Which political speeches have genuinely moved you?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/17/political-speeches-gordon-brown-better-together Version 0 of 1. The response to Gordon Brown’s speech at a Better Together rally this lunchtime was strong and swift. There were immediate suggestions that this was his moment of redemption after defeat in the 2010 election, that his words and passionate delivery might swing voters towards the no campaign, and that the speech could be a contender for one of the best ever made by a politician. That felt a bit like @Mo_Farah overtaking everyone down the final straight. Let's see Gordon Brown on fire in Glasgow. Speaking with passion. Reminding people of what an amazing politician/campaigner he once was. #scotland Spine-tinglingly brilliant Gordon Brown speech. Soaring, passionate, political, patriotic. A must-watch, whatever your stance on #indyref. So what did you think of Brown’s speech and delivery – whether you lean to the yes or no side of the independence debate? And which political speeches have moved you most in the past? Were you impressed by Julia Gillard, then Australian PM, excoriating her opposite number, Tony Abbott, in her speech on misogyny in 2012? Did you feel moved by Nelson Mandela’s inaugural speech as the first black president of South Africa in 1994? How about Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech, made to a crowd of civil rights supporters in Washington DC, in 1963? Tell us which speeches by politicians and public figures have most affected you emotionally, and politically – crystallising your support, or causing you to change your mind, on an essential issue. |