:00:14. > :00:24.Over here. OK. That's great. How are you, very nice to see you? OK. First
:00:25. > :00:33.of all, thank you so much to everybody who has turned to
:00:34. > :00:37.celebrate the opportunity to turn Lewes Liberal Democrat again. The
:00:38. > :00:40.election on the 8th of June is the opportunity to turn our towns and
:00:41. > :00:45.beverages back to the Liberal Democrat we had for 20 years before
:00:46. > :00:50.with Norman Baker. We want to see a change for Britain, we want to
:00:51. > :00:54.oppose a hard Brexit. We want to stand up for the rights of EU
:00:55. > :01:01.nationals, most importantly we want to stay in the single market. With
:01:02. > :01:05.this fantastic turnout with the town slowly but surely turning Lib Dem
:01:06. > :01:07.again, we can do it and take the seat back and keep it in Liberal
:01:08. > :01:14.Democrat hands forever. CHEERING
:01:15. > :01:17.Thank you very much, Kelly Marie. It is a massive pleasure to be back at
:01:18. > :01:22.Lewes, supporting the campaign. We Lewes, supporting the campaign. We
:01:23. > :01:26.have a majority of just over 1000 to overturn. We know progressives who
:01:27. > :01:30.want to make sure we do not have a hard Brexit Conservative MP, who
:01:31. > :01:34.along with the Conservative Party in this country takes the town and
:01:35. > :01:38.country for granted. Only a vote for Kelly Marie Blondel and the Lib Dems
:01:39. > :01:44.will do that. Theresa May, in cold and Campillo -- calculating way,
:01:45. > :01:48.spied the weakest opposition in living memory and thought it was a
:01:49. > :01:55.chance to a colossal majority. Theresa May is banking on a
:01:56. > :02:01.landslide on the 8th of June, she is banking on turning Lewes and every
:02:02. > :02:04.part of the country for granted. -- taking Lewes and every part of the
:02:05. > :02:10.country for granted. We have seen the discussions in media over the
:02:11. > :02:14.last few weeks or so -- last few days or so of Theresa May
:02:15. > :02:18.Jean-Claude Junker's discussions, he said, she said. That is the shape of
:02:19. > :02:23.things to come, we will not know what is going on, a deal will be
:02:24. > :02:27.stitched by bureaucrats and Eurocrats, between our politicians
:02:28. > :02:32.and bears, it will be stitched up over the next 18 months and imposed
:02:33. > :02:36.on the people of Lewes, imposed on the people of Britain, they will
:02:37. > :02:50.have no say unless you vote Liberal Democrat. We believe that the people
:02:51. > :02:53.should have the final say, not the politicians. We also seek coming out
:02:54. > :02:55.of the leaks and the discussions around the dinner conversation
:02:56. > :02:57.between Theresa May and Junker the sense that Theresa May is utterly
:02:58. > :03:00.and totally complacent, first of all budgie has won the election. What
:03:01. > :03:04.business does you have talking to European leaders, telling them she
:03:05. > :03:08.has already won the general election? The British people will,
:03:09. > :03:12.rightly, be utterly offended by that arrogance. Also complacent about the
:03:13. > :03:17.consequences of leaving the EU without any kind of deal. Did she
:03:18. > :03:24.not know what leaving the EU without any kind of deal means in terms of
:03:25. > :03:33.the rising prices in shops, petrol forecourts and Rome incomes. Around
:03:34. > :03:37.our countries, families of ?500 a year worse off as a consequence of
:03:38. > :03:41.the hard Brexit that the Conservative Government has chosen,
:03:42. > :03:45.that is before we have even left. I do not believe Theresa May is
:03:46. > :03:48.ignorant to those consequences, I do not believe that Theresa May does
:03:49. > :03:52.not know that leading be without a deal will hit every family in that
:03:53. > :03:58.pocket, as people in this part of the world know when they struggle to
:03:59. > :04:03.manage the price of train tickets. I don't think she does not know, I
:04:04. > :04:08.think she does not occur. The more votes the Tories get, and the more
:04:09. > :04:12.seats, the warm up -- the more Theresa May the Conservatives will
:04:13. > :04:16.take you for granted. This coronation that we are trying to
:04:17. > :04:19.turn into a contest, I am afraid it is a coronation because we have the
:04:20. > :04:24.worst opposition in living memory. Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party
:04:25. > :04:27.are obsessed with fighting the next Labour leadership contest, in
:04:28. > :04:33.fighting instead of fighting for Britain. There is a vacancy for an
:04:34. > :04:37.opposition, we here to claim that. To say to the British people, there
:04:38. > :04:40.is a better future possible, the Liberal Democrats can win, and with
:04:41. > :04:51.your support we will. Thank you. CHEERING
:04:52. > :05:03.Should I stay where I am? Good morning, how are you? It is lovely.
:05:04. > :05:13.(INAUDIBLE) . We will see what we can organise.
:05:14. > :05:22.Are you going into London? London as well today, yes. Cool. One of the
:05:23. > :05:27.things that would help is if the Greens did not stand. You stood
:05:28. > :05:32.aside for them in Brighton but they selected candidate here, would you
:05:33. > :05:36.prefer if they did not stand? In most elections, more parties stand
:05:37. > :05:41.and it is making a choice. Given the majority was 1000 votes last time,
:05:42. > :05:47.everybody green Labour inclined, everybody thinks that backing a very
:05:48. > :05:51.hardline Brexit Conservative and wants to stop them being re-elected,
:05:52. > :05:55.they know what to do with their votes. The Liberal Democrats, with
:05:56. > :06:03.Kelly Marie Blondel, have a real opportunity of winning. That means
:06:04. > :06:07.people know how to cast their vote. You are not but first? I am a big
:06:08. > :06:13.fan of Caroline Lucas am pleased that the local party in Brighton
:06:14. > :06:16.chose to support... In a democracy people are in title to stand a
:06:17. > :06:24.candidate. The only through which Theresa May is the Nowell is the
:06:25. > :06:28.Liberal Democrat flanks. The Greens will not gain seats, the SNP can
:06:29. > :06:31.only physically gain one unless there is aggressive foreign policy
:06:32. > :06:34.from Nicola Sturgeon we are yet to hear of, the Labour Party will
:06:35. > :06:40.clearly lose seats. So Theresa May has that in the bag unless the Lib
:06:41. > :06:44.Dem front is as strong as we believe it can an Lewes, Eastbourne, other
:06:45. > :06:49.areas where we believe the Lib Dems can make gains to make sure there is
:06:50. > :06:55.a strong opposition. One thing the Lib Dems do not want is the collapse
:06:56. > :06:58.of Ukip, they got 10% of the votes last time, if that transfers to the
:06:59. > :07:04.Conservatives it makes your job so much more difficult? A la job is to
:07:05. > :07:09.present a clear case, what we have done over the last two weeks and
:07:10. > :07:13.throughout the last year is to present a positive, clear view of a
:07:14. > :07:18.different direction Britain could go in. Leaving the single market was
:07:19. > :07:22.not on the ballot paper last June. Many people who voted Leave,
:07:23. > :07:26.including many people here in Lewes, will wonder why the Prime Minister
:07:27. > :07:31.is choosing to do something not mandated in the referendum which
:07:32. > :07:34.will make us all more poor. The average family is ?500 a year worse
:07:35. > :07:38.off already because of the assumption we are leaving the single
:07:39. > :07:44.market, it will get much worse along the way. So whether they voted Ukip,
:07:45. > :07:47.Conservative, Leave or remain, they know that if you want to stay in the
:07:48. > :07:51.single market to protect you and your family's income and the
:07:52. > :07:57.country's Security, the Liberal Democrats are the only party for
:07:58. > :08:02.you. Would you like the negotiations to be held in public, essentially?
:08:03. > :08:08.It is not great that the European Union seems to have leaked what was
:08:09. > :08:11.meant to be private. All offer he said, she said stuff out of the
:08:12. > :08:15.dinner is a reminder of what will come over the next few months and
:08:16. > :08:20.years -- all of the he said, she said stuff. Our future as a country
:08:21. > :08:23.will be stitched between our politicians and bears, a la
:08:24. > :08:27.bureaucrats and bears. That is not democracy, the will of the people
:08:28. > :08:35.will be utterly ignored unless the Lib Dems get our way and say the
:08:36. > :08:42.British people should not -- should have the final say. People will talk
:08:43. > :08:45.about opposition publicly. Juan plasma negotiating position has been
:08:46. > :08:51.made clear in the sense that she says she wants to take us out of the
:08:52. > :08:54.single market -- Theresa May's negotiation position has been made
:08:55. > :08:58.clear. Many people will think that is shocking news for business, large
:08:59. > :08:59.am particularly small, and bad news for families feeling the Brexit
:09:00. > :09:20.squeeze. Thank you. That shop is closed, for example.
:09:21. > :09:26.And this one? Betis the Fish bar. That opens at about 5pm. The owner
:09:27. > :09:30.of the fish bar came to see me and said, I am being put out of business
:09:31. > :09:34.by the fact that people cannot get to my fish bar in the evening
:09:35. > :09:38.because they are having to run the gauntlet with all the kids hanging
:09:39. > :09:52.around. He was very concerned. We did what we could. It is a
:09:53. > :09:53.fundamental issue with the fact... We are being watched. There