Liz Truss’s debut Conservative Party conference speech as leader ran for 36 minutes, including applause. While the address didn’t lack substance – there was certainly a lot to digest – it was the shortest conference address by a leader of one of the main two political parties in recent history.
The average conference address is around 56 minutes; Truss’s was less than two-thirds of that length.
The longest conference speech in recent years was by Jeremy Corbyn in 2017, running to 71 minutes, following Labour’s gains at the general election that year.
[See also: Liz Truss wants to govern a country that does not exist]
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