Good day ladies and gentlemen. Throughout the centuries there have been many great war leaders such as William the conqueror and the manipulative and ambitious Napoleon Bonaparte. Though none as great as myself, I am of course Sir Winston Churchill. The evidence of why I should stay stares us blankly in the face and there is little need to explain it but for the sake of argument I shall. My achievements are clear to all and I can guarantee that I will be selected as the greatest ever Briton. I realise I have been blamed for the outbreak of...
and gentlemen you have noticed that I have not sunk that low. All I ask is that you consider my darling wife and adorable children. I have to support them and how can they live without me? There is no welfare state to grant free hand-outs. Ladies and gentlemen, before you make your wise decision, know this; if you throw me out of this balloon, you will be condemning an innocent woman and her children to the cold streets of England and I am sure that none of you would ever want to do such a heinous thing.