How to start an Essay, Speech, Comment or Tweet: Attack!

You do not have to be nice. Sometimes it pays to attack instead.
Just do not be like this:

More like this:

Start off a speech like this, for example:

“I am going to say some very controversial things tonight and I very much hope that you will take them on board. These things have to be said and nobody else has had the courage to address them so far. So here goes...”

Here is Sir Ivan Rogers, one of the very few Brexit experts, starting off his speech in June 2019 to about 200 finance professionals at the Fishmongers Hall, near London Bridge:

“Syed very bravely asked me to try and find some upbeat conclusions this morning.
I must confess that, with denial, delusion-mongering and deception still rampant across British politics - on all sides, I might add - I do find this quite a formidable challenge!
I want to remain resolutely optimistic about our country’s long term prospects.”

Or a comment:

Here are a couple of comments from a real blog:

“OGH manages to write clearly and succinctly, as in today's post, to explain the important detail of a complex subject. So why do our serving politicians have such difficulties in understanding what the result of No-Deal will be?”

or (from the same blog)

“And if all this were not bad enough, in The Times ''According to a new YouGov poll, 61 per cent of [Conservative] members would rather have “significant damage” to the economy to ensure Brexit takes place. I don't know why the Security Service worries about Trots when there are these morons.”

Or a Tweet:

It also works in an examination too.

“Was Henry VIII a tyrant?” (An imaginary question here!)

“This question is misleading. It seems to assume...

or
Question from a real Business exam::

“A charity shop is sometimes considered as operating in a not-for-profit environment, but this is not really the case.
(b) Outline two reasons why a charity shop must make a profit.” 

Here is a specimen answer attacking the question:

Charity shops advertise themselves as Charity. People assume that Charities are there to receive Charity, not to make a profit. However...

I do not do Tweets, but for those that do: