For the Sake of Transparency (with Natalie Haynes and Michael Gove)
Michael Gove joins to look at what politicians really mean when they say they're being transparent. Are there tricks he used as a politician that now frustrate him as a journalist?
Armando is joined by Natalie Haynes and Michael Gove to discuss the true meaning of transparency.
With his experience as both a politician and a journalist, Michael Gove gives his insight into how transparency can often mean the opposite. He also explains the perverse incentive for ministers to go out and defend tricky positions, and what it feels like to have your private communications laid bare in an inquiry.
And with Natalie on the show, we look at historical examples of turbulent leadership, and find out who has the dubious honour of being 'the Liz Truss of ancient Rome'.
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Sound editing: Chris Maclean
Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter
Executive Producer: Richard Morris
Recorded at The Sound Company
Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios production for Radio 4.
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- Thu 19 Feb 202609:45BBC Radio 4
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Armando Iannucci and guests decode the utterly baffling world of political language.

