Enough Said: What's gone wrong with the language of politics?

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Never before have we had more access to information or more opportunity to debate the political issues of the day. Yet rather than vigorous and frank debate, the relationship between politicians, the media and the public is characterised by suspicion, mistrust and apathy. How have we arrived at this present state u and what role is political language playing in it? In this timely and important book, Mark Thompson, former Director General of the BBC, shows how over the last four decades, political, social and technological change has dramatically altered our political landscape u and how we talk about the issues that affect us all. Political rhetoric has become stale and vague and the mistrust of politicians has made many voters flock to populists who promise authenticity, honesty and truth instead of spin, evasiveness and lies. Featuring Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, George Osborne and Tony Blair, Silvio Berlusconi and many more, Enough Said shows how public language is losing its power to explain and connect, how an ominous gap is opening up across the West between the governed and those who govern, and what can be done to invigorate political debate and participation a