Derek Mooney

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989 appearances 18 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

Derek Mooney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Pat Kenny Show · What separates a good speech from a bad one? · 3 May 2026 podcast

Then you start to rush it.

And it becomes like a mad advert for OMO.

You're just throwing lines out very, very quickly.

And you end up talking across your own applause lines.

And that's a mistake.

So I think less is more in a lot of these cases.

And trust the speaker to be able to fill a gap if they're 10 seconds earlier for 20 seconds.

And again, which is...

That speaks to the expertise of the people who crafted the speech.

They're not doing this for the first time.

And no disrespect to the profession, but this isn't written by journalists.

This is written by people who write speeches.

So there is a very, very useful thing.

It's worth looking up.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has a speechwriter's guide, a style guide.

And it sets out the key elements of it.

And it's there.

But it's also lots of full stops.

Short sentences, simple words, keep the language, avoid jargon, and their message will come across.

And people mightn't get it in the minute, but they're going to get it afterwards.

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