U-Turns and Turncoats (with Stewart Lee)
Can politicians use language to convince us they have changed their minds?
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Show Notes
With the backdrop of tariffs and territorial land grabs, Stewart and Armando look at the political language of U-turns and turncoats.
With politicians having to advocate for a position they used to be in direct opposition to, we ask if political language exists in a quantum state inside Robert Jenrick's head, or, failing that are we really expected to believe defectors like him have had a damascene conversion?
Stewart gives an update to an tired political joke, Armando finds a nifty Peace Prize related fix for the Greenland dispute, and they both give a run-down the shifty, shifting responses from Government officials on their numerous U-turns.
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