17th of March 2003: with one of the finest speeches in British political history, Robin Cook, leader of the house of commons resigns from the government on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. We consider political speech to have much in common with the character of an artwork. With the context stripped away and random characters imposed upon it, we explore this speech as source material for performance. The Schoeneberg town hall which is at the same time a public space and represents politics was our private stage.