Politics: UK Politics

“He could run and win the leadership”

An interview with Jon Cruddas

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Does BoJo have the mojo to be our MoMo?

The single, brilliant idea

Great oratory is the mark of a great leader. Sophie Elmhirst asks politicians, historians and the writers who worked for Clinton and Blair to reveal the secrets of the perfect speech

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Aneurin Bevan, 1956

Aneurin Bevan, anti-Suez speech, Trafalgar Square rally, November 1956.

Enoch Powell, 1959

Enoch Powell, speech on the Hola Camp in Kenya, House of Commons, July 1959.

Harold Macmillan, 1960

Harold Macmillan, speech to the South African parliament, Cape Town, February 1960.

Hugh Gaitskell, 1960

Hugh Gaitskell, speech on nuclear disarmament, Labour party conference, October 1960.

Margaret Thatcher, 1984

Margaret Thatcher, Brighton bomb speech, Conservative party conference, October 1984.

Neil Kinnock, 1985

Neil Kinnock, Militant speech, Labour party conference, October 1985.

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Geoffrey Howe, 1990

Sir Geoffrey Howe, resignation speech, House of Commons, November 1990.