Cameron Bores for Britain

by Graham Davies

In the space of 57 tedious minutes, David Cameron managed to change the Party Faithful to the Party Doubtful. I spoke to many otherwise enthuisiastic Tories who were stunned by the pedestrian plod they had just witnessed.

If this speech was an aircraft, not only did it not take off from the runway, it never got out of the hangar. If it has been any more low-key, it would have been subterranean. This was certainly the poorest Public Speaking performance I have seen from a Leader of any British Political Party. He was even worse than Ian Duncan-Smith.

There was nothing new in this speech. We have heard the trite generalities about family, country and community many times before. He didn't announce a single new policy. It is hard to get excited about a future with Dave at the helm because he cannot articulate specifically how he is going to create it.

And the next prime Minister must surely have the courtesy to learn how to use a tele-prompt. He is at his presentational poorest when his nose is buried in his notes.

He clearly wanted to play the speaking game very safely yesterday. But if this was all he could manage, it was hardly worth him turning up on the pitch.