:00:00. > :00:00.in public services and policies that will lift people out of poverty,
:00:00. > :00:00.that is better than Tory MPs who will be a rubber stamp for Theresa
:00:00. > :00:32.May's cuts. Good morning ladies and gentlemen
:00:33. > :00:39.and thank you very much for coming. Six weeks ago we started our
:00:40. > :00:46.campaign talking about those issues such as integration, radicalisation
:00:47. > :00:52.and the threat of fundamentalist Islam. At the time many people
:00:53. > :00:58.disapproved of that. At the time many people said that it was
:00:59. > :01:00.completely irrelevant. At the time many people said Ukip were
:01:01. > :01:08.floundering around trying to find something. I think that in the most
:01:09. > :01:12.appalling and terrible way, it has shown that these are the very issues
:01:13. > :01:19.which are fundamental in the concern of the British people and which have
:01:20. > :01:25.to be talked about. We were talking about at that time the short-term,
:01:26. > :01:29.the long-term and medium term of how we should address these issues. But
:01:30. > :01:35.today I'm very pleased to say that our leader, Paul Nuttall, is going
:01:36. > :01:38.to be talking about an immediate response which is needed to the
:01:39. > :01:41.terrible events which unfortunately are becoming all too regular.
:01:42. > :01:48.Without further ado, thank you, Paul.
:01:49. > :01:59.Good afternoon. It is clear from the terrorist atrocities over the past
:02:00. > :02:03.month that the government is struggling to protect its own
:02:04. > :02:07.citizens. And during this election campaign it has emerged that our
:02:08. > :02:14.security and intelligence services are at any one time engaged in
:02:15. > :02:22.thwarting 500 potential terror plots. They are monitoring 3000
:02:23. > :02:28.hard-core jihadis around the clock and keeping tabs on another 20,000
:02:29. > :02:38.extremists who have given cause for concern. These are truly shocking
:02:39. > :02:42.figures. For a long time those services and the police foiled plot
:02:43. > :02:49.after plot in the nick of time thanks to some incredible work but
:02:50. > :02:54.now they are being overwhelmed by the impossible scale of the task
:02:55. > :03:00.that they face. That task has reached this impossible scale and it
:03:01. > :03:05.is a damning indictment of the profoundly complacent British
:03:06. > :03:12.political establishment. It is an establishment that adopted way back
:03:13. > :03:16.in the 1980s mindset that said is the mists should be allowed to set
:03:17. > :03:23.up home in Britain because they would surely never attack the place
:03:24. > :03:27.that was giving -- Islamist 's. It is an established wood that has
:03:28. > :03:34.allowed hundreds of jihadis to return from fighting for Islamic
:03:35. > :03:41.State in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere in recent months. It is an
:03:42. > :03:44.establishment that abolished control orders even as the Islamist threat
:03:45. > :03:50.was getting worse and it is an establishment that was content to
:03:51. > :03:54.whip up crime -- cries of racism against those of us who warned we
:03:55. > :04:00.were on a disastrous course and called for a much tougher approach
:04:01. > :04:07.to both security and integration. On Sunday the Prime Minister finally
:04:08. > :04:12.took a step towards acknowledging the problem. Fought far too long
:04:13. > :04:16.politicians in this country have lacked the courage to name the
:04:17. > :04:24.source of terror within our midst. I will do so again today also it is
:04:25. > :04:28.Islamist extremism. When I cited this fact during the debate in
:04:29. > :04:33.Cambridge last week I was roundly criticised by the leaders of the
:04:34. > :04:39.Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, the greens, the SNP and Plaid Cymru.
:04:40. > :04:42.The fact that these leaders are not prepared to acknowledge the source
:04:43. > :04:50.of the problem means they cannot even again to stop solving it. I
:04:51. > :04:55.want to make it clear, Islamist extremism is a cancer within our
:04:56. > :05:04.society and it is a cancer that needs to be cut out. We must be
:05:05. > :05:10.prepared to reverse the cuts to the police budget. This has led to
:05:11. > :05:16.20,000 fewer police officers on our streets. We told you before these
:05:17. > :05:21.atrocities had taken place that these cuts were wrong. In these
:05:22. > :05:25.times of heightened terror, we need more bobbies on the beat and an
:05:26. > :05:31.increase in community policing. We must also be prepared to reverse the
:05:32. > :05:36.cuts to the prison service and that is wide Ukip is prepared to recruit
:05:37. > :05:41.7000 more prison officers in an effort to curtail the rampant
:05:42. > :05:49.radicalisation in our prisons. We must also properly control our own
:05:50. > :05:52.borders. Therefore we are committed to recruiting 4000 more border
:05:53. > :05:59.guards and I want to make it clear here today that any British citizen
:06:00. > :06:06.who goes abroad to support or fight for Islamic State should have their
:06:07. > :06:07.passport revoked, their citizenship removed and never be allowed back
:06:08. > :06:21.into this country. I also call on all parties to commit
:06:22. > :06:29.to a major increase in the resources for MI5 to help it in its brilliant
:06:30. > :06:36.work in infiltrating, disrupting, and detecting Islamist terror plots.
:06:37. > :06:42.We must also open a debate in this country as to whether we routinely
:06:43. > :06:48.arm our police force, particularly in major cities. At the very least
:06:49. > :06:54.we must double the number of armed police officers as soon as possible.
:06:55. > :07:00.Some have said that some of my proposals have been extreme however
:07:01. > :07:07.I make no apologies for taking nothing off the table to ensure that
:07:08. > :07:13.our people are kept safe, whether this includes tagging or indeed in
:07:14. > :07:18.the future detention orders. And we must demand more from the Muslim
:07:19. > :07:26.community itself when it comes to reporting extremism. Here the Labour
:07:27. > :07:30.Party is culpable. With people like Andy Burnham pushing the idea that
:07:31. > :07:35.the prevent strategy should be scrapped because it is uncomfortable
:07:36. > :07:42.for some people within the Muslim community. It is clear that there
:07:43. > :07:47.has been a breakdown of trust between Muslim leaders and the
:07:48. > :07:53.prevent strategy and indeed reports have suggested that only one in
:07:54. > :07:57.eight referrals to prevent come from within the Muslim community itself.
:07:58. > :08:05.This is simply not good enough. It is in no way unreasonable to expect
:08:06. > :08:10.any British citizen or resident to report concerned that another may be
:08:11. > :08:14.on the path to committing horrific violence. In fact I would suggest it
:08:15. > :08:21.is the bare minimum that we should demand from any decent person in our
:08:22. > :08:28.country. Therefore Ukip believes that prevent should not be dropped,
:08:29. > :08:34.in fact it should be redoubled. Six weeks ago at the beginning of this
:08:35. > :08:41.general election campaign Ukip launched it integration agenda. At
:08:42. > :08:45.the centre of this agenda was a determination that every young
:08:46. > :08:50.purple from every community should have the chance to enjoy the full
:08:51. > :08:56.fruits of British society and make their maximum contribution to it.
:08:57. > :09:01.That, we believe, is the way forward. Many of our suggestions
:09:02. > :09:07.including banning face coverings, Chariot councils, monetary checks
:09:08. > :09:16.for girls at risk of FGM and longer sentences for grooming gangs were
:09:17. > :09:19.widely derided by the Westminster establishment -- Sharia councils.
:09:20. > :09:25.Caroline Lucas of the Green party accused our agenda of being full
:09:26. > :09:31.throttled Islamophobia. Lynne Featherstone of the Lib Dems said
:09:32. > :09:36.our policies to stamp out FGM were outrageous and we were even accused
:09:37. > :09:43.of going to war with the entire Muslim religion. I utterly refute
:09:44. > :09:46.that our integration agenda is in any way Islamophobic or divisive. It
:09:47. > :09:53.is about bringing communities together and ensuring that immunity
:09:54. > :10:00.cohesion is improved. And I predict that history will prove that Ukip
:10:01. > :10:05.was ahead of its time in highlighting these issues. Finally,
:10:06. > :10:12.it is clear that we need to do more to prevent impressionable young
:10:13. > :10:18.people from being influenced from extremist ideas. The authorities
:10:19. > :10:24.must now get a grip on Saudi funding of radical imam 's and mosques. It
:10:25. > :10:29.is now time to close down mosques where extreme Wahhabi or select list
:10:30. > :10:34.versions of Islam are preached. We know that the government has
:10:35. > :10:39.conducted research in this area and we therefore call on the Home Office
:10:40. > :10:46.to release its findings. Moreover, I repeat my call which I have made for
:10:47. > :10:48.many years now, for the banning of all Saudi and Qatari funding of
:10:49. > :11:00.mosques in Britain. For all of the criticisms I have of
:11:01. > :11:04.Mrs May, who I believe has been complacent at best during her time
:11:05. > :11:08.as Home Secretary regarding these issues, they pale into complete
:11:09. > :11:15.insignificance in comparison to the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn or a Diane
:11:16. > :11:21.Abbott Government. It would be reckless, in my opinion, to have, as
:11:22. > :11:25.Prime Minister, in these dangerous times, someone who has opposed every
:11:26. > :11:31.single piece anti-terrorism legislation before them, someone who
:11:32. > :11:35.has gone out of his way to defend terror groups in both Northern
:11:36. > :11:42.Ireland and the Middle East, someone who has opposed allowing the police
:11:43. > :11:49.to shoot to kill when confronting -- when confronted with armed
:11:50. > :11:57.terrorists. I want to make it clear, if there is a Ukip candidate, go out
:11:58. > :12:03.and vote Ukip to ensure that these policies are enacted. However, I
:12:04. > :12:07.have no hesitation in saying that out of more of the 200
:12:08. > :12:12.constituencies where Ukip has stood aside in this election, there are
:12:13. > :12:21.only a handful where I would recommend a Labour vote. But in the
:12:22. > :12:25.vast majority of other seats, Labour candidates cannot be trusted on
:12:26. > :12:30.Brexit and cannot be trusted on national security either. The same
:12:31. > :12:37.is true of the Liberal Democrats everywhere. So where Ukip is not on
:12:38. > :12:43.the ballot, I hope that those who voted for us in 2015 will bear that
:12:44. > :12:50.in mind as they make their choice on Thursday. Whatever the result, I
:12:51. > :12:57.will be proud of Ukip's campaign. We have set the agenda, as before, on
:12:58. > :13:03.Brexit and immigration. But we have also marked out new priorities for
:13:04. > :13:07.our country and we've been the one party with the guts to tell it how
:13:08. > :13:14.it is on integration and security, T. I have never had any doubt that
:13:15. > :13:23.we would be vindicated on these issues. And in fact, I'm only sorry,
:13:24. > :13:41.that this indication has come to seeing and have involved so much
:13:42. > :13:45.blood being shared. The moment when moral relativism and political
:13:46. > :13:50.correctness are ushered off the stage and a new, muscular
:13:51. > :13:54.no-nonsense approach takes their place, then we will have a better
:13:55. > :14:05.chance of preventing another Manchester or indeed another London
:14:06. > :14:14.Bridge in the future. Ladies and gentlemen. Under my leadership, Ukip
:14:15. > :14:22.will continue to be a wonderful party that speaks up for the
:14:23. > :14:30.electorate and speaks up whenever it's supporters are jeopardised. I
:14:31. > :14:36.thank you very much indeed. APPLAUSE
:14:37. > :14:43.Use that we need to have a discussion about arming all police.
:14:44. > :14:48.What is your personal view on this. Should all UK police be armed? I
:14:49. > :14:54.noticed there was a poll on your station last night that said that
:14:55. > :14:58.72% of British people would like to see the majority of British police
:14:59. > :15:02.being armed. I certainly would like to see more armed police,
:15:03. > :15:08.particularly in cities, are guarding places of interest, guarding places
:15:09. > :15:14.of tourist interest as well. I think we are now living in different
:15:15. > :15:19.times. I work in Brussels. I work in Strauss Borg as well. You see armed
:15:20. > :15:23.police everywhere, particularly in Brussels at this moment. I think we
:15:24. > :15:26.need to realise we live in a different world now and we live in a
:15:27. > :15:29.society where a small group of people hate the way we live, Haiti
:15:30. > :15:36.we are and quite frankly, want to kill us. -- hate who we are and
:15:37. > :15:45.quite frankly want to kill us. So, is that a yes? I would like to see
:15:46. > :15:49.more armed police in cities, yes. You have that in your policy that
:15:50. > :15:55.you would fund extra police. How would you fund that? We have made
:15:56. > :16:03.over ?35 billion worth of savings in our manifesto. We would cut our
:16:04. > :16:09.foreign aid budget, there would be the membership fee of leaving the
:16:10. > :16:24.EU, we would have the Barnett formula and we would also... ?2.1
:16:25. > :16:29.billion. I am from the Guardian. You have been adamant she won not in
:16:30. > :16:38.favour of the Labour Party and yet your Brexit spokesman -- you have
:16:39. > :16:47.been adamant that you are not anti-Islamic and yet your Brexit
:16:48. > :16:55.spokesman has put his bird anti-Islamic blog post out in as
:16:56. > :16:59.many months. This is like Groundhog Day. What I will say is that these
:17:00. > :17:05.are not my views. Islamist extremism in the cancer within our country. I
:17:06. > :17:09.think Gerard has got his terminology wrong, they don't represent the
:17:10. > :17:13.views of the party as a whole but we do have a problem in this country.
:17:14. > :17:17.It's something that needs to be cut out and I think what I'd lay down
:17:18. > :17:21.two-day race series of proposals that will go some way to ensuring we
:17:22. > :17:28.don't have the kind of attacks we saw in London Bridge the other
:17:29. > :17:37.night. Harry. Harry from the Sun. You have you have made an explicit
:17:38. > :17:42.call today for tactical voting. Can you blame your previous voters for
:17:43. > :17:48.lending their bait to a strong Brexit backing Tory in a seat that
:17:49. > :17:54.Ukip are standing but don't have a chance of winning? No, because if
:17:55. > :18:00.there is a Ukip candidate, go out and vote Ukip. We are the only ones
:18:01. > :18:05.who really want to cut immigration, not this sort of Tory Jackanory
:18:06. > :18:08.whereby they put it in their manifesto that they want to get it
:18:09. > :18:13.down to the tens of thousands but never really want to do it. We have
:18:14. > :18:16.a clear policy on cutting migration. If you believe the foreign aid
:18:17. > :18:20.budget should be cut about money should be put into our NHS and
:18:21. > :18:24.social care, you go out and vote Ukip. There is clear water between
:18:25. > :18:29.ourselves and the other parties, though if there is a Ukip candidate,
:18:30. > :18:37.you go out there and vote Ukip. And as for the future, is tactical
:18:38. > :18:40.voting what you get is about? No, this is a unique election. It won't
:18:41. > :18:43.be happening in the future and that is why a number of our branches have
:18:44. > :18:59.stood down for this election and this election only. BBC News. I
:19:00. > :19:08.believe masks that -- mosques that breach 120s and boys young minds
:19:09. > :19:16.should be shut down other but funding from Qatari and Saudi states
:19:17. > :19:22.should be shut down immediately. You say nothing is off the table for
:19:23. > :19:28.Ukip in this fight. Does that mean you would consider a travel ban,
:19:29. > :19:30.such as outlined by Donald Trump? No, I have made that perfectly clear
:19:31. > :20:07.at the number of press conferences. Do you think they should be awarded
:20:08. > :20:10.for their ballot? Yes, absolutely, I think the copper should be awarded
:20:11. > :20:14.with the Queen 's police medal for gallantry and then we can move on
:20:15. > :20:19.and talk about maybe the George Cross for other people, for the
:20:20. > :20:22.civilians as well. There's been an immense number of examples of
:20:23. > :20:26.bravery that just goes to show how great the British people really are.
:20:27. > :20:29.We will stand up in the face of terror, we will stand up for our
:20:30. > :20:36.fellow citizens and we will try to ensure everyone is kept safe. What
:20:37. > :20:41.needs to happen now is whoever is elected on June eight must show
:20:42. > :20:47.equal bravery to keep our citizens so, how ever politically correct
:20:48. > :20:54.order forgot that might be. As for tactical voting, if there isn't a
:20:55. > :20:58.Ukip candidate in your seat, you go out and vote for the Brexit
:20:59. > :21:04.candidate. We need to ensure we get as many Brexit MPs in the next House
:21:05. > :21:12.of Commons as possible. You talk about arming more police. Where do
:21:13. > :21:13.you stand on personal citizens and gun control? Would you like to see a
:21:14. > :21:34.relaxation Arr? No. toastie we have said in our manifesto we
:21:35. > :21:41.would like to see 20,000 more police officers on the beat. That would
:21:42. > :21:46.cost around ?1.2 billion. We would have more armed police on the
:21:47. > :21:50.streets with training. Ukip has a policy that if anyone has served in
:21:51. > :21:55.the Armed Forces for more than 12 years, they will automatically be
:21:56. > :21:59.offered a job in the police, therefore they are automatically
:22:00. > :22:03.fire arms trade. OK, thank you very much everybody. Cheers.