1:54:16 > 1:54:18Manchester is my capital city.
1:54:18 > 1:54:21I didn't apply to university there, because it was too close to home.
1:54:21 > 1:54:25It was the place we went to when we got to 18 - well, maybe 17 -
1:54:25 > 1:54:28the place we went to the Hacienda, to Affleck's Palace,
1:54:28 > 1:54:32to enjoy the bright lights and the glamour of Manchester.
1:54:32 > 1:54:37I love Manchester - and I was there again last night at the vigil,
1:54:37 > 1:54:41and just hours after the devastation of that terrorist outrage,
1:54:41 > 1:54:44people stood together in that community,
1:54:44 > 1:54:48in that big Albert Square, jam packed with people.
1:54:48 > 1:54:49People had come from miles -
1:54:49 > 1:54:52I talked to an elderly couple, they'd come from miles, they said.
1:54:52 > 1:54:53I said, "Where from?"
1:54:53 > 1:54:54"From Oldham."
1:54:54 > 1:54:57Well, that can be miles away from Manchester, from one point of view.
1:54:57 > 1:55:01It was just a wonderful experience of seeing people coming together -
1:55:01 > 1:55:04and it occurred to me, as I walked through the streets afterwards,
1:55:04 > 1:55:07talking to people and just observing what was going round,
1:55:07 > 1:55:09I bumped into people who were going into gigs,
1:55:09 > 1:55:12sat outside bars, carrying on as normal.
1:55:12 > 1:55:14I was proud of them.
1:55:14 > 1:55:15It struck me.
1:55:15 > 1:55:17What also strikes me is, almost by the hour, now,
1:55:17 > 1:55:20we get the name of another child -
1:55:20 > 1:55:24maybe some of them are adults, but they're all someone's children -
1:55:24 > 1:55:25dead.
1:55:25 > 1:55:27People whose lives have been lost.
1:55:27 > 1:55:31Another family utterly, utterly shattered.
1:55:31 > 1:55:32And it's heartbreaking.
1:55:32 > 1:55:36My kids, each know somebody who was there on that night,
1:55:36 > 1:55:39and for all of us, it feels beyond devastating.
1:55:39 > 1:55:41Beyond heartbreaking.
1:55:41 > 1:55:43But here's the thing -
1:55:43 > 1:55:47you see, we will remember those 22 children.
1:55:47 > 1:55:48We will remember every single one of them,
1:55:48 > 1:55:51and we will stand by their families.
1:55:51 > 1:55:53We will put our arms around them.
1:55:53 > 1:55:56They will be never forgotten -
1:55:56 > 1:55:58but the terrorist will.
1:55:58 > 1:56:02You see, here's the thing - he died in vain.
1:56:02 > 1:56:03He died to divide us.
1:56:03 > 1:56:06He died to set us against one another -
1:56:06 > 1:56:07and what did I see in Manchester?
1:56:07 > 1:56:09People putting their arms around one another.
1:56:09 > 1:56:12We saw the homeless guy who did everything to help those people
1:56:12 > 1:56:16who were suffering and in need in that dark time on Monday night.
1:56:16 > 1:56:19We saw Muslim cabbies giving free rides to people.
1:56:19 > 1:56:21We saw people opening up their homes.
1:56:21 > 1:56:22You see, that's the Britain I love,
1:56:22 > 1:56:24and that's the Britain the terrorists want to destroy -
1:56:24 > 1:56:29and only a day and a half after that devastating terrorist attack,
1:56:29 > 1:56:31he has already lost.
1:56:31 > 1:56:33They have already lost.
1:56:33 > 1:56:34It feels raw now.
1:56:34 > 1:56:36It really feels raw -
1:56:36 > 1:56:40but I want to just say - those children, they're our children.
1:56:40 > 1:56:42We're all Manchester.
1:56:42 > 1:56:43We are all Britain.
1:56:43 > 1:56:46In the words of Tony Walsh, the poet,
1:56:46 > 1:56:47"We are all Britain,
1:56:47 > 1:56:49"whether we are born here or drawn here."