Chapter 51
‘Trust me, err . . . I’m, err . . . a politician’
‘Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful, and to give an appearance of solidity to wind.’
George Orwell, ‘Politics and the English Language’ (1946)
Was George Orwell right? In other words, are politicians giving us an idea of how not to communicate?
The gripes that we have relating to some of the techniques, speech patterns and use of words used in the world of politics can help us know what to avoid when we are conversing in our own lives – if we want to further relationships and inspire trust.
We see the dark arts of political obfuscation every day in government announcements. We can study the way that some politicians operate as a lesson for our own way of communicating. ...
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