Party conference season always delivers a goldmine of awkward speeches, dodgy dance moves and slogans that age like milk. Rank these toe-curling moments from most painful to merely embarrassing.
Put the items in your preferred order.
Theresa May's coughing catastrophe
A persistent cough, a prankster handing her a P45, and letters falling off the slogan behind her. The political universe's way of saying 'maybe sit this one out'.
Liz Truss and the cheese speech
Her impassioned 2014 declaration about British pork markets and imported cheese became an instant meme and a haunting preview of her premiership.
Ed Miliband forgetting the deficit
Delivering his big speech without notes, he simply forgot to mention the deficit. Voters did not forget that he forgot.
Boris Johnson's Peppa Pig detour
Losing his place, mumbling 'forgive me', then rambling about Peppa Pig World. The moment many decided the act had worn thin.
Iain Duncan Smith's 'quiet man' turning up the volume
'The quiet man is here to stay and he's turning up the volume.' Weeks later, his own party turned him off entirely.
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