Weird Turkish Barber Shops (with Stewart Lee)
Armando Iannucci is joined by comedian Stewart Lee to discuss 'weird Turkish barber shops', and where politics, journalism and entertainment all overlap.
Comedy writer Armando Iannucci decodes the utterly baffling world of political language.
This week, Helen Lewis is away, so comedian and writer Stewart Lee joins Armando to look at Robert Jenrick's flashy video in which he takes aim at 'weird Turkish barber shops', among other things. They discuss how the way politicians, entertainers and journalists are changing and overlapping, and Armando recalls the time he read politician's jokes in a comedy club (spoiler alert, it was a disaster).
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Have you stumbled upon any perplexing political phrases you need Helen and Armando to decode? Email them to us at strongmessagehere@bbc.co.uk
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Strong Message Here
Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis decode the utterly baffling world of political language.