Armando Yannucci
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676 appearances
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first heard May 2026
last heard 21 May
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And I think you probably said, what, about 30 words there?
And I would say 20 of them are abstract nouns.
Exactly.
And abstract nouns are the things that keep the door locked.
Exactly.
If it can't be underpinned by any real meaning, then we can just keep going with it.
That's right.
And that was the kind of the problem that Stammer had with his speech.
two weeks ago I can't remember where he talked about the big arguments and then didn't offer any but then in that he ended with this thing where by referring to his mum and dad who had the I know he talks about them a lot but he tries to say something new about them which is that you know they didn't have much materially but they had this sort of solemn pride that they were going to be leaving to the next generation a brighter tomorrow than they had and he's sort of saying well leave me in charge and I'll fix that but
It's like nobody believes anymore that children are going to have it easier than their parents.
That boat has sailed.
And also, he did try at one point to do something about that, which was get rid of the means test on winter fuel.
And that's precisely why his party are about to kick him out.
And are you finding the standards of debate now, then, are not as high as, say, 10 years ago when you started?
Well, see... I'll quote one thing back at you.
It's just Rachel Reeves and Kemi Badenoch.
Reeves began a sentence with the set-up line, I don't know what's more pathetic.
Before we could make it as far as the agonising payoff from the opposition front bench, Kemi Badenoch simply shouted, you.
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That's where we are now in terms of debate.
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