:00:18. > :00:24.Thank you. And especially thank you. Theresa May wouldn't have this,
:00:25. > :00:29.would she? Allegedly, Theresa May visited Cornwall yesterday. I say
:00:30. > :00:33.allegedly, but apparently she didn't meet an independent voter, and it
:00:34. > :00:37.strikes me that there is a theme developing in this election, which
:00:38. > :00:42.is Theresa May and the Conservatives taking Britain for granted,
:00:43. > :00:47.believing that this election is something she has got in the bag,
:00:48. > :00:53.not a contest but a coronation as far as she is concerned. Tamara's
:00:54. > :00:58.County Council elections, we have an opportunity to say we will be taken
:00:59. > :01:02.for granted. -- tomorrow's County Council elections. If you agree with
:01:03. > :01:06.the Lib Dems on everything or not quite everything, you surely must
:01:07. > :01:10.agree that Britain needs a strong opposition so this Government can be
:01:11. > :01:17.held to account. There is a vacancy for an opposition in this country,
:01:18. > :01:22.and the Lib Dems are to bid for that vacancy and to fill it. We believe
:01:23. > :01:25.that the worst goverments other ones with the weakest opposition. The Lib
:01:26. > :01:29.Dems are here to be the opposition up and down this country in the
:01:30. > :01:34.local elections tomorrow. I urge people to cast their vote for the
:01:35. > :01:38.Lib Dems to stop the Conservatives taking you for granted in this
:01:39. > :01:41.election that they assume is merely a coronation, and to give us real
:01:42. > :01:45.hope that things are beginning to change. Yesterday, we saw the Lib
:01:46. > :01:53.Dems reach our highest ever membership figure, passing the
:01:54. > :01:57.record of 101,000. We are now beyond that figure, and that was our
:01:58. > :02:01.highest under Paddy Ashdown in the mid-1990s. Something has changed in
:02:02. > :02:05.British politics, and that is people of all ages, but especially young
:02:06. > :02:09.people, wanting dizzy a different outcome for this country than the
:02:10. > :02:13.one that is currently being offered to us. If you believe that Britain's
:02:14. > :02:16.end point can be better than the one we are currently heading towards,
:02:17. > :02:21.then the Lib Dems are your only hope. Whatever you think about this
:02:22. > :02:25.Jean-Claude Juncker - Theresa May spat of the last few days, it
:02:26. > :02:30.reminds us that that is the shape of things to come over the next two
:02:31. > :02:33.years. Politicians and bureaucrats on other side of the channel
:02:34. > :02:40.stitching up your future, your future, making sure that your life
:02:41. > :02:43.chances are dictated by people in the 21st-century equivalent of
:02:44. > :02:48.smoke-filled rooms. We say that is an outrage, whether you voted Leave
:02:49. > :02:53.Remain, we believe that the people should have the final say on the
:02:54. > :02:58.deal we have to live with. If the people reject the deal, we should be
:02:59. > :03:01.entitled to stay in the EU. We are the only party offering the chance
:03:02. > :03:04.of a better and different future. With the Lib Dems, you have the
:03:05. > :03:05.chance to change Britain's future. Thank you.
:03:06. > :03:25.APPLAUSE Without causing any injury...
:03:26. > :03:27.Especially not to you. All done! Glad to see you all. Thanks for
:03:28. > :03:56.coming out. Great to see you. Bless you, great to see you. Thanks
:03:57. > :04:08.for coming along. You are doing a great job. There you go. Great,
:04:09. > :04:21.great, very good. Good morning. Tags are being here. The FT said that
:04:22. > :04:28.France and Germany... -- thanks for being here. France and Germany are
:04:29. > :04:34.saying they are pushing for the Brexit bill to be ?100 billion will
:04:35. > :04:41.stop you have bureaucrats on both side stitching up Ally Young
:04:42. > :04:44.people's future. This is a deal we will all have to live with several
:04:45. > :04:47.decades and it is something that is underwritten at the moment and will
:04:48. > :04:51.be stitched up by people behind closed doors. The British people
:04:52. > :04:58.won't be allowed to have their say. It is the strongest reminder yet the
:04:59. > :05:01.of the Liberal Democrats' position that the people should have the
:05:02. > :05:08.final say and have a final referendum. We should all support
:05:09. > :05:12.that. Will we pay 100 billion? Might sense of the debate over what we
:05:13. > :05:14.pay, if we pay, whether we will be in the single market, whether we
:05:15. > :05:19.will share policing across the continent, all of that is unknown,
:05:20. > :05:26.and the real message out of this spat between Jean-Claude Juncker and
:05:27. > :05:30.Theresa May is that this will be what happens over the next two
:05:31. > :05:33.years. None of us will be given a stay of it will be stitched up by
:05:34. > :05:38.politicians in Brussels and London and the British people will be
:05:39. > :05:48.carved out. The Lib Dems could it -- the Lib Dems are determined that the
:05:49. > :05:53.people should have the final say. This is a tedious beginning to a
:05:54. > :05:57.tedious process of politicians on both sides of the Channel trading
:05:58. > :06:03.blows, making and deciding our future in the 21st equivalent of
:06:04. > :06:05.smoke-filled rooms, and we have to live with the consequences of this
:06:06. > :06:11.spat. We believe that people should have the final say, not the
:06:12. > :06:17.politicians. Do you share concern about how complex the exit will be?
:06:18. > :06:23.It will be complex, but more importantly, it will be damaging to
:06:24. > :06:28.every family in this country. The average family is ?500 a year worse
:06:29. > :06:32.off already at a concert Brexit. That is not what the people were
:06:33. > :06:35.told. They were misled by the Government and Brexit is being
:06:36. > :06:39.botched by our Government. The people must have the final say. Who
:06:40. > :06:42.do we trust to make the final decision on the deal we end up
:06:43. > :06:47.living with as a community and as a nation in these next two years? Do
:06:48. > :06:52.you trust politicians or people? The Lib Dems trust the people. The link
:06:53. > :06:58.talks cannot progress with the EU unless we agree to pay this ?100
:06:59. > :07:01.billion bill in principle? The gossipy emerging from Downing Street
:07:02. > :07:05.and Brussels, we should take it with a massive pinch of salt. The one
:07:06. > :07:09.message we should get out is that you have politicians on both sides
:07:10. > :07:13.trying to stitch up our future behind closed doors without the
:07:14. > :07:16.people having a say. The British people must have the final say and
:07:17. > :07:31.it must not be stitched up by politicians. Thank you.
:07:32. > :07:44.I travelled especially here. I've been waiting to see you for two
:07:45. > :07:52.years. I'm quite easily accessible. It's a genuine pleasure. If you do
:07:53. > :07:57.get the seats, you will back Theresa May in her aims to make Britain
:07:58. > :08:01.great again. Don't you think the best governments are the ones that
:08:02. > :08:06.are challenged? You just challenged me. That is how I should be to
:08:07. > :08:11.Theresa May. I am not saying you should challenge her. Don't say that
:08:12. > :08:16.people who voted Leave didn't know what they were voting for. I didn't.
:08:17. > :08:24.You've always said it. It wasn't on the ballot paper... In the
:08:25. > :08:29.booklet... We all read it. If you had your way, the ballot paper would
:08:30. > :08:38.be about a mile long. You make a choice, don't you? I want this, I
:08:39. > :08:44.don't want that. I am now a pensioner, and if you do get in,
:08:45. > :08:47.with a very small number of seats, went to Reza says we're going to
:08:48. > :09:00.look after the pensioners, I shall look for your vote. God bless. Thank
:09:01. > :09:08.you, Malcolm. We need more of that. Nice to talk to you. That would
:09:09. > :09:14.never have happened to Theresa May, because she doesn't talk to anybody
:09:15. > :09:20.normal. He is a regular human being with an opinion, and I respect him.
:09:21. > :09:23.We are open to the public. This is an election about changing Britain's
:09:24. > :09:27.future. You don't do that without talking to people who disagree with
:09:28. > :09:36.you sometimes. Enough respect to the guy. He is in the majority. He voted
:09:37. > :09:40.Leave. He was telling me what I thought about Leave voters. How dare
:09:41. > :09:45.he? I know loads of them and I am probably the only leader of a major
:09:46. > :10:07.party who has related to any. I was brought up in Preston...