Sentences with phrase «second party conference speech»

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[358] Immediately ahead of the party conference, noting a second Johnson speech setting out terms for Brexit even before determination by the Cabinet, Ruth Davidson called for «serious people» to take over his role, criticised his overoptimism and predicted that Britain would «look very much like it looks now» after the transitional period.

At the party conference a year ago his second attempt to supplant Gordon crumbled into embarrassment after a gauche and woolly platform speech, Newsnight's revelations about his musings on avoiding «a Heseltine moment», and of course the ridiculous banana photograph.

Nick Clegg, addressing the conference yesterday for the second successive day — he makes it three in a row today in his party leader's speech — clearly got the benefit of the doubt from the delegates.