Perspectives

This part of the study guide will help you put Boris Johnson's speech on the EU referendum in perspective by looking at current issues and other examples of p…

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Current issues

The speech was delivered in 2016, before the EU referendum. Today, we know that the Leave camp won the referendum with 51.9% of the votes and that the UK is in the process of negotiation to leave the EU by 2019.

In your analysis, you should reflect on your opinion regarding the outcome of the referendum. The…

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Textual perspective

In your analysis. you should also consider comparing Boris Johnson's speech on the EU referendum with other political speeches such as Donald Trump's Super Tuesday victory speech from 2016 or Barack Obama’s address to the nation on immigration from 2014.

For example, all three speakers address the issue of immigration in their speeches, Donald Trump and Barack Obama…