Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy during the G20 Summit in Cannes
Sarkozy told Obama that the Israeli Prime Minister was a liar. It was a private conversation. The only problem was the microphone was turned on. Find out about this and other political gaffes with Neil and Callum.
This week's question: A question about Presidents. Who is the President of Germany? Is it:
a) Angela Merkel
b) Christian Wulff
c) Jurgen Klinsmann
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
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Political gaffes
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Vocabulary
- political gaffes
something a politician says or does which wasn't meant to be heard and causes embarrassment or offence
- overheard
heard something without meaning to or without the speakers' knowledge
- ethically unsound
below the standards of their profession
- deference
a politeness and respect for someone or something
- bigoted
a person with strong and unreasonable opinions which they won't change despite evidence
- the final nail in the coffin
the last in a series of events leading to the failure of something
- legislation
laws
