Britain's best and worst political speeches - with Michael Gove & his speech coach Graham Davies

From Churchill to Thatcher to Blair to Farage, Parliament has seen some truly fantastic rhetoricians over the years. But last week came the news that - in a bid to improve his own oratorical skills - Keir Starmer employed a voice coach: former actress Leonie Mellinger. Mellinger has been at the centre of a fresh COVID-19 row, as the Prime Minister considered her to be so important that she qualified as a ‘key worker’ in 2020, visiting Labour headquarters in a mask on Christmas Eve 2020 to advise Starmer.
It is not an unusual practice to employ a voice coach to improve a politician’s public speaking. Michael Gove is joined by the man who once coached him, Graham Davies. They discuss the lost art of political rhetoric, share some of their favourite examples, and ask: has Mellinger actually improved Starmer’s delivery?
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