:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening and welcome back to Birmingham for more highlights from
:00:15. > :00:18.the Conservative Party Conference. After being mobbed on arrival last
:00:18. > :00:20.night, Boris Johnson took centre stage in the Symphony Hall today,
:00:20. > :00:27.careful to support the Prime Minister, but characteristically
:00:27. > :00:30.happy to please the crowds. Elsewhere, some of the Cabinet's
:00:30. > :00:33.heaviest hitters addressed conference. New Conference darling,
:00:33. > :00:36.Chris Grayling, outlined bash a burglar and two strikes and you're
:00:37. > :00:39.out policies. The Home Secretary, Theresa May, and Education
:00:39. > :00:49.Secretary, Michael Gove, took the stage and the new Health Secretary,
:00:49. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:53.Jeremy Hunt. Political journalists like me don't normally get caught
:00:53. > :00:57.up in media scrums, but that's exactly what happened last night
:00:57. > :00:59.when Boris Johnson arrived in Birmingham. A pack of TV cameras
:00:59. > :01:04.and photographers descended on the mayor of London and have been
:01:04. > :01:07.following him ever since. He, of course, has enjoyed every moment,
:01:07. > :01:16.but overall he has been on good behaviour, vowing to help David
:01:16. > :01:21.Cameron win a second term and talking up his record in London.
:01:21. > :01:26.you can win in the middle of a recession and wipe out a 17 point
:01:26. > :01:33.Labour lead then I know that David Cameron will win in 2015 when the
:01:33. > :01:39.economy... APPLAUSE
:01:39. > :01:42.He has got to be here somewhere. Where is Dave? There. There you are,
:01:42. > :01:46.Dave. I know that Dave will win in 2015 when the economy has turn
:01:46. > :01:52.around and we are already seeing signs of progress. When people are
:01:52. > :01:58.benefiting from jobs and growth and the firm leadership you have shown.
:01:58. > :02:03.The tough decision you have taken, not least coming along to hear this
:02:03. > :02:13.speech today. Happy birthday by the way. Happy birthday by the way and
:02:13. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:21.I was pleased... APPLAUSE
:02:21. > :02:25.I was pleased to see that you have called me a blond haired mop in the
:02:25. > :02:28.pages of the - well a pop is what I am. If I am a mop, Dave you are a
:02:28. > :02:36.broom. A a broom that is cleaning up the mess left by the Labour
:02:36. > :02:41.Government and a fantastic job and I con I congratulate you and your
:02:41. > :02:51.colleagues gooUrnings George Osborne, the dustpan and Michael
:02:51. > :02:53.
:02:53. > :02:59.Gove the jay cloth. To clear things up after the Labour binge has got
:02:59. > :03:03.out of control. If we continue to invest in
:03:03. > :03:09.transport, in London and thereby, to drive jobs around the country.
:03:09. > :03:16.If we continue to build what I call the platform for growth, better
:03:16. > :03:21.education, safer streets, more housing, better transport
:03:21. > :03:24.infrastructure then the private sector will produce amazing and
:03:24. > :03:29.world beating results on that platform and you have got to see
:03:29. > :03:36.what is happening in London at the moment. It is stunning. Go and see,
:03:36. > :03:43.you will see young Londoners in oddly shaped spectacles devicing
:03:43. > :03:49.apps which I barely understand, but which allow teenagers in Ohio to
:03:49. > :03:54.watch movies on their Xbox, but we are devicing the apps that enable
:03:54. > :03:59.them to do so and the money comes to London. The same point can be
:03:59. > :04:09.made about Soho. You go to Soho and you find young people coming up
:04:09. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:16.with programmes - steady! LAUGHTER
:04:16. > :04:19.That's no longer true of Soho as I'm sure, as I am sure the many
:04:19. > :04:25.Westminster Councilors here will testify. Instead of the antiquated
:04:25. > :04:29.impression of Soho you will find dynamic young people working in the
:04:29. > :04:39.film industry, yes! LAUGHTER
:04:39. > :04:45.
:04:45. > :04:49.You will find dynamic young people working in the Hollywood film
:04:49. > :04:55.industry. Or should I say, or should I say the so-called
:04:55. > :04:59.Hollywood film industry? Because what they are doing is they are
:04:59. > :05:03.using powerful computer graphics to make those so-called Hollywood
:05:03. > :05:11.movies and they are being made in London and the revenue is coming to
:05:11. > :05:17.London and to this country and let me tell you when they eat cake on
:05:17. > :05:23.the Champs Elysees, they eat cake very often that is made in London.
:05:23. > :05:28.LAUGHTER It is true. When they watch
:05:28. > :05:38.gangland-style on their television ins Korea as they do. The Prime
:05:38. > :05:40.
:05:40. > :05:45.Minister and I danced gang-land- style the other day. They watch it
:05:45. > :05:52.on on TVs with the use of aerials made in London in Wandsworth. It is
:05:52. > :05:56.true. The Dutch ride bicycles made in London. The Brazilians use
:05:56. > :06:06.mosquito repelant made in London. Every chocolate hobnob in the world
:06:06. > :06:14.
:06:14. > :06:16.is in aid in London! -- is made in London! It is true!
:06:16. > :06:18.APPLAUSE We export everything from ballet
:06:18. > :06:23.shoe to say badger hair shaving brushes. Now the badgers are killed,
:06:23. > :06:27.I have no idea. As I look ahead, I am filled with confidence about our
:06:27. > :06:33.capital and the future of people glowing up in London. -- growing up
:06:33. > :06:38.in London. We are going to sort out our aviation capacity problem in
:06:38. > :06:47.London, but we will not build a third runway. We will create new
:06:47. > :06:52.river crossings, we did one already. In the twinkle of an eye we built
:06:52. > :06:57.the first river crossing in 50 years. We will continue to expand
:06:57. > :07:02.cycle hire and to plant thousands of trees and all the things that
:07:02. > :07:07.butify London. We have -- beautyify London. We have the right time zone.
:07:07. > :07:11.The right language. We have got 300 of the right languages. It would be
:07:11. > :07:16.good if you speak English. We have got the right language and what
:07:16. > :07:26.else have have we got? We have got the right Government in Westminster.
:07:26. > :07:27.We have got the right Government in Westminster.
:07:27. > :07:31.APPLAUSE And we will fight, we will fight
:07:31. > :07:35.and I will fight to keep it there. To keep it there and just as we
:07:35. > :07:44.fought, we all all fought together this year to keep London from
:07:44. > :07:52.lurching back into the grip of taxpayer funded swilling tax
:07:52. > :07:56.minimisers and car hating bendy bus fetishes I will fight, I will fight,
:07:56. > :08:02.I will fight, I will join you in the fight to keep this country from
:08:02. > :08:06.lurching back into the grip of the two Eds, Balls and Miliband.
:08:06. > :08:11.Unreformed and unprependant about what they did to the economy and
:08:11. > :08:17.for the deficit they racked up and we need to go forward now from the
:08:17. > :08:23.age of excess under Labour through the age of austerity towards a new
:08:23. > :08:29.age of enterprise when we do what we did during the Olympics. When we
:08:29. > :08:33.discovered so much about what we can do and we build a world beating
:08:33. > :08:36.plait fortunately for -- platform for Britain and for businesses to
:08:36. > :08:42.compete and to win and we need to do it now and we need to start here
:08:42. > :08:49.under the Conservatives. Thank you very much indeed.
:08:49. > :08:52.APPLAUSE Boris Johnson speaking earlier. So
:08:53. > :08:56.do party members see Boris not just as their joker in chief, but also
:08:56. > :08:58.as their great white hope for the future as a possible successor to
:08:59. > :09:01.David Cameron? Adam Fleming took his mood box round conference to
:09:01. > :09:05.find out. Well, there is no indication David Cameron is going
:09:05. > :09:10.anywhere, but if the Tories did need a new leader, who would they
:09:10. > :09:14.turn to, Boris or anyone but Boris? Probably Boris.
:09:14. > :09:18.Why is that? He has got a great personality and people like him.
:09:18. > :09:20.Our first Boris fan! It is going to have to be Boris. He
:09:20. > :09:25.has a lot of ideas and is very popular.
:09:25. > :09:28.Go for it. Fair enough. He did do that thing
:09:28. > :09:35.about Hillsborough, the article about Hillsborough so it would have
:09:35. > :09:39.to be anyone, but. Boris' past is coming back to haunt
:09:39. > :09:44.him. He is not a Statesman, he is a
:09:44. > :09:48.fabulous person for the party, but I can't see him being a Statesman.
:09:48. > :09:53.Well, he has got everything. He has got honesty, he keeps the crowds,
:09:53. > :10:00.he makes us all happy. Yes, Boris. Thank you very much.
:10:00. > :10:05.He thinks we're on about Boris Yeltsin!
:10:05. > :10:11.We are promoting the vodka party which is on Tuesday evening.
:10:11. > :10:17.English, not good. That old ambassador's trick. I must
:10:17. > :10:22.practise. Practise my Russian. Practise my Russian more.
:10:22. > :10:28.He is not actually Russian. He is Turkish.
:10:28. > :10:37.Yes, he is Turkish. You have similar hair to him. Are you part
:10:37. > :10:46.of the family? I could be. It is not anyone, but Boris. I am a
:10:46. > :10:53.fan of the Hague Mark II. Future leader, someone else.
:10:53. > :10:58.I would vote for Grant, but if it were between Grant or anyone, but
:10:58. > :11:08.Boris, then I would back Boris. Boris or anyone, but. Oh, she
:11:08. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:18.doesn't like Boris. Well, I just just popped into the
:11:18. > :11:22.exhibition hall because I hear somebody has stolen our idea. Look
:11:22. > :11:26.at this! Oh well, back to the less exciting
:11:26. > :11:36.balls. Who do you have as a future leader,
:11:36. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:43.Boris or anyone but? All I can say is that Boris is a
:11:43. > :11:48.wonderful man to work for and I enjoy what I do for him enormously.
:11:48. > :11:53.Boris, you have a fair few detractors, but quite a few people
:11:53. > :11:57.are happy to have you as a future leader of the party if something
:11:57. > :12:02.should happen to David Cameron. You are cheeky and appealing to
:12:02. > :12:05.people's basic nature by doing this. It is entertaining, but I bet you
:12:05. > :12:08.haven't had one MP put anything in there.
:12:08. > :12:12.Actually, that's the best review I have had.
:12:12. > :12:16.You should be flattered. But it wasn't all just Borismania
:12:16. > :12:19.at the Conference today. If the morning was fun and games, the
:12:19. > :12:23.afternoon was crime and punishment with the Justice Secretary, Chris
:12:23. > :12:26.Grayling, and first, the Home Secretary, Theresa May. Like you, I
:12:26. > :12:31.spent a lot of Saturdays knocking on doors and one of the issues that
:12:31. > :12:36.comes up most often is immigration. Maybe that's why Ed Miliband gave a
:12:36. > :12:44.speech recently and told us that it is not racist to worry about
:12:44. > :12:46.immigration. Well, thank you, Ed. We knew that.
:12:46. > :12:52.LAUGHTER But it is not what the Labour Party
:12:52. > :12:55.used to say. And we won't take you seriously until you say sorry and
:12:55. > :13:02.admit immigration is too high and support us in bringing it under
:13:02. > :13:07.control. APPLAUSE
:13:07. > :13:12.And by the way, Labour knew exactly what they were doing. According to
:13:12. > :13:17.Jon Cruddas, Labour were using migration to introduce a covert
:13:18. > :13:23.21st century incomes policy. That's right. Labour, the party of the of
:13:23. > :13:29.the working man and woman, admit that they deliberately used
:13:30. > :13:34.immigration to keep down British wages. So we will reduce and
:13:34. > :13:39.control immigration. Our most transformtive change will take
:13:39. > :13:43.place next month. On Thursday, 15th November, everybody living in
:13:43. > :13:49.England and Wales, outside London, will have the right to vote for a
:13:49. > :13:54.police and crime commissioner. These are important jobs and big
:13:54. > :13:58.elections. The commissioners will lead the fight against crime in
:13:58. > :14:02.their communities and they will have significant powers. They will
:14:02. > :14:06.be responsible for setting police budgets and deciding how much the
:14:06. > :14:13.public pays for policing through council tax. They will be able to
:14:13. > :14:17.hire and if necessary, fire the Chief Constable. They will set the
:14:17. > :14:21.policing plan for their area and they will hold the chief constable
:14:21. > :14:24.to hold for delivering that plan and cutting crime. But the
:14:24. > :14:29.commissioners will be important figures, because their mandate from
:14:29. > :14:32.the public will allow them to get things done and giving the public a
:14:33. > :14:35.real voice. If the police and the local council aren't working
:14:35. > :14:40.together to deal with problems like noisy neighbours, the commissioner
:14:40. > :14:45.will be able to bring them together. If the police need more support
:14:45. > :14:49.from local Health Services to deal with offending by drug addicts, the
:14:49. > :14:53.commissioner will be able to make sure they get it. And I can
:14:53. > :14:57.announce today, an important new duty on police and crime
:14:57. > :15:02.commissioners, to make sure that victims have a greater say in the
:15:02. > :15:06.punishment of people responsible for anti-social behaviour. We will
:15:06. > :15:11.change the law. So when a criminal receives an out of court community
:15:11. > :15:16.punishment, the victim will be given the power to choose the form
:15:16. > :15:21.it takes. They will be given a list of options. They might want
:15:21. > :15:25.something restorative or punitive, they might want it to be carried
:15:25. > :15:29.out nearby or as far as way as possible, but the punishment will
:15:29. > :15:39.be chosen by the victim. For too long, victims of crime had no no
:15:39. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :15:55.voice, but this Government is giving victims back their voice.
:15:55. > :15:58.APPLAUSE The most important thing about
:15:58. > :16:00.police and crime commissioners is that they will need to stand up for
:16:00. > :16:02.the public and cut crime and if they don't, they will be voted out
:16:03. > :16:05.of their job. While Labour candidates use these elections to
:16:05. > :16:08.play politics, and the Lib Dems try to make up their minds whether they
:16:08. > :16:10.should take part, our candidates are talking about how to help their
:16:10. > :16:14.communities by getting tough on crime. And the other important
:16:14. > :16:21.question is - which candidates have the track records that prove they
:16:21. > :16:25.will be able to get the job done? Conservative candidates include a
:16:25. > :16:29.former Air Chief Marshal, several mag grates, businessmen and women
:16:29. > :16:34.and former police officers. Looking at Labour's candidates, they seem
:16:34. > :16:44.to think that the public are desperate for one last reunion tour
:16:44. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :16:54.of the politicians they rejected at the last election.
:16:54. > :16:56.APPLAUSE Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is
:16:56. > :17:00.Prescott and the has beens coming soon to a venue near you!
:17:00. > :17:04.Ladies and gentlemen, that public confidence issue is so important.
:17:05. > :17:11.We cannot deliver the reforms that are so desperately needed unless
:17:11. > :17:18.the public believe in us. And so to law abiding citizens, I want to say
:17:18. > :17:24.we are on your side. That is why I am announcing today a change to the
:17:24. > :17:28.law about protecting yourself and your family from intruders to your
:17:28. > :17:33.home. None of us would really know how we would react if someone broke
:17:33. > :17:38.into our house. None of us really know how frightening it would be if
:17:38. > :17:42.we were confronted by a burglar in the middle of the night. Or how
:17:42. > :17:47.terrified we would feel if we thought our family was in danger.
:17:47. > :17:51.You might well hit out in the heat of the moment without thinking of
:17:51. > :18:00.anything, but protecting your loved ones and right now, you are still
:18:00. > :18:03.not sure that the law is on your side. What I think householders
:18:03. > :18:11.acting instinctively and honestly in self-defence are victims, not
:18:11. > :18:13.criminals and they should be treated that way.
:18:13. > :18:17.APPLAUSE We are about to start another
:18:17. > :18:23.important change too. It is called two strikes and you are out. So if
:18:23. > :18:25.you commit two serious violent or sexual offences, you will get an
:18:25. > :18:35.automatic life sentence. APPLAUSE
:18:35. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:51.APPLAUSE Everyone
:18:51. > :18:51.Everyone deserves
:18:51. > :18:52.Everyone deserves a
:18:52. > :18:53.Everyone deserves a second
:18:53. > :18:56.Everyone deserves a second chance, but those who commit the most
:18:56. > :18:58.serious offences, crimes that would attract a sentence of ten or more
:18:58. > :19:01.years cannot be allowed to just go on and on causing harm, distress
:19:01. > :19:04.and injury. Those people are a real threat to our society and we must
:19:04. > :19:06.and we will treat them as such. Thirdly, I am announcing today that
:19:06. > :19:11.we are making big changes to community sentences. So that they
:19:11. > :19:17.deliver proper punishment in the community. Right now, large numbers
:19:17. > :19:22.of those sentences deliver no punishment at all. We will change
:19:22. > :19:27.that. We will legislate to make sure there is a punitive element as
:19:27. > :19:30.part of every community order. Chris Grayling speaking earlier.
:19:30. > :19:40.Another Cabinet Minister, new to his post, addressed Conference
:19:40. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:47.earlier. It Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. Andrew Lansley's
:19:47. > :19:57.reforms, they are brave, they are right and they will make our NHS
:19:57. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:08.stronger. Andrew is here. APPLAUSE
:20:08. > :20:10.The centralised structures that have run the NHS since 1948 make it
:20:10. > :20:12.famously the fifth largest organisation in the world. Smaller
:20:12. > :20:16.than the Red Army, but bigger than the Indian railways. Conference, we
:20:16. > :20:20.will never meet the challenges we face with over one million people
:20:20. > :20:24.trying to meet 1,000 targets to satisfy one Secretary of State
:20:24. > :20:30.sitting behind his desk in Whitehall. We know what happens
:20:30. > :20:34.when you do that, don't we? We had the perfect case study unLabour.
:20:34. > :20:40.48-hour GP appointment targets that made it harder, not easier to see
:20:40. > :20:44.your GP. Billions wasted on NHS IT contracts. This year for the first
:20:45. > :20:50.time, there are more pensioners than children. So looking to the
:20:50. > :20:55.future, our biggest priority must be to transform what we offer to
:20:55. > :21:00.meet the challenge of an ageing population. Fail to address this
:21:00. > :21:04.and our healthcare system will not be sustainable for them or any of
:21:04. > :21:07.us. If Andrew is the Health Secretary who helped give us the
:21:07. > :21:11.structures for a modern NHS, I want to be the Health Secretary who
:21:11. > :21:16.helped transform the culture of the system to make it the best in the
:21:16. > :21:21.world at looking after older people. Straight after his speech, the
:21:21. > :21:24.Health Secretary spoke to Andrew Neil. You are �12 billion figure is
:21:24. > :21:28.a fewer propaganda figure because it doesn't take into account
:21:28. > :21:38.inflation. This year health spending will be lucky to rise by
:21:38. > :21:39.
:21:39. > :21:45.1% in real terms from �101.3 billion to �101.6 billion, next
:21:45. > :21:49.year, how much will health spending rise in real terms? Well, what we
:21:49. > :21:53.have done... No, how much? No. No. No. Let me just answer your
:21:53. > :21:58.question if I may because you suggested it was propaganda. We
:21:58. > :22:01.have protected the NHS budget. Labour said that it would be
:22:01. > :22:06.irresponsible to increase the spending in the NHS. We are
:22:06. > :22:09.increasing it, but effectively, not by a huge amount, we are protecting
:22:09. > :22:14.the NHS budget and that's when the rest of Government spending overall,
:22:14. > :22:17.we are cutting spending by by 19% across all Government departments.
:22:17. > :22:20.That's a huge commitment that this Government is making to the NHS
:22:20. > :22:24.because we know how much health matters to every family in the
:22:24. > :22:27.country. Mr Hunt, under your own
:22:27. > :22:33.Government's projections, health spending next year in real terms
:22:33. > :22:40.will rise by �60 million. �60 million on a budget of �103 billion.
:22:40. > :22:46.How much is that percentage wise? You are increasing the budget by
:22:46. > :22:49.0.05%. It is peanuts. In the context, where there are public
:22:49. > :22:52.spending cuts in every other Government department, it is
:22:52. > :22:57.incredibly significant that in real terms this Government has made a
:22:57. > :23:01.big, big choice to protect the NHS budget because we know how much it
:23:01. > :23:09.matters and you know... But you said you would increase it every
:23:09. > :23:12.year? And we are increasing it by... By 0.5%. Well, I think... You never
:23:12. > :23:16.told us that. The point we are making is when we are having to
:23:16. > :23:20.make cutbacks when countries across the world are having to make big
:23:20. > :23:22.cuts in public spending, the one area that we have taken a choice to
:23:22. > :23:26.protect is the NHS and that's because we think it matters to the
:23:26. > :23:29.British people. It is a big choice. It means that other Government
:23:29. > :23:32.departments had to have deeper cuts and it is a choice that Labour
:23:32. > :23:36.wouldn't make. Indeed, in Wales, where Labour run the show, they
:23:36. > :23:39.didn't make that choice and the NHS budget has been cut. If we are
:23:39. > :23:43.going to get the outcomes that I was going to talk about this
:23:43. > :23:49.morning, we are going to improve our survival rates from cancer for
:23:49. > :23:54.example, from liver disease, from respiratory zosz then we --
:23:54. > :23:58.diseases then we need to show that commitment.
:23:58. > :24:01.Jeremy Hunt speaking to Andrew Neil. Whilst the Health Secretary is new,
:24:01. > :24:04.the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has been in office since the
:24:04. > :24:11.election and his reforms have made him something of an unlikely
:24:11. > :24:15.conference darling, with his new Gareth Malone style glasses. There
:24:15. > :24:21.is a problem at the heart of English education, a problem that
:24:21. > :24:28.has plagued this country tor decades -- for decades and that
:24:28. > :24:33.problem is inequality. We have one of the most Strategic Rail
:24:33. > :24:39.Authorityified and segregated education system. In England, if
:24:39. > :24:47.you are born poor, you are likely to go to a poor school and to stay
:24:47. > :24:52.poor. Every year there are 600,000 children who arrive at school. Of
:24:52. > :24:58.that 600,000, 80,000, the very poorest, are eligible for free
:24:58. > :25:04.school meals. Of those 80,000 in the last year, of the Labour
:25:04. > :25:11.Government, scarcely over 1,000 made it to our mainstream major
:25:11. > :25:17.universities. Think about it. One child in 80 from an inner city
:25:17. > :25:23.school in poverty making it to a major big City University. Think of
:25:23. > :25:27.that waste of talent. Think of those young lives which are never
:25:27. > :25:31.given the chance to reach their full potential. It is a scandal. It
:25:31. > :25:34.is a reproach to all of our consciences that there are so many
:25:34. > :25:39.young people who should never be given the chance, who are never
:25:39. > :25:42.given the chance to go to university. And I'm pledged to end
:25:42. > :25:46.it. How do these schools do it? Well, it is simple - they have
:25:46. > :25:50.teachers who believe in children and put children first at all times.
:25:50. > :25:55.That's why you will have teachers who will go the extra mile. They
:25:55. > :25:59.will stay after the school day ends in order to provide homework or
:25:59. > :26:02.after school clubs which stretch the mind and also in some cases,
:26:02. > :26:06.stretch the body. They will also ensure that for those children who
:26:06. > :26:12.need it, they will be there on a Saturday for catch-up classes. They
:26:12. > :26:15.ensure that there is an atmosphere of strict discipline so that no
:26:15. > :26:18.disruptive child can prevent others from learning. I have taken the
:26:18. > :26:22.opportunity from time to time when I have been speaking to teaching
:26:22. > :26:28.union conferences to single out these schools and to celebrate them
:26:28. > :26:33.and say, "Why can't more schools are like them?" Afterwards I have
:26:34. > :26:38.been taken aside by some of the union secretaries who said,
:26:38. > :26:48."Michael, one piece of advice, please don't single out these
:26:48. > :26:50.
:26:50. > :26:51.successful schools. It makes the others feel uncomfortable."
:26:51. > :26:53.LAUGHTER Now, I wonder what the trade union
:26:53. > :26:55.General Secretarys were doing during the Olympics? Were they
:26:55. > :26:58.hiding under the bed clothes because every time someone amazing
:26:58. > :27:03.had their talents celebrate they were too worried that the other
:27:03. > :27:06.people people might feel uncomfortable. How can we succeed
:27:06. > :27:14.as a country when every time we find success and we celebrate it,
:27:14. > :27:19.there are those who say no? Someone might feel uncomfortable. What I
:27:19. > :27:24.feel uncomfortable about is the soft bigotry of low expectations
:27:24. > :27:28.that lead so many to believe that so many schools schools can't be as
:27:28. > :27:33.good as the best schools and I am determined to fight that bigotry
:27:33. > :27:38.wherever I encounter. The general secretaries of some trade unions
:27:38. > :27:42.are making it difficult for me. Those general secretaries are oring
:27:42. > :27:49.their members not to cover classes where another teacher might be ill
:27:49. > :27:54.or away for a relative's funeral. They are arguing that teachers
:27:54. > :27:57.should give only the most basic reports once a year to every parent
:27:57. > :28:04.about their child's progress. They are saying that teachers shouldn't
:28:04. > :28:09.do photo copying. They are saying that teachers shouldn't put up
:28:09. > :28:13.displays or supervise exams. They are saying that teachers shouldn't
:28:13. > :28:20.devote themselves to children. I have a simple message to those
:28:20. > :28:25.union general secretaries - don't let your eye eology -- ideology
:28:25. > :28:29.hold back our children. I am grateful to those ministers who
:28:29. > :28:39.also served alongside me for the first two years in Government. To
:28:39. > :28:44.
:28:44. > :28:46.Tim Lawton who fought bravely for children in need and to Nick Gibb.
:28:46. > :28:56.APPLAUSE That's all for tonight. In the
:28:56. > :28:59.
:28:59. > :29:03.Hyatt Bar, the talk is all of Boris today and Dave tomorrow. The blond
:29:03. > :29:06.haired mop has returned to London so he won't be here to see his
:29:06. > :29:09.great friend Dave the Broom speak on the last day of conference.
:29:09. > :29:11.Taking the stage will be the new Culture Secretary, Maria Miller and
:29:11. > :29:14.the main event, the Prime Minister's big speech. After Ed
:29:14. > :29:16.Miliband's impressive performance last week much is expected of Mr
:29:16. > :29:19.Cameron tomorrow. George Osborne struck a sombre tone, setting out
:29:19. > :29:24.the hard road ahead. The Prime Minister has to plain why he thinks