Winston Churchill's address to Parliament over the Aim he was seeking as newly appointed Prime Minister
The political speech I chose to analyze is the speech made by Prime minister Winston Churchill on may, 13th 1940 to the parliament of Britain regarding the pending war and his new appointment to office. However, Winston Churchill's speech was directed towards the continuation and completion of the war rather than seeking for a peace terms with Germany. This difference of wants from the house in Britain is the main focus of this speech.
From this separation of the house, Winston Churchill's speech a strong expression for the conservative party's wanted, while on the other hand, the liberal and democratic party was in favor for seeking peaceful options. This controversy was the reason for the house's inability to act.
The conservative view shown within the speech were striving for continuing the war against Germany due to the fact that Britain and France were already at war with Germany. However, the opposing parties to this view sought to strike a peace deal with Germany through surrender using Italy as a broker. The reason for this was that Germany had already won over a majority of Europe by the time this speech was made. With this being said, the tension between parties on the right action to take after 1940 was the main argument addressed with this speech. By the end of 1940, the UK parliament finally united on the decision to adopt the policy of waging war, even if they were the only Allied power left to face Germany.
A logical fallacy that was used in the speech, located towards the end in which Winston Churchill explains the new policy intended of his newly appointed government. This fallacy within the speech was when he stated that without Victory over Germany the survival of Britain could not exist. However, in reality with the surrender of Britain, there was a possibility of remaining a sovereign nation. Within the speech, the message conveyed was that the only option for the UK to exist was to wage war.
From this separation of the house, Winston Churchill's speech a strong expression for the conservative party's wanted, while on the other hand, the liberal and democratic party was in favor for seeking peaceful options. This controversy was the reason for the house's inability to act.The conservative view shown within the speech were striving for continuing the war against Germany due to the fact that Britain and France were already at war with Germany. However, the opposing parties to this view sought to strike a peace deal with Germany through surrender using Italy as a broker. The reason for this was that Germany had already won over a majority of Europe by the time this speech was made. With this being said, the tension between parties on the right action to take after 1940 was the main argument addressed with this speech. By the end of 1940, the UK parliament finally united on the decision to adopt the policy of waging war, even if they were the only Allied power left to face Germany.A logical fallacy that was used in the speech, located towards the end in which Winston Churchill explains the new policy intended of his newly appointed government. This fallacy within the speech was when he stated that without Victory over Germany the survival of Britain could not exist. However, in reality with the surrender of Britain, there was a possibility of remaining a sovereign nation. Within the speech, the message conveyed was that the only option for the UK to exist was to wage war.
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