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

About this episode

Munya Chawawa joins Armando to discuss the political art of saying nothing and the influence of WWE on political language.

Fresh from a trip to America, Munya Chawawa joins Armando to discuss the political art of saying nothing. Munya recently looked at the parallels between Trump and Wrestling, and talks about how the language and theatre of WWE has inspired Trump's political style. They then turn to Andy Burnham's tightrope walk, and his desire to be clear and direct, whilst also avoiding the elephant in the room - what effect does that have on his language? Danny Kruger's defence of Reform's candidate also reveals some tricks of the political language trade, and we ask - can politicians engage on social media without being cringe? Got a strong message for Armando? Email us at strongmessagehere@bbc.co.uk A full list of candidates running in the Makerfield by-election is as follows Jake Austin - Liberal Democrats Count Binface - Count Binface Party Andy Burnham - The Labour Party Dan Clarke - The Libertarian Party John Dyer - Independent Ed Gemmell - Climate Party Paul Gould - Independent Alan 'Howlin' Laud Hope - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party Robert Kenyon - Reform UK Robert Pownall - Independent Rebecca Shepherd - Restore Britain Sarah Wakefield - Green Party Peter Ward - Rejoin EU…

People in this episode

Host: Armando

Guest: Munya Chawawa

Topics covered

• political language
• social media
• WWE
• Trump
• politics
• communication

Keywords

• Munya Chawawa
• Armando
• political language
• Trump
• WWE
• Andy Burnham
• social media
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reform UK, Liberal Democrats, Count Binface Party, The Labour Party, The Libertarian Party, Independent, Climate Party, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party, Restore Britain, Green Party

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