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That's Not for Me to Say (with Munya Chawawa)

28 May 2026

35 minutes

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Fresh from a trip to America, Munya Chawawa joins Armando to discuss the political art of saying nothing.

Munya recently looked at the parallels between Trump and Wrestling, and talks about how the language and theatre of WWE has inspired Trump's political style.

They then turn to Andy Burnham's tightrope walk, and his desire to be clear and direct, whilst also avoiding the elephant in the room - what effect does that have on his language?

Danny Kruger's defence of Reform's candidate also reveals some tricks of the political language trade, and we ask - can politicians engage on social media without being cringe?

Got a strong message for Armando? Email us at strongmessagehere@bbc.co.uk

A full list of candidates running in the Makerfield by-election is as follows

Jake Austin - Liberal Democrats

Count Binface - Count Binface Party

Andy Burnham - The Labour Party

Dan Clarke - The Libertarian Party

John Dyer - Independent

Ed Gemmell - Climate Party

Paul Gould - Independent

Alan 'Howlin' Laud Hope - The Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Robert Kenyon - Reform UK

Robert Pownall - Independent

Rebecca Shepherd - Restore Britain

Sarah Wakefield - Green Party

Peter Ward - Rejoin EU

Michael Winstanley - The Conservative Party

Sound editing: Rich Evans

Production Coordinator: Giulia Mazzu

Executive Producer: Richard Morris

Recorded at the Sound Company

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios production for Radio 4.