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Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 11:06 GMT 12:06 UK

Not My Words, Mr Speaker...

In this series of The Sunday Supplement, political commentator Matthew Parris takes a canter through the arid badlands of political language and cliches and asks why politicians drape their speeches in the tired glad-rags of stale phrases.

Listen here to Part One and Part Two of "Not My Words, Mr Speaker."


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