As Wat Tyler observes, the idea of Geoffrey Howe criticising David Davis's oratorical skills is a shade ironic. You may recall that Denis Healey once compared GH's speaking style to being savaged by a dead sheep. Wat has his own memories of hearing Mrs T's faithful retainer in action:
Howe was allocated a small seminar room, and I was one of half-a-dozen students who went to hear him. He was monumentally tedious, but it was simply too embarrassing to leave. I've still got the scar on my thigh where I stabbed in the pencil to stay awake.
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