Great oratory & orators (primarily British, but not only).

[paul789]

Recently, I’ve been really trying to get into the mind-set of the brexiteer. This has caused me to watch quite a few of Daniel Hannan’s speeches on youtube. It strikes me that his oratory skills are quite something. It got me thinking, who else is there in recent history who compares or betters him?

Christopher Hitchens spring to mind. Maybe it’s just an Oxford thing.

Zero points for replying with “lease a golf r”, “mx5”, “custard” or “frozen sausages”.

Half points for “mate, you need to get out more”, “seriously mate, have you really started a thread asking for oral?”.

Some impressive Hannan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uep7GA9hCKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt0__X-Be8k

Hitchens? Way too much, you can probably find excellent examples yourself.

[Tankrizzo]

I do love this beaut from Hague regarding Blair's bid for EU presidency some years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Cj1b-rp1E

[Rich_W]

Tony or Hilary Benn.

And I have never voted Labour.

ETA

To the OP
As a Leave voter, THANK YOU for at least trying to see the other sides pov. I wish some of the more vocal Remainers would do the same. Surely you don't agree with everything the EU does. You must have issue with 1 thing. Much like I don't think everything the EU is evil.

Edited by Rich_W on Thursday 30th March 23:09

[anonymous-user]

Tankrizzo said:

I do love this beaut from Hague regarding Blair's bid for EU presidency some years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Cj1b-rp1E

Brilliant. Even the government benches are laughing.

[greygoose]

Modern media have made oratory a bit of an odd concept as sound bites are better for news reports as no news Corp will repeat a long speech as it is too long, Bill Clinton can address a crowd well in a folksy manner.

[anonymous-user]

Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of the best out there at the moment, Farage also very good

[johnfm]

Rees Mogg and Hannan both top drawer.

[DrDeAtH]

Jacob Rees Mogg for the win

Dry wit and deadpan delivery..

[PurpleAki]

fblm said:

Tankrizzo said:

I do love this beaut from Hague regarding Blair's bid for EU presidency some years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Cj1b-rp1E

Brilliant. Even the government benches are laughing.

Smashes it. Quite brilliant!

[Ayahuasca]

paul789 said:

Recently, I’ve been really trying to get into the mind-set of the brexiteer. This has caused me to watch quite a few of Daniel Hannan’s speeches on youtube. It strikes me that his oratory skills are quite something. It got me thinking, who else is there in recent history who compares or betters him?

Christopher Hitchens spring to mind. Maybe it’s just an Oxford thing.

Zero points for replying with “lease a golf r”, “mx5”, “custard” or “frozen sausages”.

Half points for “mate, you need to get out more”, “seriously mate, have you really started a thread asking for oral?”.

Some impressive Hannan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uep7GA9hCKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt0__X-Be8k

Hitchens? Way too much, you can probably find excellent examples yourself.

Thanks for the Hannan clips. Never heard him before. Good speaker.


For oratory skills, I give you Sir Winston:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6llT2ZYg-4E

[Ayahuasca]

and 'how to speak like Churchill' by Boris Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLak2IzIv7U

[Countdown]

George Galloway's pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-NK8bWiJoQ

[don'tbesilly]

DrDeAtH said:

Jacob Rees Mogg for the win

Dry wit and deadpan delivery..

JRM, outright winner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCruskU8_Jw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5X_c4OfnGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCMquZyg0-k

[deadslow]

Micheal Foot on Keith Joseph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD41YktmOH0

[paul789]

Rich_W said:

Tony or Hilary Benn.

And I have never voted Labour.

ETA

To the OP
As a Leave voter, THANK YOU for at least trying to see the other sides pov. I wish some of the more vocal Remainers would do the same. Surely you don't agree with everything the EU does. You must have issue with 1 thing. Much like I don't think everything the EU is evil.

Edited by Rich_W on Thursday 30th March 23:09

Oh there are many things I don't like about the EU. I completely get the essential democratic / sovereignty argument too. For me, I worry about the potential economic implications. I depend on the FS industry and I hope we manage to forge a deal which maintains its primacy. I also have severe doubts about the competence of the civil service and our political class to deliver something of this complexity. But, happy to be proved wrong.

I'm all in - not going anywhere, etc etc.....

[MrBrightSi]

Douglas Murray. If you appreciate a bit of Christopher Hitchens and that passion and fire you will appreciate this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiTPqIpGKJU&t=... Just a compilation, there are plenty more videos of him that are more specific. Please give him a watch.

[irocfan]

Hate to say it but our friend AH was quite nifty in the old speeches department - are you equating being able to whip-up a crowd into a frenzy with speaking well?

[anonymous-user]

irocfan said:

Hate to say it but our friend AH was quite nifty in the old speeches department - are you equating being able to whip-up a crowd into a frenzy with speaking well?

He might of been your friend but he certainly wouldn't have been mine, the man was a total who lectured to gullible krauts.

[rodericb]

Rich_W said:

<snip>
To the OP
As a Leave voter, THANK YOU for at least trying to see the other sides pov. I wish some of the more vocal Remainers would do the same....

LOL

[paul789]

irocfan said:

Hate to say it but our friend AH was quite nifty in the old speeches department - are you equating being able to whip-up a crowd into a frenzy with speaking well?

Ha ha! 0 - Goodwin's Law in under 1 page. Impressive! No, for me it's the quality of argument. If you follow Hitchens' work he's about as anti-facist and anti-totalitarian as you can get. I believe Hannan's father fought the Naxos so this is really not a brown shirt thing.

It's the depth of knowledge, the unflappable style, the ability to hold a crowd seemingly without notes. Hannan does ham it up a bit, but still impressive.

Edited by paul789 on Sunday 2nd April 14:50