Boris Johnson: First speech as PM in full

Denne study guide hjælper dig med at analysere Boris Johnsons første tale som premierminister i Det Forenede Kongerige Storbritannien og Nordirland. Du finder også et summary af teksten såvel som inspiration til at diskutere teksten og sætte den i perspektiv. Study guiden er skrevet som hjælp til opgave 5B fra den skriftlige eksamen i Engelsk B på STX fra 20. maj 2020.

Boris Johnson (1964-) er en britisk politiker, der er medlem af det konservative parti (the Conservative Party), forfatter og tidligere journalist, som har tjent som Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (udenrigsminister) og borgmester i London. Talen, som vi analyserer her, er Johnsons første som premierminister, efter at hans forgænger Theresa May fratrådte, fordi hun ikke kunne implementere en plan for Storbritanniens udtrædelse af den Europæiske Union (Brexit).

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Tone

Boris Johnson adopts a serious tone throughout his speech, which is appropriate for the circumstances of the speech – giving his first speech as PM – and for the topics of the speech. Johnson wants to convince the audience that he and his government will succeed in doing what the previous government was not able to do. He also wants to make clear that Britain will not be negatively affected by Brexit, despite growing concerns about this. This makes his tone sound persuasive at times.

His tone is optimistic throughout the speech, as he expresses his confidence about delivering Brexit: “ (...) we are going to fulfill the repeated promises of Parliament (…) and come out of the EU on October 31, no ifs or buts. And we will do a new deal, a better deal” (ll. 11-13). At this point, the British population was largely fed up with the three-year-deadlock concerning Brexit, which explains why Johnson needs to signal action and optimism. Another reason is that the October deadline for achieving Brexit was looming in the near future.