Politics
Arlott espoused strong liberal and humanitarian political views and he stood as the Liberal candidate for Epping in both the 1955 and 1959 general elections coming third in both years. He appeared frequently on the radio programme Any Questions?, on which panellists debate topical issues of the day.
Reviewing John Arlott: Cricket’s Radical Voice, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death, Gillian Reynolds wrote in the Daily Telegraph of "Arlott’s independence, his Englishness, sense of fairness and justice, sympathy for the underdog and relish for the beautiful and the good".
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