:00:34. > :00:42.Thank you. Thanks, Karen. Thank you very much for that wonderful
:00:43. > :00:46.Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire welcome, everybody,
:00:47. > :00:51.and it's great to be with you here today, as Karen said, as we come to
:00:52. > :00:54.the closing stages of what is a critical general election for our
:00:55. > :00:59.country. Because the question that people will face on Thursday is
:01:00. > :01:04.about the sort of country we want to be in the future. It's about who has
:01:05. > :01:09.the leadership to take us through the Brexit negotiations and build a
:01:10. > :01:15.stronger future for our country. And I believe absolutely passionately
:01:16. > :01:21.that we can build a Briton but is stronger, fairer and more prosperous
:01:22. > :01:26.than it is today. The opportunities before us are enormous. The promise
:01:27. > :01:29.of Brexit is great. But we do have to make sure that we get those
:01:30. > :01:36.Brexit negotiations right and that we get the best deal for Britain in
:01:37. > :01:40.Europe. But if we work together, I believe we can build the stronger,
:01:41. > :01:44.more prosperous and fairer country. You know, I want to see a country
:01:45. > :01:49.where it doesn't matter where you came from, it doesn't matter who
:01:50. > :01:54.your parents were, how far you go depends on your talents and your
:01:55. > :01:59.willingness to work hard. I want to see a country where no one and no
:02:00. > :02:03.community is left behind. I want to see a country that is truly global
:02:04. > :02:08.and outward looking, that is doing those trade deals around the world,
:02:09. > :02:12.that is forging new partnerships and strengthening our partnerships with
:02:13. > :02:20.old allies alike. A country that is confident in itself. And I believe
:02:21. > :02:26.that together, we can do great things. Together, we can reignite
:02:27. > :02:29.the British spirit and take this country to a stronger beach for
:02:30. > :02:39.everybody. APPLAUSE
:02:40. > :02:46.And as become in these closing stages, I know you have all been
:02:47. > :02:51.working hard, it's not long to go but we need that last push, getting
:02:52. > :02:55.out there on those doorsteps continuing the campaign, taking this
:02:56. > :02:59.message to people and reminding people of the crucial questions at
:03:00. > :03:05.the heart of this campaign. And the first is, who do they trust? Who do
:03:06. > :03:10.they trust to actually ensure we get that best Brexit deal in Europe? Who
:03:11. > :03:13.do they trust to have the strong and stable leadership to do that?
:03:14. > :03:20.Because Brexit is the basis of everything else. Who has the will
:03:21. > :03:26.and also who has the plan to deliver for Britain on Brexit? As Karen
:03:27. > :03:32.says, those negotiations start 11 days after polling day, that is in
:03:33. > :03:38.less than a fortnight. We have to be ready, we have to have the plan and
:03:39. > :03:43.we have it. Who do they trust to maintain our economic security?
:03:44. > :03:48.Jeremy Corbyn told people that ordinary working families would not
:03:49. > :03:51.have their tax increased at all! Apart from the fact that he has
:03:52. > :03:55.wrecked the economy which would mean people would pay the price, what we
:03:56. > :03:59.see today in the small fine print of his manifesto is that he would take
:04:00. > :04:06.away the marriage allowance and that would hit up to 4 million ordinarily
:04:07. > :04:12.working families with a tax rise. Who do you trust to maintain your
:04:13. > :04:16.national security? Somebody who does not -- who has boasted that he has
:04:17. > :04:23.opposed every piece of anti-terror legislation since he came into
:04:24. > :04:25.Parliament? Or me and the Conservatives, as Home Secretary I
:04:26. > :04:30.put through strengthened anti-terror legislation
:04:31. > :04:35.and there is that simple fact as Karen pointed out that if we lose
:04:36. > :04:43.just six seats then the government loses its majority. And if we lose
:04:44. > :04:48.just six seats we could see Jeremy Corbyn in number ten Downing St.
:04:49. > :04:53.Diane Abbott looking after our national security! LAUGHTER
:04:54. > :05:03.John McDonnell at the Treasury with our economy. And the strings being
:05:04. > :05:07.pulled by Nicola Sturgeon. Every vote for Conservative candidates is
:05:08. > :05:11.about to stop that from happening. Every vote for me and the
:05:12. > :05:16.Conservatives is about to strengthen my hand in those Brexit
:05:17. > :05:19.negotiations. Every vote for me and the local Conservative candidates is
:05:20. > :05:24.about for the stronger future for our country because there is no safe
:05:25. > :05:30.vote for Labour or the Liberal Democrats. A vote for any other
:05:31. > :05:34.party could mean that Jeremy Corbyn is in number ten. And I say this
:05:35. > :05:39.very simply to people, it is not about who you voted for in the past,
:05:40. > :05:43.it is about who you trust to take this country forward into the
:05:44. > :05:50.future. To those Brexit negotiations but through them and beyond. Because
:05:51. > :05:55.the decision people make on Thursday will shape the future of this
:05:56. > :06:00.country for generations to come. And my message to people is very simple
:06:01. > :06:05.wolf that it is only the British public who can give me the mandate.
:06:06. > :06:09.So give me your backing to lead Britain. Give me the authority to
:06:10. > :06:15.speak for Britain. Strengthen my hand as I fight for Britain. Give me
:06:16. > :06:30.your backing and I will deliver for Britain. CHEERING
:06:31. > :06:51.Do we have... Ross from the BBC? Thank you. Ross Hawkins from the
:06:52. > :06:55.Today programme. You mentioned the activists, what do you say to those
:06:56. > :06:59.here who have had to sell your message at this campaign has faulted
:07:00. > :07:04.over social care and your opponent has looked more and more, but it is
:07:05. > :07:09.the weeks have gone on? First of all, there is only one poll that
:07:10. > :07:14.counts and that is the one taken on Thursday. And secondly come all
:07:15. > :07:17.these activists here have been out looking on the doorsteps, taking out
:07:18. > :07:21.the message that this is about the future of our country and what this
:07:22. > :07:24.country needs is strong and stable leadership and government to get the
:07:25. > :07:29.Brexit negotiations right and get the best deal but take us forward.
:07:30. > :07:34.We have the opportunity to change this country for the future, to
:07:35. > :07:37.truly make it a country that works for everyone and not just the
:07:38. > :07:39.privileged few and that is the message we're picking on the
:07:40. > :07:47.doorstep and that the choice people will on Thursday. Chris. We learned
:07:48. > :07:54.today that the third terrorist planet in London tried to get to
:07:55. > :07:59.Syria and came back to UK. We apologise to British people for
:08:00. > :08:04.failing to keep them safe? -- will you apologise. What we have done in
:08:05. > :08:08.relation to national security and dealing with this terrible terrorist
:08:09. > :08:11.threat we face is that we have ensured that police and security
:08:12. > :08:16.services have the powers they need to be able to deal with this. We
:08:17. > :08:22.have had three terrible, horrific attacks in the last three months in
:08:23. > :08:26.the UK. These are attacks on our way of life. The British people have
:08:27. > :08:30.shown their resilience and defiance in the face of the terrorists and we
:08:31. > :08:36.will not allow our way of life to be damaged or endangered by the
:08:37. > :08:41.terrorists and we will carry on as if this as usual. What matters for
:08:42. > :08:44.the future is making sure that we have in place a government that is
:08:45. > :08:50.willing to support our police when they do what they need to. I support
:08:51. > :08:51.shoot to kill. Eight minutes and our police officers have taken those
:08:52. > :09:05.terrorists out. APPLAUSE Jeremy Corbyn does not. As I say, we
:09:06. > :09:09.are with the police and security services and we will look to ensure
:09:10. > :09:11.they have the laws they need but he has opposed every piece of
:09:12. > :09:20.anti-terror legislation since he came into Parliament. Your former
:09:21. > :09:24.party chairman and the first Muslim woman in Cabinet Baroness Warsi said
:09:25. > :09:28.last night that she thought Donald Trump's state visit should be kicked
:09:29. > :09:33.into the long grass in response to his attacks on the London mayor in
:09:34. > :09:39.recent days. Many Londoners no doubt share that view. Do you? The special
:09:40. > :09:44.relationship we have with the United States of America is the deepest and
:09:45. > :09:48.strongest defence and security relationship for our country. I
:09:49. > :09:53.think Donald Trump was wrong in the things he said about Sadiq Khan. In
:09:54. > :09:57.the aftermath of the London Bridge attack we have been working with
:09:58. > :10:00.Sadiq Khan at a party politics are put to one side as we work together
:10:01. > :10:13.to ensure the response of London is right. APPLAUSE
:10:14. > :10:19.If you are re-elected, will you demand that the security services
:10:20. > :10:23.look again at the way they try and sift out who are the really
:10:24. > :10:27.dangerous suspects and do you bet some responsibility if there have
:10:28. > :10:31.been failings as you were Home Secretary for six years before
:10:32. > :10:34.becoming Prime Minister? The security services MI5 and the police
:10:35. > :10:38.have already said after the Manchester attack that they will be
:10:39. > :10:41.looking at that processes at how they deal with these cases and I
:10:42. > :10:45.would expect them to do exactly the same following the London Bridge
:10:46. > :10:48.attack. It is currently still an ongoing investigation so now we need
:10:49. > :10:54.to let them have the time and space to get on with that investigation.
:10:55. > :10:58.What matters in the future is that we ensure they have the laws they
:10:59. > :11:01.need, that is what we have been doing it was what I was doing as
:11:02. > :11:10.Home Secretary and it is what we will continue to do if we are
:11:11. > :11:13.re-elected after Thursday. I'm from politics home. You have run a very
:11:14. > :11:22.negative campaign against Jeremy Corbyn... Which much less time
:11:23. > :11:25.focused on what you see as the positives of a Conservative
:11:26. > :11:29.government. You sell yourself as a decent woman who always does the
:11:30. > :11:41.right thing, but how guilty as it made you feel to compete by speaking
:11:42. > :11:44.ill about others? And... In a more positive spirit can you tell us one
:11:45. > :11:56.thing you like and respect about the Labour leader? LAUGHTER
:11:57. > :12:00.Look, can I explain, we in a general election, people will be making a
:12:01. > :12:06.choice and it is right that we set out that to people. What I have
:12:07. > :12:09.done, you have heard the speech I have given, optimistic for the
:12:10. > :12:14.future this country under a Conservative government, resolutely
:12:15. > :12:18.determined to get the best for Brexit for this United Kingdom,
:12:19. > :12:21.wanting to go out there with new trading relationships around the
:12:22. > :12:27.world and that means more jobs and higher paid jobs here in the UK. Let
:12:28. > :12:32.me tell you a story, I did a speech a few days ago and in that speech I
:12:33. > :12:37.set out one of the policies I think will be important for young people
:12:38. > :12:41.in this country which is a proper technical education for young people
:12:42. > :12:44.here for the first time. And somebody from the press stood up and
:12:45. > :12:49.said, why aren't you talking about policy? I have been talking about
:12:50. > :12:53.policy but there is a choice for people at the election and it is a
:12:54. > :12:59.choice about who they trust to take this country forward. Through those
:13:00. > :13:11.Brexit note is -- negotiations but beyond into a stronger Britain.
:13:12. > :13:19.Normally we only allow one question. CHEERING
:13:20. > :13:22.John Stevenson from the Daily Mail. Should voters be concerned for their
:13:23. > :13:30.safety when they go to polling stations on Thursday? No, to set the
:13:31. > :13:33.scene, of course the National threat level is at severe which does mean a
:13:34. > :13:37.terrorist attack is highly likely but it has been there for them
:13:38. > :13:41.though and the police have been planning to ensure people's safety
:13:42. > :13:46.on that basis. People should go out to vote and I want to see people
:13:47. > :13:49.going out to vote because I think that is very important message that
:13:50. > :13:58.our democracy will not be deterred by terrorists. APPLAUSE
:13:59. > :14:06.I'm going to come round but can I check if we have the Stoke Sentinel
:14:07. > :14:10.here? Yes, in 2010 Staffordshire Police at 2219 officers from last
:14:11. > :14:14.year that was 1670 so do you agree with some of those officers who say
:14:15. > :14:19.that those cuts have disadvantage that ability to establish an
:14:20. > :14:22.intelligent in the community? Looking at Edwina Bone in
:14:23. > :14:25.counterterrorism terms, we're protected counterterrorism police
:14:26. > :14:30.budgets, ensure that funding is available for an uplift in armed
:14:31. > :14:34.police, given the police new powers to deal with terrorists. If you look
:14:35. > :14:39.at policing in the wider sense, as crime is changing the way we police
:14:40. > :14:41.is changing. And I must say we have a first-class Police and Crime
:14:42. > :14:51.Commissioners here in Staffordshire in Matthew Ellis. And deputy. But
:14:52. > :14:53.we're protected that counterterrorism budget and ensured
:14:54. > :14:58.the police have the powers they need. We also need to support the
:14:59. > :15:03.police when they do the job they need to do on the streets of our
:15:04. > :15:07.country. I support them in that shoot to kill, that is important and
:15:08. > :15:16.we saw how important it was on Saturday night. Jeremy Corbyn does
:15:17. > :15:22.not. Tom. We have seen again with the London Bridge attacks that the
:15:23. > :15:25.Internet, YouTube etc has been involved in radicalising and you
:15:26. > :15:28.have asked Internet company to do something about this and gone to
:15:29. > :15:33.Brussels and Sicily to ask international colleagues that
:15:34. > :15:38.nothing is happening. If now is not the time to start talking about
:15:39. > :15:42.hefty fines on Internet companies like the Germans already do? We are
:15:43. > :15:45.very clear and you are right that I did ask other world leaders to work
:15:46. > :15:49.with us on this and putting pressure on companies to do more and I think
:15:50. > :15:54.the companies should accept their responsibilities in relation to what
:15:55. > :15:58.is being put across their platforms because frankly we seek hateful
:15:59. > :16:02.ideology being spewed across platforms by extremists and that can
:16:03. > :16:06.lead to terrorism and we don't want a safe space online for terrorists
:16:07. > :16:10.to be planning attacks. We will continue to put pressure with others
:16:11. > :16:16.on those companies but we are also very clear we do need to look at the
:16:17. > :16:24.regulation of cyberspace because we need to ensure there is no safe
:16:25. > :16:28.space for the terrorists online. Huffington Post, in your Article 50
:16:29. > :16:31.let you said failure to achieve a deal with EU on Brexit would weaken
:16:32. > :16:38.the fight against crime and terrorism so do you still stand by
:16:39. > :16:42.that that no deal would weaken our ability to fight crime and terrorism
:16:43. > :16:45.and if so would you take that aspect of the table of the negotiations? I
:16:46. > :16:50.have said no deal is better than a bad deal, a bad deal, some people in
:16:51. > :16:54.Europe talk about punishing us and there are parties here in the UK who
:16:55. > :16:57.are clear they would take a deal at any price so they would get the
:16:58. > :17:02.worst deal at the highest price but that is not good for the UK. What we
:17:03. > :17:07.want to ensure is that we continue that cooperation with our European
:17:08. > :17:10.partners in a variety of areas, including -- are dealing with
:17:11. > :17:14.organised crime, in cooperation with matters relating to terrorists and
:17:15. > :17:19.that'll be an important part of the negotiation and I understand that
:17:20. > :17:20.and I have already negotiated in those areas and came back with
:17:21. > :17:32.exactly the UK wanted. Ben glaze, daily Mirror. How
:17:33. > :17:38.concerned are you about apparent security failings in the run-up to
:17:39. > :17:40.the London Bridge attack? As I say, this is still an ongoing
:17:41. > :17:44.investigation. We need to let the security services and the police
:17:45. > :17:47.have time to carry on with that investigation but I expect they will
:17:48. > :17:53.look at their processors. What we need to do and what Government needs
:17:54. > :17:57.to do from Friday onwards is to be looking at how this terror threat is
:17:58. > :18:02.revolving, the way that terrorism is breeding terrorism, the increased
:18:03. > :18:06.tempo of attack. We've had three horrific attacks in the last three
:18:07. > :18:11.months in the UK. At the same time, the security services and the police
:18:12. > :18:15.have foiled five other attacks. The tempo is therein away we haven't
:18:16. > :18:19.seen before. We need to say, how do we need to adapt in order to deal
:18:20. > :18:29.with that evolving threat as we see it changing? Yes, sorry, I don't
:18:30. > :18:32.know your name. If elected, will you bring forward the previously
:18:33. > :18:37.promised extremism bill and will it have powers to ban breaches and
:18:38. > :18:42.close mosques like the ones we saw in the Channel 4 documentary? As
:18:43. > :18:46.Home Secretary, I published a counter extremism strategy and we
:18:47. > :18:50.have already taken forward a number of things from that. As I said when
:18:51. > :18:54.I gave my statement earlier this week, I think it is very important
:18:55. > :18:58.that we call at extremism in this country. I think generally we have
:18:59. > :19:03.been overall too tolerant of extremism. I want communities to
:19:04. > :19:06.have the confidence of being able to come forward, to speak about
:19:07. > :19:13.extremism in this bottle so know how to deal with it. That is why we will
:19:14. > :19:16.set up a commission for countering extremism for the first time, the
:19:17. > :19:22.first time any country has done this. Working with community groups
:19:23. > :19:26.to ensure that they are able, not just to identify extremism, but able
:19:27. > :19:33.to deal with it, to come forward so that we strengthen our bombs as a
:19:34. > :19:36.society and we deal with these extremists -- we strengthen our
:19:37. > :19:42.bonds as a society and we deal with these extremists. Prime Minister,
:19:43. > :19:48.you recently visited Saudi Arabia. Did you raise directly the issue of
:19:49. > :19:51.terror funding coming from the kingdom? We talked to Saudi Arabia
:19:52. > :19:56.about a whole number of issues around the question of terrorism.
:19:57. > :19:59.Saudi Arabia is a question it -- a country itself which has experienced
:20:00. > :20:05.terrorist attacks and many lives have been lost as a result of that.
:20:06. > :20:09.We have an important link with Saudi Arabia because actually action taken
:20:10. > :20:12.by Saudi Arabia has saved lives here in this country. But we as
:20:13. > :20:15.Government have ensured that we have strengthened our ability to deal
:20:16. > :20:19.with terrorist finance through the changes we have but threw in the
:20:20. > :20:27.criminal finances act and in dealing with terrorists, you do need to look
:20:28. > :20:30.at every aspect of that. We talked about the Internet earlier in answer
:20:31. > :20:42.to a question, but also the origin of financing and we do. Yes. Rowena
:20:43. > :20:48.Mason from the Guardian. The bird named London Bridge attack was
:20:49. > :20:54.stopped in Italy in 2015. What action did the Home Office take on
:20:55. > :20:59.his return when he was suspected of trying to travel to Syria? Was his
:21:00. > :21:06.passport taken away from him or was travel excluded and if not, why not?
:21:07. > :21:10.As I have there, this is an ongoing investigation so I will not give
:21:11. > :21:14.details. You would not expect me to. Those are powers that are exercised
:21:15. > :21:18.by the policing in consultation with the Security service, removing a
:21:19. > :21:21.passport and excluding travel. But this is an ongoing investigation and
:21:22. > :21:27.we should leave people to do the job they need to do in terms of the
:21:28. > :21:34.investigation. Henry 's men from the Times. I minister, one of the London
:21:35. > :21:38.Bridge attackers appeared in a Channel 4 documentary last year
:21:39. > :21:45.called, the Jakati next door. Did you watch it? I didn't, but I think
:21:46. > :21:49.it comes back to the point that we need to make sure we are properly
:21:50. > :21:55.calling out extremism in this country. They want to destroy our
:21:56. > :21:58.way of life. They want to propagate hateful ideology to destroy our
:21:59. > :22:03.society. I want to see us coming together as one United Kingdom,
:22:04. > :22:06.raising our voices against the extremists and then there was no
:22:07. > :22:15.place extremism, whatever sort, in our country.
:22:16. > :22:20.APPLAUSE Alex Spence from bus speed. What
:22:21. > :22:25.Boris Johnson right to say that MI5 had questions to answer? I think
:22:26. > :22:29.Boris Johnson maybe by that I have answered that actually MI5 and the
:22:30. > :22:31.police, I would expect them to look into how they have handled this case
:22:32. > :22:35.once they have done the necessary work they need to do now and be
:22:36. > :22:39.focusing on now which is investigating this. Of course, as
:22:40. > :22:44.the terror threat evolves, we need to look to see how we adapt to deal
:22:45. > :22:48.with that terrorist threat and after appalling tragedy such as those that
:22:49. > :22:57.have taken place, we look at what has happened and what lessons need
:22:58. > :23:02.to be learned. Emily. Emily Morgan, ITV News. Sadiq Khan south London's
:23:03. > :23:07.police in the middle of ?1 billion worth of cuts. How is that making
:23:08. > :23:15.anyone safer and if I may, we are less than 48 hours from polling day.
:23:16. > :23:20.Our you nervous? -- are you nervous? The whole country has a decision
:23:21. > :23:24.that is very important to make on Thursday. I am out and about
:23:25. > :23:27.campaigning today as people who will be out and about campaigning around
:23:28. > :23:32.the country for what we believe is the right result in terms of taking
:23:33. > :23:36.this country forward for the future. You can't be a politician without
:23:37. > :23:41.enjoying election campaigns, so I will be out enjoying it over the
:23:42. > :23:44.next 48 hours and ensuring that we do bring that choice to people's
:23:45. > :23:48.attention and remind them of the joys that they have, because on
:23:49. > :23:55.Friday, there will only be one of two people as Prime Minister, either
:23:56. > :23:58.me or Jeremy Corbyn. Cressida Dick has said that the Metropolitan
:23:59. > :24:02.Police are well resourced and that they have very powerful
:24:03. > :24:05.counterterrorism capabilities. They are well resourced that they do have
:24:06. > :24:11.a powerful counterterrorism possibilities. -- capabilities. We
:24:12. > :24:14.need to look at whether we need to introduce new laws are our police
:24:15. > :24:19.and security services in times of them doing the job as the threat
:24:20. > :24:25.evolves but that, my Government would be committed to doing that.
:24:26. > :24:29.Laura, second question for the BBC. I know you can't comment on an
:24:30. > :24:33.ongoing investigation, everyone would understand that. But we know
:24:34. > :24:38.now that the authorities were alerted about all three of the
:24:39. > :24:42.attackers. Do you fear, as many members of the public might do, that
:24:43. > :24:47.there were intelligence failures in this case or do we have to accept in
:24:48. > :24:52.2017 that no matter how hard we try, some terrorists may slip three?
:24:53. > :24:56.That's what the Home Secretary has suggested this morning, but it is
:24:57. > :24:59.impossible to stop every single one. As I have said, the police and
:25:00. > :25:04.security service had done a good job in foiling an number of plots, bye
:25:05. > :25:08.in the last three months, and a significant number in the last few
:25:09. > :25:12.years as well. -- five in the last three months. What I think is
:25:13. > :25:16.important though, you said yourself that you recognise we can't comment
:25:17. > :25:19.on the ongoing investigation, we need to ensure that MI5 and the
:25:20. > :25:25.police are able to get on with that investigation as they need to do
:25:26. > :25:29.now. Then we will look at how the processes were followed, what they
:25:30. > :25:32.did. They will be wanting to look at that, because they will want to
:25:33. > :25:35.learn lessons for the future if there are lessons to be learned.
:25:36. > :25:39.Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.