So then, today, David Cameron delivered a speech to his party conference without notes. Isn’t it sad that this fact it ranked pretty highly on the list of ‘important things to report’ about this speech?<\/p>\n
Opinions about how effective the speech will be appear to be divided (pretty much along the lines you’d expect), but the one thing that every report I’ve read (so far!) mentions is that he went without notes. That should have been a good thing. Sadly it wasn’t.<\/p>\n
Why not?<\/p>\n
Because although he didn’t have notes, that didn’t mean he didn’t have a script. Watching the video, I’m struck by how limited the range of gestures is – by how formulaic and contrived it all looks…. and by how it’s obviously been practiced within an inch of it’s life.<\/p>\n
There’s no joy, no improvisation and no imagination in the delivery. In short, it’s sterile. He’s just reciting a script that’s running in his head rather than by a teleprompter. Is that any better? Really?<\/p>\n
Judging by the fact that the ovation afterwards – from the Tory Party Faithful was well under two minutes, it looks like I’m not alone at being under-awed. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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