2015 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Award – And the Winner is ….

By Max Musson:

The annual award of a prize and a trophy in honour and in memory of the late Jonathan Bowden is something that Western Spring are proud to be associated with and pleased to sponsor. Last year saw the first occasion upon which this award was made and today the second winner of the prize was be announced.

Members of the nationalist community and our wider audience were invited to submit to this website, the name of any nationalist speaker they felt deserved to be added to our list of nominees for this award. For nominations to have been accepted by our panel of judges, the speech concerned must have been made during the twelve months ending on 1st March 2015, and be accessible on the internet either as a video or sound recording.

The prize awarded for the best piece of nationalist oratory was the laurel wreath statue that stood on Jonathan Bowden’s desk at his home, which is inscribed with the winners’ names and which this year’s winner will be allowed to retain until 1st March 2016, together with a cash prize of £250 provided by Western Spring, which of course will be for the winner to keep.

The nominees this year were:

Kevin Bryan;

Richard Edmonds;

Tess Culnane;

Jez Turner;

John Leech;

Peter Rushton; and

Craig Frazer.

The winner this year was Richard Edmonds. The speech for which Richard was nominated was delivered by him at a London Forum meeting towards the end of last year. Richard spoke about the abuse and torture of German prisoners of war at a prison called Bad Nenndorf, and he spoke at length, largely without notes, demonstrating a thorough knowledge of this subject.

The speech demonstrated Richard’s engaging use of humour and the great enthusiasm and animation which are features of Richard’s speaking style.

Congratulations to Richard, he is a worthy winner and an inspiration to others.

By Max Musson © 2015

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