech before it
happens? What is 'kiteflying' and 'pitch rolling'? To find out,
Helen and Armando are joined by sketch writer for The Critic, Rob
Hutton, who has been at more political announcements than he's
had hot dinners. What's the best speech he's heard? What's the
worst? And who are all those people who turn up to watch the
Prime Minister give a speech at a carpet factory in Darlington?

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 and Caroline Barlow Executive Producer - Pete Strauss

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Audio production for
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