All a bit of a 'nothing' speech; vague, mixed, waffle.
But I see the Tory loyalists and Brexit slaves are predictably making it out to be some great oratory.
Nobody on here that has read anything I've ever said will accuse me of being either a Tory or a Brexit fan! But I do like to see things from all possible angles. Firstly, Boris Johnson is a good orator. This is why he and Nicola Sturgeon are at the forefront as they are both good speakers. He is the only one in the Tory Party who could have delivered that speech. It takes a fair bit of thought to see that it is flawed in a few ways. Generally people won't see that and certainly not to the extent if Hancock or Raab had been delivering it. Yes it was confusing with "stay alert" thing. He can't change the early mistakes but I thought he was accepting some were made with what he said about Care Homes and PPE.
He also emphasised that lives came before the economy which cannot have been popular in his Party and to me it was very clear that he was saying the social distancing rules must continue. He also said something about more caring and sharing in society after it was over.
The problem is of course that talking the talk is this Government's strong point and Johnson excels at that in my opinion. He is good with words. But delivery is the thing. Like the testing, (and I would have especially liked to have seen something on anti-body tests) like the PPE - in the end I will judge how good the speech was by the actions that follow and the benefits it leads to.