Start the Week
Start the Week
BBC Radio 4
Political Writing: Joan Bakewell and Tim Montgomerie
41 minutes Posted Jan 28, 2013 at 10:37 am.
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Start the Week Allan Little explores the legacy of George Orwell's essay Politics and the English Language. Joan Bakewell, Tim Montgomerie, Chris Mullin and Phil Collins discuss Orwell's warning that evasive language, euphemism and insincerity dominate political writing, and assess the impact of today's political diaries, blogging and tweeting.

Producer: Katy Hickman.