Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. Notes on contributors vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. List of abbreviations x
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The oratory of Stanley Baldwin 14
8. 2 The oratory of Winston Churchill 30
9. 3 The oratory of Harold Macmillan 47
10. 4 The oratory of Iain Macleod 62
11. 5 The oratory of Enoch Powell 74
12. 6 The oratory of Keith Joseph 87
13. 7 The oratory of Margaret Thatcher 103
14. 8 The oratory of Michael Heseltine 121
15. 9 The oratory of John Major 137
16. 10 The oratory of William Hague 150
17. 11 The oratory of Boris Johnson 166
18. 12 The oratory of David Cameron 182
19. Conclusion 198
20. Appendix 205
21. Bibliography 208
22. Index 226