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If you have a half hour to spare listen to this. The first four minutes or so is just the preamble before he hits his stride, it’s a tour-de-majeste of public speaking.
Youngsters who are used to seeing Johnson and Corbyn’s halting, spluttering displays across the despatch box have no idea of how things used to be, how precipitous the decline.
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 10:49 - Oct 4 with 685 views
The late, great Michael Foot. on 10:07 - Oct 4 by Lohengrin
The greatest speakers tailor their presentation to the occasion. He could do that, he did that. You don’t get to be the youngest President of the Oxford Union without the ability to read an audience.
Yes, but the whole point about television is that it's not just the message. The television age meant any message had to be wrapped up in a shiny image with soundbites. He couldn't/ wouldn't do that.
JFK won the presidency in 1960 by knowing and understanding that concept before tired looking Nixon even realised it existed.
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 10:44 - Oct 4 by ladyjack
Gwynfor would have opponents on their feet applauding him after he makes a speech, Gwynfor was a lawyer, small business man, historian, author, political leader for decades, he was of course a highly intelligent intellectual man, Foot was premier league and so was Gwynfor but Gwynfor takes him overall as Gwynfor was better at public speaking and better for not just being a writer like Foot but in Gwynfor's case for being a historian of high repute.
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Gwynfor Evans was primarily a language campaigner, Tramp. A Christian pacifist whose politics were as socially conservative as the Chapel they emerged from.
You have nothing in common with him or anything he personified. I’m at a complete loss as to what possible connection you think you see?
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 11:01 - Oct 4 with 662 views
The late, great Michael Foot. on 10:58 - Oct 4 by Lohengrin
Gwynfor Evans was primarily a language campaigner, Tramp. A Christian pacifist whose politics were as socially conservative as the Chapel they emerged from.
You have nothing in common with him or anything he personified. I’m at a complete loss as to what possible connection you think you see?
He was Welsh, mun!
Do keep up.
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 11:04 - Oct 4 with 650 views
The late, great Michael Foot. on 10:49 - Oct 4 by Joe_bradshaw
Yes, but the whole point about television is that it's not just the message. The television age meant any message had to be wrapped up in a shiny image with soundbites. He couldn't/ wouldn't do that.
JFK won the presidency in 1960 by knowing and understanding that concept before tired looking Nixon even realised it existed.
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 11:06 - Oct 4 with 646 views
The late, great Michael Foot. on 10:49 - Oct 4 by Joe_bradshaw
Yes, but the whole point about television is that it's not just the message. The television age meant any message had to be wrapped up in a shiny image with soundbites. He couldn't/ wouldn't do that.
JFK won the presidency in 1960 by knowing and understanding that concept before tired looking Nixon even realised it existed.
I appreciate what you’re saying but by the same token in 2019 someone outside of the stable-groomed political paddock may well carry particular appeal.
For good or ill we’re seeing evidence of that all over.
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 11:20 - Oct 4 with 612 views
Here it is footage from over half a century ago, the crowd is delirious, just look at them they are in awe of Gwynfor, the adoration for that man is incredible.
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 11:26 - Oct 4 with 600 views
The late, great Michael Foot. on 11:20 - Oct 4 by ladyjack
Here it is footage from over half a century ago, the crowd is delirious, just look at them they are in awe of Gwynfor, the adoration for that man is incredible.
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Gwynfor!
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 11:29 - Oct 4 with 593 views
Gwynfor a man way ahead of his time, blydi red Tories, I've always said it the founding fathers of Labour will be turning in their graves at what has become of their party.
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 12:27 - Oct 4 with 555 views
Gwynfor a man way ahead of his time, blydi red Tories, I've always said it the founding fathers of Labour will be turning in their graves at what has become of their party.
You realise he’s not citing Hardie by accident, don’t you? Gwynfor is saying there what he always said that the answer to every social ill is to be found in the Protestant reformed religion.
Have you got it into your head he was some sort of left-radical?
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 13:11 - Oct 4 with 530 views
The late, great Michael Foot. on 17:54 - Oct 4 by Highjack
I think the one lesson to be learned from this thread is that LadyJack really really really really likes Gwynfor.
Seems like the opening poster has done 15 posts to my 10 prior to this one, not sure why you don't pick up on him eulogising about Foot ? for my take as great as Foot was Gwynfor was even greater and they came from the same era.
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The late, great Michael Foot. on 18:30 - Oct 4 with 447 views
The late, great Michael Foot. on 18:07 - Oct 4 by ladyjack
Seems like the opening poster has done 15 posts to my 10 prior to this one, not sure why you don't pick up on him eulogising about Foot ? for my take as great as Foot was Gwynfor was even greater and they came from the same era.
It’s a thread specifically about Foot you wonky fopdoodle.
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
We are on our way down to Merthyr for the all under one banner march. If you see someone carrying a banner with Gwynfor Evans on that’s us. Come say hello. Cymru Rydd ! pic.twitter.com/jkcqH3L45d
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