Conservative Leadership - Theresa May

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:00:47. > :00:54.The next Prime Minister will have three major tasks, to take us out of

:00:55. > :00:59.the EU, unite our party and provide strong leadership in a dangerous

:01:00. > :01:05.world. The referendum was bruising for many in our country and there is

:01:06. > :01:09.a lot of healing to be done but the referendum was not a consultation

:01:10. > :01:13.with our people, it was an instruction from our people. As one

:01:14. > :01:18.of the leaders of the Leave campaign I could not support a candidate

:01:19. > :01:22.unless I thought they had an unequivocal commitment to carrying

:01:23. > :01:28.out the instruction of the British people to leave the EU in this

:01:29. > :01:32.Parliament. It is the most urgent task for our new Prime Minister but

:01:33. > :01:38.not the only task for an incoming Prime Minister. We must still deal

:01:39. > :01:42.with our deficit, we must still the deficits in corporate culture, we

:01:43. > :01:48.must deal with the international threat we face including the threat

:01:49. > :01:53.of global terrorism, and the Conservative Party cannot become a

:01:54. > :01:59.one trick pony. We still have to talk about the issues that affect

:02:00. > :02:05.the lives of people in our country, from economy to health to education

:02:06. > :02:07.to defence, and this is not a big issue campaign conducted in

:02:08. > :02:11.opposition for the winner has the luxury of four years to prepare

:02:12. > :02:18.stock the winner of this contest will be in number ten in eight

:02:19. > :02:24.weeks. The successful candidate will have to write instructions for our

:02:25. > :02:31.nuclear power deterrent, deal with Isis and set our policy in an

:02:32. > :02:34.insecure world. We need somebody with the experience to do that on

:02:35. > :02:39.day one but also someone with an opt domestic view of what this country

:02:40. > :02:45.and achieve because we are not a country that is isolated. We will be

:02:46. > :02:50.outside the EU but still have a seat on the Security Council of the year

:02:51. > :02:56.when, it will still be in the G7 and the G20, the world's fifth biggest

:02:57. > :03:02.economy at the heart of the Nato with a special relationship with the

:03:03. > :03:09.US, this country requires great leadership and that is quite it is

:03:10. > :03:12.my pleasure to welcome my friend and colleague to be the next Prime

:03:13. > :03:34.Minister of this great country, Theresa May.

:03:35. > :03:45.Thank you Liam. Two weeks ago I lost my candidacy to become leader of the

:03:46. > :03:48.Conservative Party and the UK, and last week won the overwhelming

:03:49. > :03:55.support of colleagues in the House of Commons, nearly two thirds of the

:03:56. > :03:59.Conservative Party, left and right, levers and remainders from across

:04:00. > :04:04.Britain. The result showed that after the referendum the

:04:05. > :04:09.Conservative Party can come together and under my leadership it will. I'm

:04:10. > :04:14.here today in Birmingham to launch my national campaign in which I will

:04:15. > :04:18.make my case to the Conservative Party membership and the country as

:04:19. > :04:23.a whole. That case comes down to three things. First, our country

:04:24. > :04:29.needs strong proven leadership to steer us through this time of

:04:30. > :04:34.economic and political uncertainty and to negotiate the best deal for

:04:35. > :04:39.Britain as we forge a new role for ourselves and the world, because

:04:40. > :04:46.Brexit means Brexit and weird going to make a success of it. Second, we

:04:47. > :04:52.need to unite our party and our country and third, we need a bold

:04:53. > :04:57.new vision for the future of our country, a vision of a country that

:04:58. > :05:02.works not for the privileged few but for every one of us. It is about

:05:03. > :05:08.that version that I want to talk to you, because if we are going to

:05:09. > :05:12.govern in the interests of the whole country, we cannot become defined

:05:13. > :05:17.exclusively by the process of withdrawal from the EU. That is an

:05:18. > :05:23.important job and we will get it done, but we also need a government

:05:24. > :05:27.that will deliver serious social reform and make cars a country that

:05:28. > :05:32.truly works for everyone, because right now if you are born poor, you

:05:33. > :05:37.will die on average nine years earlier than others, if you are

:05:38. > :05:43.black you are treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than

:05:44. > :05:46.if you are white. If you're a white working-class boy you are less

:05:47. > :05:51.likely than anyone else to do to university. If you are at a state

:05:52. > :05:57.school you are less likely to reach the top fashions that if you were

:05:58. > :06:02.educated privately. If you are a woman you are still ageless than a

:06:03. > :06:08.man. If you were young you will find it harder than ever before to own

:06:09. > :06:13.your own home. Fighting these injustices is not enough. If you

:06:14. > :06:19.were from an ordinary working-class family life is much harder than

:06:20. > :06:24.people in politics realise. You don't always have job security. You

:06:25. > :06:29.have your own home but worry about mortgage rates. You can just about

:06:30. > :06:34.manage that you worry about the quality of living and a local school

:06:35. > :06:42.because there is no other choice for you. Under my leadership the

:06:43. > :06:46.Conservative Party will put itself absolutely at the service of

:06:47. > :06:51.ordinary working people. It is quite we will make Britain a country that

:06:52. > :06:56.works for everyone. An economy that works for everyone, so we do not

:06:57. > :06:59.just maintain economic confidence and steer the country through

:07:00. > :07:05.challenging times that make sure everyone can share in wealth. A

:07:06. > :07:14.society that works for everyone, so we bring people back to gather, rich

:07:15. > :07:19.and poor, old and young, those with skills and those without. A

:07:20. > :07:24.democracy that works for everyone so we can restore trust and confidence

:07:25. > :07:29.in our most important institutions and the political process itself,

:07:30. > :07:36.and a party that works for everyone, because we cannot build a country

:07:37. > :07:40.that works for all unless we the Conservatives are truly a party that

:07:41. > :07:45.works for all. In the coming weeks I will sit at my plans to take our

:07:46. > :07:48.economy through this period of uncertainty, to get the economy

:07:49. > :07:54.growing strongly across all parts of the country, to deal with Britain's

:07:55. > :08:00.productivity problem, to create more well-paid jobs, to negotiate the

:08:01. > :08:05.best terms for departure from the EU and to forge a new rule for

:08:06. > :08:09.ourselves in the world. Today I want to talk about my plans to re-form

:08:10. > :08:14.the economy because it is apparent to anybody who was in touch with the

:08:15. > :08:21.real world that people do not feel Ari, me works that way at all.

:08:22. > :08:27.And the frustration they feel about the loss of control over their

:08:28. > :08:32.day-to-day lives is obvious. They made real sacrifices after the

:08:33. > :08:38.financial crash in 2008. Some lost their jobs, others reduced their

:08:39. > :08:42.hours, others took a wage cut. Wages have grown, but only slowly. Taxes

:08:43. > :08:46.for the lowest paid went down. But other taxes, like VAT went up. Fixed

:08:47. > :08:51.spending prices like Energy Bills have rocketed. Super low interest

:08:52. > :08:54.rates and quantitative easing has helped those on the property ladder

:08:55. > :08:59.at the expense of those who cannot afford to own their own home. There

:09:00. > :09:02.is not much job security out there. Some find themselves exploited by

:09:03. > :09:07.unscrupulous bosses. Yes, some have found themselves out of work, or on

:09:08. > :09:11.lower wages because of low-skilled immigration. It is harder than ever

:09:12. > :09:18.for young people to buy their first house. There's a growing divide

:09:19. > :09:23.between a more prosperous older generation and a struggling younger

:09:24. > :09:30.generation. There's a gapings can. Between a wealthy London and the

:09:31. > :09:34.rest of the country. When you add all these things up,

:09:35. > :09:39.there only surprise is there's so much surprise in Westminster about

:09:40. > :09:41.the public's appetite for change. Made no mistake the referendum was a

:09:42. > :09:46.vote to leave the European Union, but it was also a vote for serious

:09:47. > :09:48.change. Yet, so many of our political and business leaders have

:09:49. > :09:53.responded by showing they still don't get it.

:09:54. > :09:55.There are politicians, democratically elected politicians,

:09:56. > :09:59.who seriously suggest that the Government should find a way of

:10:00. > :10:03.ignoring the referendum result and keeping Britain inside the European

:10:04. > :10:06.Union. And there are business leaders whose response has been not

:10:07. > :10:10.to plan for Britain's departure or think of the opportunities that

:10:11. > :10:15.withdrawal presents, but to complain about the result and criticise the

:10:16. > :10:22.electorate. Well, I couldn't be clearer. Brexit means Brexit and

:10:23. > :10:25.we're going to make a success of it. There'll be no attempts to remain

:10:26. > :10:34.inside the EU. APPLAUSE

:10:35. > :10:40.There'll be no attempts to rejoin it by the backdoor, no second

:10:41. > :10:42.referendum. The country voted to leave the European Union. As Prime

:10:43. > :10:46.Minister I will make sure that we leave the European Union. And I am

:10:47. > :10:51.equally clear about the need for change. I'm not going to ignore the

:10:52. > :10:55.public when they say they are sick of politics as usual. I am going to

:10:56. > :10:59.make sure that the motives of the Government will never be in any

:11:00. > :11:04.doubt. We, the Conservatives, will put ourselves at the service of

:11:05. > :11:07.ordinary working people. We will make Britain a country which works

:11:08. > :11:12.for everyone. Whoever you are, and wherever you are from. The

:11:13. > :11:17.Government has made great strides in the last six years, dealing with the

:11:18. > :11:21.debt crisis, reducing the deficit and presiding over an economic

:11:22. > :11:24.recovery. If we are going to make sure our economy truly works for

:11:25. > :11:27.everyone, if we are going to help people take control of their lives,

:11:28. > :11:32.we need to take action in four different ways. We need to reform

:11:33. > :11:35.the economy, to allow more people to share in the country's prosperity.

:11:36. > :11:39.We need to put people back in control of their lives. We need to

:11:40. > :11:43.give more people more opportunity. And we need to get tough on

:11:44. > :11:48.irresponsible behaviour in big business. I will start with economic

:11:49. > :11:51.reform. Because for a Government that has overseen a lot of public

:11:52. > :11:56.service reform in the last six years, it is striking that by

:11:57. > :12:00.comparison, there's not been nearly as much deep economic reform. That

:12:01. > :12:05.needs to change for a simple reason. If we want to increase our overall

:12:06. > :12:09.prosperity. If we want more people to share in that prosperity, if we

:12:10. > :12:12.want real bigger wages for people, if we want more opportunities for

:12:13. > :12:14.young people to get on, we have to improve the productivity of our

:12:15. > :12:19.economy. Yet, we have long had a problem with

:12:20. > :12:23.productivity in Britain. So, I want to make its improvement an important

:12:24. > :12:27.objective for the Treasury. I want to see an energy policy that

:12:28. > :12:31.emphasises the responsibility of supply and lower costs for users. A

:12:32. > :12:36.better research and development policy that helps firms make the

:12:37. > :12:40.right investment decisions. More Treasury-backed project bonds for

:12:41. > :12:43.infrastructure projects. More house building, a proper industrial

:12:44. > :12:49.strategy to get the whole economy firing and a plan to help not one or

:12:50. > :12:52.even two of our great regional cities, but every single one of

:12:53. > :12:56.them. If we are going to have an economy that works for everyone, we

:12:57. > :13:02.are going to need to give people more control over their lives. And

:13:03. > :13:04.that means cutting out all the platitudes about strikeholder

:13:05. > :13:09.societies and doing something radical. Because as we saw when

:13:10. > :13:16.Cadbury's, that great Birmingham company was brought by craft or when

:13:17. > :13:21.AstraZeneca was almost sold, transy ient shareholders, who are companies

:13:22. > :13:25.investing other people's money are not the only with an interest when

:13:26. > :13:29.firms are bought or sold, local communities often have a stake and

:13:30. > :13:36.often the whole country has a stake. It is harder to think of an industry

:13:37. > :13:41.and AstraZeneca is one of the jewels in its crown. Two years ago the

:13:42. > :13:47.Government almost allowed AstraZeneca to be sold, to a US

:13:48. > :13:52.company with a record of asset-stripping and whose attraction

:13:53. > :13:56.to the deal was to avoid tax. A proper industrial strategy would not

:13:57. > :14:00.stop the sale of firms of British firms to foreign ones. It should be

:14:01. > :14:04.capable to step in to defend a sector which is as important as

:14:05. > :14:09.pharmaceuticals to Britain. I wanted to sea changes in the way big

:14:10. > :14:14.business is governed. The people who run them are supposed to be

:14:15. > :14:18.accountable to non-executive director, who are supposed to think

:14:19. > :14:21.about the longer questions and defend the interests of

:14:22. > :14:24.shareholders. In practise, they are drawn from the same narrow social

:14:25. > :14:28.and professional circles as the executive team. As we have seen,

:14:29. > :14:30.time and time again, the scrutiny they provide is just not good

:14:31. > :14:34.enough. So, if I am Prime Minister, we are

:14:35. > :14:39.going to change that system. We're going to have not just consumers

:14:40. > :14:43.represented on company boards, but employees as well. There are other

:14:44. > :14:47.ways too in which we need to put people back in control, as the

:14:48. > :14:51.Government reforms public services, we should encourage public sector

:14:52. > :14:55.workers to set up mutuals. As we take infrastructure decisions, like

:14:56. > :14:59.with new housing, roads, or exploration or oil or gas, the

:15:00. > :15:03.benefit should be shared, not just with local authorities, but with

:15:04. > :15:07.local people themselves. And this brings me to the third way in which

:15:08. > :15:11.we need to make our economy work for everyone. Which is by giving people

:15:12. > :15:16.more opportunity. This to me is what the Conservative

:15:17. > :15:19.Party is all about. In the name of equality, Labour end up holding

:15:20. > :15:23.people back. But we believe in setting people

:15:24. > :15:27.free, to go as far as their talents will take them.

:15:28. > :15:31.That's why school reform is such a passion for so many Conservatives. I

:15:32. > :15:35.will set out my own plans for schools policy in the coming weeks.

:15:36. > :15:39.It is also why housing matters so much and why we need to do far more

:15:40. > :15:43.to get more houses built. Because unless we deal with the housing

:15:44. > :15:47.deficit, we will see house prices keep on rising. Young people will

:15:48. > :15:51.find it even harder to afford their own home. The divide between those

:15:52. > :15:54.who inherit wealth and those who don't will become more pronounced.

:15:55. > :15:59.More and more of the country's money will go into expensive housing

:16:00. > :16:01.instead of more productive investments which generate more

:16:02. > :16:06.economic growth. The fourth way in which I want to make our economy

:16:07. > :16:09.work for everyone, is by getting tough on irresponsible behaviour in

:16:10. > :16:14.big business. Because, yes, we are the Conservative Party. Yes, we are

:16:15. > :16:18.the party of enterprise. That does not mean we shall be prepared to

:16:19. > :16:22.accept that anything goes. The FTSE, for example, is trading at about the

:16:23. > :16:27.same level as it was 18 years ago. And it is nearly 10% below its high

:16:28. > :16:32.peak. In the same period, executive pay has more than trebled. And there

:16:33. > :16:35.is an irrational, unhealthy and growing gap between what these

:16:36. > :16:42.companies pay their workers and what they pay their bosses.

:16:43. > :16:46.So, as part of this changes, I want to make corporate governance, I want

:16:47. > :16:50.to make shareholder votes on corporate pay, not just advisory,

:16:51. > :16:56.but binding. I wan't to see more transparency, including the full

:16:57. > :17:00.disclosure of bonus targets and the publication of pay multiple data.

:17:01. > :17:06.That is the ratio between the CEO pay and the average worker's pay. I

:17:07. > :17:13.want to simplify the way bonuses are paid.

:17:14. > :17:17.And I also want us to be prepared to use and reform competition law, so

:17:18. > :17:22.that markets work better for people. So, if there is evidence that the

:17:23. > :17:25.big utility firms and the retail banks are abusing their roles in

:17:26. > :17:29.highly consolidated markets, we shouldn't just complain about it, we

:17:30. > :17:38.shouldn't say it is too difficult, we should do something about it.

:17:39. > :17:41.And tax, we need to talk about tax. Because we are Conservatives, and of

:17:42. > :17:46.course we believe in a low tax economy. In which British businesses

:17:47. > :17:51.are more competitive and families get to keep more of what they earn.

:17:52. > :17:55.We also understand that tax is the price we pay for living in a

:17:56. > :18:00.civilised society. No individual and no business,

:18:01. > :18:05.however rich, has succeeded all on their own. Their goods are

:18:06. > :18:09.transported by road. Their workers are educated in schools, their

:18:10. > :18:12.customers are part of sophisticated networks, taking in the public

:18:13. > :18:17.sector, private sector and charities. It doesn't matter to me

:18:18. > :18:21.if you are Amazon, Google or Starbucks, you have a duty to put

:18:22. > :18:23.something back. You have a debt to your fellow citizens and have a

:18:24. > :18:39.responsibility to pay your taxes. So as Prime Minister I will crack

:18:40. > :18:44.down on corporate tax evasion. It is not anti-business to suggest that

:18:45. > :18:49.big business needs to change. Better governance will help those

:18:50. > :18:53.companies take better decisions for their own long-term benefit and that

:18:54. > :18:56.of the economy overall. Under my leadership the Conservative Party

:18:57. > :19:02.will resolutely remain the party of enterprise. And we will help British

:19:03. > :19:06.businesses to stay competitive and create more well-paid jobs.

:19:07. > :19:11.This is a different kind of Conservatism, I know. It marks a

:19:12. > :19:14.break with the past, but it is in fact completely consistent with

:19:15. > :19:17.Conservative principals. We don't just believe in markets, but in

:19:18. > :19:20.communities. We don't just believe in

:19:21. > :19:24.individualism, but in society. We don't hate the state, we value

:19:25. > :19:28.the role that only the state can play.

:19:29. > :19:33.And we believe everyone, not just the privileged few, has a right to

:19:34. > :19:37.take ownership of what matters in their lives. We believe that each

:19:38. > :19:41.generation of politicians, of business leaders, of us all, our

:19:42. > :19:47.custodians, with the responsibility to pass on something better the next

:19:48. > :19:52.generation. And above all, we believe in Britain. And we believe

:19:53. > :19:57.in the British people. From Robert Peel to lady Thatcher,

:19:58. > :20:01.from Joseph Chamberlain to church hill, throughout history it has been

:20:02. > :20:06.the Conservative Party's role to rise to the occasion and to take on

:20:07. > :20:10.the vested interests before us. To break up power when it is

:20:11. > :20:15.concentrated among the few. To lead on behalf of the people I has been

:20:16. > :20:19.our strength as a party that at moments of great national change we

:20:20. > :20:24.have understood what needs to be done.

:20:25. > :20:29.And believe me, nobody should doubt that this is another of those

:20:30. > :20:33.moments of great national change. We must leave the European Union and

:20:34. > :20:36.forge a new role for ourselves in the world.

:20:37. > :20:40.We must make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few, but

:20:41. > :20:45.for every single one of us. To do those things, we need to come

:20:46. > :20:50.together as a party and as a country under strong and proven leadership.

:20:51. > :20:52.And then together we will build a better Britain.

:20:53. > :21:26.Thank you. Now, I have got some time for just a

:21:27. > :21:30.small number of questions. John? Mrs May, you offer yourself as a

:21:31. > :21:35.one-nation Prime Minister and a national unifier. How are you better

:21:36. > :21:39.able to achieve that than your main opponent, your only opponent, Andrea

:21:40. > :21:43.Leadsom? If I may, she has apologised for her comments in the

:21:44. > :21:49.Times interview. How do you respond to that? I accept the apolicy and --

:21:50. > :21:52.apology and I am here ensuring that what I am doing is talking about

:21:53. > :21:53.what I would want to do as Prime Minister and leader of the

:21:54. > :22:04.Conservative Party. And I would say if you look at what

:22:05. > :22:07.you asked, John, how I would be able to unite the party and how I would

:22:08. > :22:12.be able to do what I am talking about in terms of the social reform

:22:13. > :22:16.and in uniting the country, I think look at my track record as Home

:22:17. > :22:20.Secretary, where I have taken on some of the concerns and causes

:22:21. > :22:23.people have had, some of which they have talked about for many years,

:22:24. > :22:28.but I have been willing to address those. If you look at what I have

:22:29. > :22:33.done on stop and search, for example, to help reduce inequality

:22:34. > :22:37.which has taken place in stop and search. That is a track record that

:22:38. > :22:45.shows I would be able and would deliver what I am talking about here

:22:46. > :22:50.today. So, anybody else? Yes? Two questions. You said you would crack

:22:51. > :22:53.down on individual and corporate tax evasion, where as George Osborne

:22:54. > :22:57.failed in that. How would you do it differently? Secondly, and it is the

:22:58. > :23:01.biggest applause in the room said there is no Brexit by the backdoor,

:23:02. > :23:06.do you think Britain would stay in the single market? Would you try and

:23:07. > :23:12.achieve that by relaxing free movement?

:23:13. > :23:17.George has taken action on the question of corporate tax avoidance

:23:18. > :23:25.but I think we need to go further and the public deal there has been

:23:26. > :23:30.some response from companies but we need to talk to these companies

:23:31. > :23:35.about their responsibility in paint taxes, and they do not make their

:23:36. > :23:40.profits just to what they do, it is on the back of people, goods are

:23:41. > :23:46.transported by roads, all this is paid for by taxation so there is a

:23:47. > :23:51.need to put something back. In relation to the single market, we

:23:52. > :23:57.need to get them their steel and trade, goods and services, services

:23:58. > :24:02.are hugely important to the UK but I am clear that the Brexit vote was

:24:03. > :24:05.also a message we need to bring control into free movement, which

:24:06. > :24:07.cannot continue as it has up until now.

:24:08. > :24:29.APPLAUSE A quick question, all these policies

:24:30. > :24:35.if the manifesto, ID policies you provide outside the normal policies

:24:36. > :24:41.can should we start building on the green belt to deal with the housing

:24:42. > :24:46.deficit? These are new ideas I have come for two, such as what I am

:24:47. > :24:51.saying on corporate governance and representation on boards. And

:24:52. > :24:56.housing, we need to build more houses but I have always felt we

:24:57. > :25:02.need to be more acute about how we do that. One of the problems at the

:25:03. > :25:08.moment is people react and they feel there is going to be standard houses

:25:09. > :25:12.put on an area close by them. I think we need more involvement of

:25:13. > :25:16.people and better design in what we are looking at, and more in sympathy

:25:17. > :25:21.with the areas where things are built, so I am not talking about

:25:22. > :25:30.building on the green belt but we need to be more clever in how we

:25:31. > :25:36.look at these sorts of developments. It's Emily Ashton at Buzz feed. You

:25:37. > :25:41.pledge to fight a clean campaign but there seems to be nastiness online.

:25:42. > :25:47.Yesterday there were claims of black Ops against Andrea Leadsom and we

:25:48. > :25:53.have seen a Facebook page for Andrea Leadsom supporters accusing you of

:25:54. > :25:59.being a sharia supporter and Andrea Leadsom of being a patriot. I think

:26:00. > :26:05.it should be a clean campaign. I have signed a clean campaign pledge,

:26:06. > :26:10.I think that is important, and on the sharia .4, fought to long

:26:11. > :26:14.politicians in this country we fused to look at the issue of sharia law

:26:15. > :26:22.and allowed this to continue without any question. I have been willing to

:26:23. > :26:26.say no, I am concerned sharia law is operating in a way that could

:26:27. > :26:32.discriminate against women and could be counter to our single rule of law

:26:33. > :26:39.in the UK, so there is one rule of law here and that is why I have set

:26:40. > :26:44.up this review I have, chaired by Professor Mona Siddiqui, which will

:26:45. > :26:48.look at the operation of sharia law and if it is counter to our rule of

:26:49. > :27:07.law. I spoke to you a lot before the

:27:08. > :27:18.referendum, those who voted to remain where terrified but what can

:27:19. > :27:23.you say to businesses? We need to get the deal right in relation to

:27:24. > :27:28.leaving the EU so we have a good deal in terms of trade, goods and

:27:29. > :27:34.services, but I would say to us is that now the UK has to look to the

:27:35. > :27:39.rest of the world in a way it hasn't done when it has been a member of

:27:40. > :27:45.the EU, so we should be open. We're a great trading nation, we want to

:27:46. > :27:49.be open to opportunities of trade within Europe and the rest of the

:27:50. > :27:56.world, and I think that is hugely important. There is a bright future

:27:57. > :28:01.for us. There may be difficult times ahead but I think we can come

:28:02. > :28:04.through those stronger and better and build those great opportunities

:28:05. > :28:15.for young people that we all want to see. I will take just one more

:28:16. > :28:19.question. Although you say you are opposed to a second referendum, if

:28:20. > :28:24.there are demands for that, what would your response be? The British

:28:25. > :28:29.people were given their chance to vote on this. They voted in numbers

:28:30. > :28:35.we have not seen in elections for some time, they have given us a

:28:36. > :28:39.message and I think we respond to that message and do what they have

:28:40. > :29:33.asked us to. Thank you. APPLAUSE

:29:34. > :29:50.Good morning. Morning, everyone. This morning I have written a letter

:29:51. > :29:51.to Graeme Grady, the chairman of the 1922 committee, and