# The Tories have found a new orator

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tories-have-found-a-new-orator/822388>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 3, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tories-have-found-a-new-orator/822388 "2018-10-03T20:27:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tories-have-found-a-new-orator/822388/1 "2018-10-03T20:27:30Z")

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Here in the UK the Tories are having their annual conference. The warm-up act for the Prime Minister was Geoffrey Cox, and he made a blinder of a speech.

[https://order-order.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cox2.mp4?\_=1](https://order-order.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cox2.mp4?_=1)

It’s 10 minutes long, but you can listen to it while doing other things.

Now, I don’t agree with a number of things he said - for starters, May needs to go and this was an arse-licking panegyric - but I enjoyed listening to the oratory. I’m not sure he’s as good as Hague was, but he bears watching. Indeed, if I were being truly cynical 🙂 I would suggest he’s just made himself a contender to replace May.

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**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tories-have-found-a-new-orator/822388/3 "2020-04-18T00:06:14Z")

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Sabria, very timely. Hope his milk is still cold.