He was such a poor off-the-cuff speaker that he refused to give interviews during the campaign.

'You're a very poor speaker,' said the King.

However, as a party official, Amann lacked talent, being a poor speaker and debater.

'I was a very poor public speaker to begin with, wasn't I?'

Consider the plight of the poor speaker of the House.

Clark may have been a poor speaker in court, but he was a superb negotiator.

Rosebery thought Crewe a reliable politician but a poor speaker.

He was a notoriously poor public speaker.

The man who now stood at the podium was proving himself to be a poor speaker.

Thermus was a good soldier, but so poor a speaker he was a Forum joke.