0:26:28 > 0:26:32Let me tell you, as a businessman for 50 years,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35businesses do not want uncertainty.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Now, granted the EU is not the perfect place, far from it.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42But you don't sort something out by running away from it.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44You stick at it and you make it better
0:26:44 > 0:26:47and you take advantage of what it offers -
0:26:47 > 0:26:50of the 500 million customers that we can sell to,
0:26:50 > 0:26:54of the foreign investors desperate to spend their cash here,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57of the opportunities for our children and grandchildren.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Because this vote isn't just for our generation, it's for theirs.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Let me put it in very plain terms - this is not a general election.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09This is not something that's going to come around in five years' time.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Oh, it didn't work. OK, well, we'll have another vote. No, no.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17This is the most serious vote you most probably will ever make.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22What we get as being a member of the European Union is full access
0:27:22 > 0:27:26to the biggest market of consumers in the world -
0:27:26 > 0:27:28over 500 million people -
0:27:28 > 0:27:33and our ability to trade very freely with all of those economies.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36For ordinary households, then, that means a wider range
0:27:36 > 0:27:40of employment opportunities, hopefully higher-waged jobs
0:27:40 > 0:27:43than they might otherwise get and potentially lower prices
0:27:43 > 0:27:47than in a scenario where we left the European Union.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Of course, we don't know exactly what would happen if we left,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52but that very uncertainty for economists
0:27:52 > 0:27:54is something we would worry about.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57The wages, the jobs,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01the living standards of millions of British workers
0:28:01 > 0:28:04directly depend upon our trading relationship
0:28:04 > 0:28:06with the rest of Europe.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Many of the most important rights and protections that workers enjoy
0:28:10 > 0:28:13in Britain depend on European measures.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18The maternity rights, the right to paid holidays,
0:28:18 > 0:28:22decent treatment of agency workers, part-time workers -
0:28:22 > 0:28:24all of these things are underpinned by Europe
0:28:24 > 0:28:28and are guaranteed by Europe and all would be at risk if we left.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32None of the threats to our security and safety
0:28:32 > 0:28:34have a single-nation solution.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37The European Union is based on the simple principle
0:28:37 > 0:28:39that there's safety in numbers.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Coming out of the European Union
0:28:41 > 0:28:43would weaken Britain's voice in the world,
0:28:43 > 0:28:48weaken our influence at a pivotal time in world history.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Europe is a wonderful continent,
0:28:51 > 0:28:55but it's also the place where two terrible world wars began.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59And those wars happened because of excessive competition,
0:28:59 > 0:29:02rivalry and hate between nations.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07That's been replaced in recent decades by family, community,
0:29:07 > 0:29:09cooperation, collaboration
0:29:09 > 0:29:12and that's what we need more than ever going forward.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Scientists know that progress comes from cooperation.
0:29:18 > 0:29:23By working together in Europe we make our economy stronger,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26we give ourselves more influence in the world
0:29:26 > 0:29:30and we provide future opportunities for young people.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35And leaving Europe would threaten Britain's status as a world leader
0:29:35 > 0:29:38in science and innovation.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41It's just not a risk worth taking.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45On June 23, let's vote to make sure
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Britain has a strong future in Europe.