He was making a point about Labour snobbery, but it seemed a curious way of getting a cheer. At one point he compared Tony Blair to Napoleon and himself, by breathtaking implication, to the Duke of Wellington. But there'll never be a Hague Boot. Perhaps a Hague baseball cap. Oh, it's raining, put your hague on, dear.
All politicians have tricks to make themselves sound passionate and sincere.
Tony Blair abolishes verbs. William Hague lays waste to punctuation. At one point he produced a 99-word sentence which touched on schools, business regulations, food, the TA, the euro and constitutional reform, during which he scarcely drew breath, the words exhaled with the force of his rage. At the end they applauded wildly and waved flags. Some even waved the Chilean flag.