Great political speeches in recent times (1980+)

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This is a thread about great speeches. Triggered by musing on Gove's pretty strong speech last night.

Great in terms of oration, content, timing, impact to the audience. I don't want to make it about a political discussion about if they were right or wrong... but rather if it was a well delivered speech with strong content and an ability to "rouse" the audience.

I encourage balance... as I respect a great speech.

I'll kick off with:

Brown on Scottish union (possibly his most passionate)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J39bBV7CBJk

Hilary Benn on Syria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2GTNK4VsXs

Geoffrey Howe resignation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw1pcAzjRnc

Robin Cook on Iraq
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9CqiiI2Irg

Gove on Brexit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o7a8LXxQWg

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Iamnotkloot said:

Not a huge G Brown fan but that was a good speech. Pity he wasn’t more inspiring as PM; he clearly can do it when needed (or when he’s interested/passionate about something).

That was my frustration - if he had delivered more like that as PM then the story might have been different.

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glazbagun said:

Not a big fan of the guy, but I promised myself I'd offer him a pint if I ever met him after George Galloway was called to the US Senate to answer charges about corruption in the Oil For Food program and flayed the room with his opening statement:

https://youtu.be/TRbMQ4t2Nfo

Still makes me angry today.

I'd forgotten about that one. Good find.

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Ridgemont said:

One of my favourite wind up speeches. Hague just having a ball: highlight here. David Milliband pissing himself.

https://youtu.be/fZ26SmDzxHE

Brilliant. Puts our current crop (on both sides) into perspective...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKg3Qexn7U

OK, not a politician per se, but I thought this was a masterpiece by Andrew Neil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKg3Qexn7U