Theresa May Election 2017

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Thank you. Thank you very much everybody, and it's great to be back

in Norwich, and can I say thank you to all of you from great -- for

breaking off from campaigning to come here today. I just wanted to

say a few things to you, because this is a really crucial election, I

think it is the most critical country has faced in my lifetime.

And I know what hard work you have all been doing throughout the

campaign, and it is less than 36 hours before the polls close am so

let us make the most of that time. Being in Government is a huge

honour, but it is also a huge responsibility, and at no time has

that responsibility been greater than now. Because our country is

facing great challenges, but also huge opportunities are opening up to

us. And as we go out campaigning in this remaining time, I want us to

take out the message to people of the clear choice that is there for

them when they vote tomorrow. And the message of the vision that we as

Conservatives have for building a stronger, fairer and more prosperous

Britain than it is today. And it is only the Conservatives that have the

plan and the vision and the determination to do that. And I am

absolutely confident that we can do that, because I believe in Britain

and I believe in the British people. And I want to see us building a

country where nobody and no community is left behind. I want to

see us building a country where it doesn't matter where you came from

or who your parents are, how far you go is down to you and your hard

work. I want to see a country as we leave the European Union, we do see

opportunities opening up to us, and I think the promise of Brexit is

great. I want to see us as a global, a good-looking nation, I want to see

us out there trading our way round the world. I want to ensure that

economic prosperity and opportunity is spread throughout the whole

country. I want to ensure that this is a country that feels more

confident in its self. -- itself. And I believe in Britain and in the

British people. And that is the message that we will take out in

these remaining hours. Because, you know, there are great things that we

can do together. And I want us to reignite the British spirit. To show

the opportunities and what we can be as a country. Now, when it comes to

the election tomorrow, I think the choices and the questions people

need to ask are exactly the same today as they were right at the

beginning of the campaign, and the first is the question of who do you

trust to actually have the strong and stable leadership that is going

to deliver the best deal for Britain in Europe? Because Brexit matters.

Brexit is the basis of everything else. We need to get that Brexit

deal right. And another question is, who has got the will and crucially

the plan to just get on with the job and deliver Brexit? And remember,

those Brexit negotiations start 11 days after polling day tomorrow. So

in less than a fortnight, the Prime Minister and the Government have to

be ready to go out there and negotiate for Britain, and stand up

and fight for Britain. And there is one simple fact that nobody should

forget, which is that if we lose just six seats, the Government loses

its majority. That would mean that Coalition of chaos, with Labour, the

Lib Dems and the SNP. It would mean Jeremy Corbyn... In Number Ten, John

McDonnell at the Treasury, and what a combination that would be, we know

they would wreck our economy, and what we also know with Labour is

that it is ordinary working people who always pay the price. And in

that Coalition of chaos of course there is a third element, we would

see the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon pulling the strings. So we can

prevent that from happening. Every vote for a Conservative candidate

here and around the country can prevent that from happening, every

candidate -- every vote for Conservative candidates will

strengthen my hand in those Brexit negotiations, and every voter

Conservative candidates will enable us to fight for that brighter future

in the country. So let's go out there with renewed determination in

these last hours, let's go out there not for ourselves but for the future

of our country. And I have a very simple message to people. Vote

Conservative in the national interest. Give me your backing lead

Britain. Give me the authority to speak for Britain. Strengthen my

hand when I negotiate for Britain. And with your backing, I will

deliver for Britain. Thank you. Now, we have some members of the

media. Andy. When you call this election a lot of people were

talking about a landslide. Nobody is talking about that any more, isn't

the reason for that the campaign that you have led, it's been a

disappointment, hasn't it? There is only one poll that matters. I have

never talked about predicting election results, I say one simple

thing you need to do in an election is go out there and work to earn the

support of voters. That's exactly what I've been doing, it's what

Chloe and Lana have been doing, it's what candidates all run have been

doing. It's what all these activates -- activists have been doing. So the

only poll that matters is the one that takes place tomorrow.

Throughout this campaign you have said you have a plan for Brexit, but

after six, seven weeks, voters are no clearer to knowing how you plan

to pull Britain out of the single market, what Bill you might pay

Brussels, what the consequence of you failing would be. You haven't

given voters a clear choice, have you? Yes I have, I gave a speech

back in January, where I set out the negotiation -- negotiating

objectives for Brexit. We have repeated those, we have set those

are clearly in our manifesto. The article 15 letter triggering the

start of negotiations, I set out clearly objectives that we have got,

a conference of free trade agreement, a deep and personal

partnership with the EU in the future. Continuing to cooperate on

Security and defence matters. And there are 12 objectives I have set

out for the Brexit negotiations. I have been very clear what our plan

for Brexit is, Jeremy Corbyn's had I think seven Brexit plans in nine

months. When you are going into this negotiations, you need to know what

you want and how you are going to go about it. And we do. After 77

bombings, the Conservatives accused the Labour Government of a knee jerk

response. -- 7/7 bombings. Aren't you doing the same by warnings of

tightening the human rights legislation? We are seeing the

terrorist threat changing, we are seeing it evolve, and really to

respond to that. And as I sat on the steps of Downing street, enough is

enough and things have to change. That is why I have said I believe we

do need to do more to tackle the ideology motivating the perpetrators

of these attacks. We need to have those international agreements to

wreck -- regulates cyberspace so the terrorists cannot plan online, we

need to do more to stamp out extremism here in communities in

Britain. And yes, we did need to know -- that the powers for police

and intelligence agencies, to make sure they have the powers they need.

I have talked about some of those powers, like making it easy to

deport foreign terrorists sub -- suspects, like being able to do more

to restrict the freedom and movements of terrorist suspects when

we know they are a threat, but when we don't have the evidence to

prosecute them fully in court, and longer sentences for terrorism

related offences for those who are convicted for them. And what I have

been clear about is that if human rights laws get in the way of us

doing those things, which I think the necessary as the first has

evolved, we will change those rules. Prime Minister, how would any of the

measures on human rights and counterterrorism you have announced

in the last 24 hours have prevented the last three terrorist attacks in

the UK? In those cases all the suspects were already down to MI5

and the security services. -- were already known.

And and in increased. We're seeing terrorism and breeding terrorism and

the difference in the crude methods used. We need to adapt our response

to that. As Home Secretary, I was clear that when the police and

security services wanted the laws to do their jobs, we gave them to them.

We set in Major legislation, the powers of the security services, but

now the threat is becoming more complex and involved evolving, we

need to adapt to give the police powers need. Thank you. There may be

scores of Labour supporters who can't bring themselves to vote for

Corbyn, but they aren't sure about you either. How are you going to

change things over Brexit? This is a question of not how they voted

before but who they want to see, not just for the next five years but the

country in the future. I would say to those voters that they will

probably be the sort of people that I met in North West Durham years

ago, who are patriotic who want to see good jobs for their children.

They want their children to get a good quality of education, who want

the public services to be there when they need it. And it's the

Conservative Party will build that strong economy, with better paid

jobs. We will help people by capping those rip-off energy tariffs. By

growing our economy, we will ensure we can invest in the NHS, a good

school place for every child, and proper technical education for the

first time the young people in this country.

APPLAUSE In 2011, you scrapped control orders

and replace them with less restrictive powers over terrorist

suspects. Isn't this just another U-turn because you want to now beef

them up again? Reason we did what we did, was because the courts

increasingly knocked them down so we introduced TPIMs. It's right that we

look again to see what powers we can give. I will take a couple more. The

gentleman in front of the lamp with the bid. The Daily Express. You talk

about reigniting the spirit of the British people. Do you believe the

European Union snuffed it out? I believe there's a real opportunity

for us now, coming together as the United Kingdom, grasping the

opportunities available to us coming out of the European Union. We need

to encourage investment here, Seymour jobs come here and ensure

there is opportunity for everybody. As I said, it's about ensuring that

people know that it's not where it comes from that is then and their

hard work that will get them on in life.

Prime Minister, you said you wouldn't make policy up on the hoof

but isn't that what you did last night in the desperate attempt to

show voters you are tough on terror. You had your ups and downs. What

have you learnt about yourself from this campaign? I will say what I've

always known about my -- myself. I like to get out and about. What I'm

doing is setting out to people that as we've seen that higher tempo that

steps that we will take. But many of these are not things that have

suddenly come onto the page book. I've been talking about some of

these issues before. I've talked about deporting foreign suspects. I

have deported some hate preachers out of the country.

APPLAUSE You appeared at a lot of events but

Corbyn is attracting thousands of people to rallies. Does that worry

you at all? I been into workplaces and talk to people in their

workplace about the issues that matter to them and taken their

questions. And yes, I'm here with activists today but this is the last

stages of the campaign and dining carriage in people to get out over

the last 36 hours and campaign. -- and I am encouraging people to get

out. Can you promise Brenda from Bristol and the nation's beleaguered

sketch writers that there will be will not be another general election

but the next five years. LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE The country needed that stability

over the next five years. On the question of a referendum, we

are the one party who is going to deliver on the will of the British

people, respect their will and make sure we go through with Brexit,

unlike other parties. APPLAUSE