Once, in the 1970s, when I was still a member of the Labour Party, I went to an election meeting addressed by Denis Healey. The hall at the local FE College was packed to the doors, standing room only and he held his audience in the palm of his hand. I can't now remember what he said, but he had me hooked and there was no doubt where my vote was going. We don't have speakers like that among the present crop of politicians nor do we have packed out election meetings. They were so much better than those blandly scripted PPBs. RIP Denis, you lived a long and fruitful life.
A few years later, I may say, Shirley Williams had the same effect!