History Will Judge You (with Stewart Lee)
With the rise of AI, will they be writing history in the future? Stewart and Armando look at some recent ex-prime ministers, and how they try and shape their legacy.
Stewart Lee joins Armando again this week. With a by-election on, we look away from the present day and think about how history will judge politicians.
Some of the language in the recent Tony Blair documentary piques Armando's interest, and we also look at how Boris Johnson and Gordon Brown use language (or lack thereof) to cement their own post-premiership legacies.
We also look at the politic-speak creeping into Royal statements, Gerry Adams on a trampoline, and the furore over language at the BAFTAs
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Sound editing: Chris Maclean
Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Recorded at The Sound Company
Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios production for Radio 4.
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- Thu 26 Feb 202609:45BBC Radio 4
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Armando Iannucci and guests decode the utterly baffling world of political language.

