Britain's House of Commons is at its best when members of Parliament deliver passionate, persuasive speeches on matters of national consequence. We saw one such moment on Wednesday, when environment secretary Michael Gove of the Conservative Party attacked Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Gove's address came just before a parliamentary confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May. That vote was won by May a few minutes later. Still, Gove's speech was a tour de force. It was angry but not fanatical, passionate but not somber, and intellectual but simply put.

Gove focused on what makes Corbyn most weak: his policy positions. Gove described how Corbyn rejected NATO, seeks Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament, opposed military action against the Islamic State, and repeatedly deferred to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Gove asked, "If he cannot support our fighting men and women, who does he support? Who does he stand beside?" Gove answered his own question by recalling Corbyn's homage to the graves of Palestinian terrorists.

But then Gove moved to his climax. Raising the concerns of various female Labour MPs that they have been subjected to harassment by Corbyn's supporters online, Gove asked that if Corbyn couldn't protect his own parliamentarians, "How could he possibly protect this country?"

It was a good question to cap off an excellent speech. It speaks to why Corbyn and his crazed supporters continue to trail May in the polls.

You can watch Gove's speech below.

