The Lifeboat News: The Grauniad's Martin Kettle found Benn's oratory "elevating."

.... Fascism was the pivotal word in Benn’s speech, held back until nearly the end, as a great conductor does with the climax of a symphonic argument. Fascism is still a morally and historically charged word unlike any others, especially in a chamber where Churchill’s ghost still lurks on occasions such as these. Yet Benn’s final sentences skilfully invoked other traditions too – not least the plain, unvarnished English dissenting culture from which he himself springs.

He finished with a particularly well judged bit of everyman’s English, a reprimand to speech writers everywhere, summoning the anti-fascist history of the Labour party and urging MPs: “Our party has always stood up against the denial of human rights and for justice. My view is that we must now confront this evil. It is now time for us to do our bit in Syria.” Single syllables have rarely been more effectively deployed. Do our bit. It was what the majority of MPs wanted to hear. The applause across the chamber was undeniably genuine. It was Benn’s finest hour. ...

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/03/hilary-benn-speech-syria-labour-mps-war

Piers Moron's rag was equally enthralled...

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hilary-benn-speech-syria-vote-6944272