Live Theresa May Speech Election 2017

Thank you, everybody, and welcome here to York. I'm delighted to be

here along with our fantastic candidates across Yorkshire, the

Humber and the North of England. We already have some excellent local

representation here in this area, but we are determined to add to

their numbers after June the 8th. We are now just 30 days away from what

I believe is the most important general election any of us have

faced. At this election, our country's future really is on the

ballot paper. The next five years will be crucial for our prosperity,

security, our economy, society, the future of our children and our

grandchildren. And what this election is also about is about

leadership. It's about the kind of leadership our country is going to

have. Who will represent our country at the Brexit negotiating chamber --

table? Will it be Jeremy Corbyn, popped up -- propped up by a

coalition of chaos with the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish

Nationalists, or will it be Theresa May with her proven strong and

stable leadership. Fighting and winning for Britain. Ladies and

gentlemen, as a country, we face a crucial five years. So much depends

on getting it right. I know Theresa May's Britain has a strong leader

and we need to deliver in those negotiations. That is so, so pay to

be clear. But we are not going to take anything for granted --

obviously clear. We know Britain needs a strong team behind it to

deliver the best deal for Britain. A vote for Theresa May's candidates

across the country will strengthen her hand in those EU negotiations to

come. Each and every one of us that our elected will mean a stronger

mandate for the Prime Minister when she is fighting for Britain. And

each and every one elected will help the Prime Minister and her team

build a better future for our country in the years ahead.

That is what we are fighting for. That is what the team will deliver

for Britain. We do face the most important election. We also are very

fortunate in the leader we have got. It is a great pleasure to ask the

Prime Minister to address you. APPLAUSE... Thank you very much,

everybody. It is great to be with you here today in York. As we put

the local elections behind us and focus upon what Patrick rightly said

is a crucial general election in just 30 days. We must take

absolutely nothing for granted. We are certainly not taking anything

for granted when it comes to our team. We have a great team of

candidates here, across the whole of the North of England. My message, I

simply say to people in the North of England that this is the team I need

behind me to be in a strong position to get the best possible deal for

Britain from Brexit. This is the team that is going to take our

positive message out across communities, across all of the North

of England, that message about strong and stable leadership in the

national interest, strengthening the UK's position in those Brexit

negotiations, about building a better future for Britain. At the

weekend you might have noticed the French presidential elections. The

new French president was elected with a strong mandate which will put

him in a strong position in negotiations. We need a strong

mandate to put us in a strong position in those negotiations.

Every single vote for my local candidates will strengthen my hand

in those Brexit negotiations, to get the best deal for Britain. The

alternative is to risk making Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister. Just picture

him sitting at the negotiating table with the combined might of the

European commission and 27 other European countries ranged against

him. The Liberal Democrats, has Patrick said, the Scottish

Nationalists, and others are lining up to prop him up. A Jeremy Corbyn

lead Coalition of chaos is a real possibility. We must not let that

happen. A vote for any other party is a vote that puts Jeremy Corbyn

closer to being and that Brexit negotiating table. We must not let

that happen. We must win support across the North of England and

across the whole of the UK. What we must also do is expose the

nonsensical policies Jeremy Corbyn and labour are putting forward at

this election. They simply do not add up. Apart from anything else,

Labour would wreck the economy and render all of their promises totally

undeliverable. In contrast, we are putting forward credible,

deliverable policies in the national interest. Policies like the capping

of energy prices to support working families. Protecting worker's

pensions from irresponsible bosses. Bringing in new mental health

legislation, ending in justice. That is the positive message you will be

taking out of the street in your campaigns in the coming weeks.

Strong and stable leadership in the national interest. But I have a very

clear message and instruction for candidates... Take nothing for

granted. It is only by working flat out every day between now and the

8th of June that he will gain the trust of the British people and earn

their support on polling day. I want you to be out there, no stone

unturned, walking down those streets, knocking on those doors,

taking that positive message we have, showing we are listening to

voters. I have been a member of Parliament for 20 years. I know how

important it is to be out there, talking directly to voters, hearing

their concerns. At this crucial election, it is not about who people

have voted for in the past, it is about who they want to see leaving

the country for the next five years. And we will be taking our positive

message out there on the streets. It is a positive message that if people

vote for us, if they make sure that I and my team are there in

government for the next five years, a vote for me and my team is a vote

to strengthen our hand in taking Britain through the Brexit process

and beyond. A vote for me and my team is a vote to make sure we get

the best deal for Britain from Europe. A vote for me and my team is

a vote locking in economic security for the future. As we look to this

crucial election, my message is clear... If we win that support, if

we gain people's support, together we will strive for Britain. Together

we will fight for Britain. And together, we will deliver for

Britain. Thank you. Thank you. I think we will take a

view questions from press. Is Eleanor here from the BBC?

Did anybody in your cabinet, including Greg Clark, ever oppose

your energy price capping? Can you clarify, are you guaranteeing prices

will not go up year-on-year? What we have done is look at the results of

the Independent, tissue authority, when they look at the energy market

in the UK. -- the independent quality commission. They found the

six largest suppliers in one year were paying ?1.4 billion more than

they would have done in a truly competitive market. In those

circumstances I think it is right, as does everybody around the Cabinet

table, for government to take action to support working families. What we

are talking about is capping energy prices, set by an independent

regulator, and will be a reflection of the market and will make sure

that crucially it will be possible for the capping to move. But the

independent regulator will be setting it. The key thing is people

are clearly paying too much for their energy bills today. Too many

ordinary working families, too many vulnerable people find themselves on

tariffs above what they should be paying and that is why we are taking

action. Emily, next from ITV. -- next to you, from ITV. Emily Morgan,

ITV. When Ed Miliband announced capping energy prices, David Cameron

accused him of wanting to live in a Marxist universe. Are you living in

a Marxist universe? First of all, we are conservatives and we believe in

free market and, edition but we want competition to be working. The

competition authority show the six largest suppliers in a year are

paying ?1.4 billion more than they would do if there was a truly

competitive market. But you are wrong. Ed Miliband did not suggest

capping energy prices. He suggested freezing energy prices, freezing

them so people paying above the odds would have continued paying above

the odds and crucially, prices could not have gone down. Under our plan,

prices would be able to go down. I think we have got Ella? Ella

Griffith, LBC. Jeremy Corbyn said this morning the issue Brexit is

settled. Are you concerned Tim Farron and Nicola Sturgeon could

make a condition of supporting Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister of a

Labour minority government that he stops the Brexit process? Let's look

at the political scene today. Only one party is committed to respecting

the will of the people and recognising the result and

delivering on the result of the Referendum, that is me and my team,

the Conservative party. What we have seen from other parties is attempts

to disrupt negotiation, undermine the task that lies ahead, some of

them want second referendums, wanting to open up the old

divisions. What I see going around the country is actually from people

today, people voting leave and remain, whatever they voted for,

they say we want the Government to get on with it and deliver Brexit

and make a success of it. There is a unity of purpose in the country.

There is only one party that recognises that and will deliver

poor people and it is the Conservative party. I think Laura is

here from the Telegraph. -- deliver for people. Labour promised not to

raise national insurance contributions. Can you promise the

same? Do you have a message for high earners worried their tax bills will

go up if you are elected? It is not our intention to increase levels of

tax but I am not making any tax commitment we are not absolutely

sure we can keep. But our instinct is to reduce taxes on working

families. At the election... You talk about taxpayers and what they

will be facing, at the election, people will have a very clear

choice. Between a Conservative party that always has been, is and always

will be a low tax party, a party which has taken four million people

out of income tax altogether, has brought in tax cuts for more than 30

million people, from the basic rate taxpayer, with about ?1000 per year,

that is the Conservative way of doing things. The other choice is a

Labour party, whose instinct is always to raise taxes, a former

shadow chancellor said their policies would double national

insurance, VAT, council tax and income tax. They have a leader

talking about raising the level of income tax from 20p up to 25p.

Conservatives, their instinct is to reduce the tax on working families

and the Labour Party puts taxes up. That is the choice at the election.

Dan. Hello, promised. Dan beam from York

press. We could talk Fatau is about the NHS and the police. What the

press is campaigning for along with assistant newspapers is the dangers

of fake news on social media and the importance of a free press. Would

you voice your support for a free press and the risks posed by fake

news? When people are looking and reading the news, we want them to

see accurate reflections of the News and accurate reporting. I think a

lot of people put great store by their local papers, with trained

journalist out there reporting what is happening, faithfully reporting

what is happening in the local area. We should support that. You talk

about a free press. It is one of the important pillars of our democracy,

that we have a free press in this country. But also a press that takes

responsibility for how it reports news. That is important to us. For a

lot of people, they look to their local press because they have a lot

of faith and trust in their local papers. They give very much. Thank

you. -- thank you very much. You cannot fail to recognise this

famous landmark. Big Ben would not be here at all if it was not what a

terrible fire in 1834, which destroyed much of the Palace of

Westminster. Sir Charles Barry one accommodation to design a new

building. The dramatic Gothic clocktower was the inspiration of

Augustus Pugin. Actually it is not the name of the tower, Big Ben, but

the large bell, which weighs 13.5 tonnes and took 16