Is William Hague the greatest living Yorkshireman? More than the tax cuts, or the spending slashes, it was David Cameron's assertion that the former Foreign Secretary is God's Own Country's greatest export that got social media a-buzz.
Speaking to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Cameron mimicked Hague's teenage conference speech, saying "Some of you won't be here in 30 years time." in a fairly convincing Yorkshire accent.
After laughter and applause, Mameron said: "All right, I won't give up the day job. Now, when he was a teenager he didn't only address the Tory Party conference, he read Hansard in bed and he had a record collection that apparently consisted of one album by Dire Straits and dozens of speeches by Winston Churchill. His dad said: 'He was just a normal happy boy'.
"All I can say is this: that boy became an amazing parliamentarian, a brilliant foreign secretary, our greatest living Yorkshireman and someone to whom I owe an enormous debt of gratitude - William Hague."
But Twitter invariably disagreed. And we think there's at least 9 challengers (excluding the great Yorkshirewomen like Dame Judi Dench, Jessica Ennis, Barbara Hepworth and Helen Sharman, Britain's first astronaut).
Greatest Living Yorkshireman
Geoffrey Boycott(01 of10)
Open Image ModalIf you google 'greatest ever Yorkshireman' there is only one name that is mentioned in the first page of results. And it's not William Hague. It's this legend. (credit:Rebecca Naden/PA Archive)
Arthur Scargill(02 of10)
Open Image ModalIt's not surprising David Cameron didn't pick the country's most famous trade unionist as his favourite Yorkshireman, but Scargill probably changed the face of the nation dramatically more than William Hague did. (credit:Dave Higgens/PA Archive)
Eric Pickles(03 of10)
Open Image ModalPoor old Keighley-born Pickles. Pipped to the post by his own colleague. But the Communities Secretary did order town centres to rip up all their unnecessary barriers and signage that stop people walking across the road where they choose. This author thinks that puts him in contention. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
Michael Parkinson(04 of10)
Open Image ModalThe Cudworth-born interviewer was cruelly passed over by David Cameron. (credit:GLYN KIRK via Getty Images)
David Hockney(05 of10)
Open Image ModalOne of the most influential artists of the 20th century, or Angelina Jolie's best mate? You decide... (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Brian Blessed(06 of10)
Open Image ModalFlash Gordon saved the universe. William Hague hasn't done that, has he? (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
Patrick Stewart (07 of10)
Open Image ModalProbably the most famous face of Yorkshire in Hollywood, but he's fronted campaigns for Labour. "I have always passionately believed there are aspects of a just society that can only be achieved under the Labour Party," he says. So perhaps understandable that DC didn't give him top billing. (credit:Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP)
Alan Bennett(08 of10)
Open Image ModalOne of the world's most imitated, influential and famous living playwrights must get a look in? (credit:Mark Cuthbert via Getty Images)
Jarvis Cocker(09 of10)
Open Image ModalThe Sheffield-born Pulp front man did once flirt with the Conservatives, telling NME in 2010 that Gordon Brown "makes a mockery of the whole system". "A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative. You can sense an era passing," he said. But he later denied he was a "Tory boy", in a subsequent interview. Maybe that knocked him off DC's list. (credit:Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)
Jeremy Clarkson(10 of10)
Open Image ModalBorn in Doncaster but... no, actually, just no. The ringleader of the Chipping Norton Set doesn't count as proper Yorkshire. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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