:00:12. > :00:17.Good evening and welcome back to Birmingham for one last round-up
:00:17. > :00:26.from the Conservative Party Conference. "Let us build an
:00:26. > :00:28.aspiration nation". So said David Cameron as he closed his party's
:00:28. > :00:31.conference with a serious defence of the Government's agenda. He
:00:31. > :00:35.described the Conservatives as the party of the strivers and his
:00:35. > :00:36.mission to "unlock the promise in all our people" as the only way to
:00:36. > :00:39.safeguard Britain's place in the world.
:00:39. > :00:43.And in a strongly worded attack on the Opposition, he described Labour
:00:43. > :00:46.as the party not of one nation, but of one notion - borrowing. We have
:00:46. > :00:55.extended highlights of the speech and the reaction of party members
:00:55. > :00:59.watching. Well, the Prime Minister's speech is over and they
:00:59. > :01:02.are about to start taking down the stage set here. He got the usual
:01:03. > :01:07.rousing reception you would expect him to get, but this was not a
:01:07. > :01:11.speech full of jokes and talk of sun lit uplands. This was a serious
:01:11. > :01:15.speech about the tough times the country is in and it was an
:01:15. > :01:19.argument from the Prime Minister, his claim, that his brand of
:01:19. > :01:23.aspirational Toryism is the best thing for the hard road ahead. Here
:01:23. > :01:27.are some of the highlights. All of my adult life, whatever the
:01:27. > :01:32.difficulties, the British people have at least been confident about
:01:32. > :01:37.one thing - we thought we can pay our way. That we can earn our
:01:37. > :01:43.living as a major industrial country and we will always remain
:01:43. > :01:48.one. It has fallen to us to say that we cannot assume that any
:01:48. > :01:52.longer. Unless we act, unless we take difficult, painful decisions.
:01:52. > :01:58.Unless we show determination and imagination, Britain may not be in
:01:58. > :02:04.the future what it has been in the past. Because the truth is this -
:02:04. > :02:12.we are in a global race today and that means an hour of reckoning for
:02:12. > :02:16.countries like ours, sink or swim. Do or decline. To take office, to
:02:16. > :02:24.become the Government at such a moment is a duty and an honour and
:02:24. > :02:31.we will rise to the challenge. Now today, I want to set out a serious
:02:31. > :02:35.argument to this country about how we do that. About how we compete
:02:35. > :02:40.and and thrive in this world and how we can make sure in this
:02:40. > :02:44.century, like the ones before, Britain is on the rise. Nothing
:02:44. > :02:51.matters more. Every battle we fight. Every plan we make. Every decision
:02:51. > :02:56.we take is to achieve that end. Britain on the rise. Now though the
:02:56. > :03:05.challenge before us is daunting, I have confidence in our country.
:03:05. > :03:09.Why? Because Britain can deliver. We can do big things. We saw it
:03:09. > :03:17.this summer, the jubilee, the Olympics, the Paralympics, the best
:03:17. > :03:21.country in the world and let us say it with our Queen, the Finest head
:03:21. > :03:29.of State on earth. I was recently trying to think of
:03:29. > :03:33.my favourite moment of that extraordinary summer. Was it
:03:33. > :03:39.telling approximately Francois Hollande, no we hadn't cheated a
:03:40. > :03:44.the cycling, no, we just pedalled faster than the French! No for me.
:03:44. > :03:49.It was seeing that young woman who swam her heart out for years, nine
:03:49. > :03:59.training sessions a week, two hours at a time, my best moment was
:03:59. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:12.putting that gold medal around the neck of Ellie Simmonds.
:04:12. > :04:14.APPLAUSE And you know something, I'm so
:04:14. > :04:17.grateful for what what those Paralympians did. When I used to
:04:17. > :04:21.push my son, Ivan, around in his wheelchair, I used to think that
:04:21. > :04:25.too many people saw the wheelchair and not the boy. I think today more
:04:25. > :04:30.people would see the boy and not the wheelchair and that's because
:04:30. > :04:37.of what happened in Britain this summer. We can deliver. We can do
:04:37. > :04:43.big things. The Olympics, they reminded us how great it feels to
:04:43. > :04:48.be successful. But we mustn't let that give us a warm glow or a false
:04:48. > :04:52.sense of security. All over the world countries are on the rise.
:04:53. > :04:57.Yes, we been hearing about inia and China for -- India and China for
:04:57. > :05:02.years, but it is hard to believe what is happening in Brazil,
:05:02. > :05:07.innieceia and Nigeria too. Meanwhile the old powers are on the
:05:07. > :05:17.slide. Now what do the countries on the rise have in common? They are
:05:17. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:24.lean, fit, they are obsessed with enter with enterprise. And what do
:05:24. > :05:30.countries on the slide have in common? They are fat, overregulated,
:05:30. > :05:36.spending money on unaffordable welfare systems. My job, our job,
:05:36. > :05:42.is to make sure that in this 21st century, as in the centuries that
:05:42. > :05:48.came before, our country, Britain, is on the rise. And here, here we
:05:48. > :05:52.know how that is done. It is the collective result of individual
:05:52. > :05:58.efficient and aspiration. The ideas you have. The businesses you start,
:05:58. > :06:03.the hours you put in. Aspiration is the engine of progress. Countries
:06:04. > :06:07.rise when they allow their people to rise. And in this world where
:06:07. > :06:11.brains matter more. Where technologies shape our lives. Where
:06:11. > :06:16.no one is owe add living, the most powerful resource we have is our
:06:16. > :06:20.people. Not just the scientists, the entrepreneurs, and the
:06:20. > :06:23.engineers, not just the teachers, the parents, the nurse, but all our
:06:23. > :06:27.people, including the poorest, those who never had a chance, never
:06:27. > :06:32.had a job, never had hope, that's why the mission for this Government
:06:32. > :06:40.is to build an aspiration nation to unleash and unlock the promise in
:06:40. > :06:47.all our people. And for us, for us Conservatives, this is not just an
:06:47. > :06:52.economic mission, it is a moral one. It is not just about growth and GDP,
:06:52. > :06:57.it is about what has always made our hearts beat faster. People
:06:57. > :07:00.rising from the bottom to the top. Line one, rule one of being a
:07:00. > :07:10.Conservative, it is not where you come from that counts, it is where
:07:10. > :07:28.
:07:28. > :07:31.you are going. We have been led. APPLAUSE
:07:31. > :07:34.We've been led by the daughter of a grocer, the son of a music hall
:07:34. > :07:37.producer, by a Jew, by a woman when women were side lined, we don't
:07:37. > :07:39.look at the label on the tin, we look at what's in it. Let me put
:07:39. > :07:49.that another way. We don't preach about one nation, but practise
:07:49. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:05.class war. We just get behind people who want to get on in life.
:08:05. > :08:07.APPLAUSE That's right, the doers, the risk
:08:07. > :08:09.takers, the young people who dream of their first pay cheque, their
:08:10. > :08:12.first car, their first home. Those people are ready and willing to
:08:12. > :08:17.work hard to get those things, while the other parties may sneer
:08:17. > :08:21.at people who want to get on in life. They call us the party of the
:08:21. > :08:25.better off, no, we are the party of the people who want to be better
:08:25. > :08:29.off and we should never be ashamed of saying so. The Labour Labour
:08:29. > :08:34.politicians who got us into this mess, they say they have a
:08:34. > :08:37.different way out of it. They call it Plan B and it goes like this. We
:08:37. > :08:42.should stop worrying about deficit reduction. Borrow more money and
:08:42. > :08:48.spend it to boost the economy. It sounds so reasonable when you put
:08:48. > :08:54.it like that. Let me tell you why it is not - right now, while we
:08:54. > :08:58.have got a deficit, the people people we are borrowing money from
:08:58. > :09:01.believe we will pay it back because we have set out a tough plan to cut
:09:01. > :09:06.spending and to live within our means. That's why our interest
:09:07. > :09:10.rates are amongst the lowest in the world even though the deficit left
:09:10. > :09:14.to us by Labour was one of the highest in the world. In we watered
:09:14. > :09:17.dune our plans and -- down our plans, the risk is the people we
:09:17. > :09:22.borrowed money from would start to question our ability and our
:09:22. > :09:26.resolve to pay off our debts. Some Some might refuse to lend us any
:09:26. > :09:31.money at all. Others would only lend it to us at higher interest
:09:31. > :09:36.rates. That would hurt the economy and it would hit people hard. If
:09:36. > :09:43.you have a mortgage of �100,000, just a 1% increase in interest
:09:43. > :09:48.rates would mean an extra �1,000 to pay each year. So Labour's plan to
:09:48. > :09:53.borrow more is actually a massive gamble with our economy and our
:09:53. > :10:01.future. It would squander all of the sacrifices we have already made.
:10:01. > :10:06.And let me put it like this - we're here because we spent too much and
:10:06. > :10:16.borrowed too much. How on earth can the answer be more spending and
:10:16. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:25.more borrowing? APPLAUSE
:10:25. > :10:27.I honestly think that Labour haven't learned a single thing.
:10:28. > :10:31.When they were in office, their answer was always, "Borrow more
:10:31. > :10:34.money." Now they are out of office. It is borrow more money. Whatever
:10:34. > :10:41.the day, whatever the question, whatever the weather, it is borrow
:10:42. > :10:51.more money. Borrow, borrow, borrow. Labour, the party of one notion,
:10:52. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:01.borrowing! APPLAUSE
:11:01. > :11:03.There are times I wonder whether they know anything about the real
:11:03. > :11:09.economy at all. Did you hear last week what Ed Miliband said about
:11:09. > :11:16.taxes? He described a tax cut as the Government writing people a
:11:16. > :11:17.cheque. I hope you don't mind, I just want to explain it for him!
:11:17. > :11:20.LAUGHTER , Ed this is how it works. When
:11:20. > :11:30.people earn money, it is their money. Not the Government's money.
:11:30. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:40.It is their money. APPLAUSE
:11:40. > :11:41.Don't Interrupt, I don't want him to lose the thread!
:11:41. > :11:45.LAUGHTER Then the Government takes some of
:11:45. > :11:51.it away in tax. So if we cut taxes, we're not giving them money, we are
:11:51. > :11:59.taking less of it away. OK? Got it? If we want our people to rise so
:11:59. > :12:03.Britain can rise, we must tackle welfare. Here are two fax r two
:12:03. > :12:08.facts for you. Fact one, we spend �80 billion a year on welfare for
:12:08. > :12:14.working age people. Not pensions, just welfare for working age people
:12:15. > :12:20.and that is one in eight of every �1 that the Government spends. Fact
:12:20. > :12:25.two, more of our children live in households where nobody works than
:12:25. > :12:30.almost any other nation in Europe. Let me put it simply - welfare
:12:30. > :12:36.isn't working and this is a tragedy. Here is the choice that we give our
:12:36. > :12:41.young people today - choice one, work hard. Go to college. Get a job.
:12:41. > :12:47.Live at home. Save up for a flat. As I have just said, that can feel
:12:47. > :12:51.like forever. Choice two, don't get a job. Sign on. Don't even need to
:12:51. > :12:55.produce a CV when you sign on. Get housing benefit. Get a flat and
:12:55. > :13:00.then don't get a job or you will lose a load of the housing benefit.
:13:00. > :13:04.We We must be crazy. This is what we have done. Now you have to sign
:13:04. > :13:08.a contract that says you do your bit and we will do ours. It
:13:08. > :13:18.requires you to have a real CV and it makes clear you have to seek
:13:18. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:32.work. You have to take work or you will lose your benefit.
:13:32. > :13:34.APPLAUSE And we are going to look at ending
:13:34. > :13:38.automatic access to housing benefit for people under 25 too. Let me put
:13:38. > :13:43.it like this this - if hard-working young people have to live at home
:13:43. > :13:48.when r home while they work and save, why should it be any
:13:48. > :13:52.different for those who don't? When they wanted to open Faith schools,
:13:52. > :13:56.the -- free schools, the left-wing establishment said no. It is that
:13:56. > :14:06.toxic culture of low expectations, that lack of ambition for every
:14:06. > :14:16.
:14:16. > :14:18.child that held our country back. I can tell you...
:14:18. > :14:20.APPLAUSE And let me tell you a thing or two
:14:20. > :14:24.about Michael Gove and I. We are not waiting for an outbreak of
:14:24. > :14:29.sanity at the head quarters of the of the NUT. We are not waiting for
:14:29. > :14:35.some great embrace of ambition in the higher reaches of Labour before
:14:35. > :14:39.we act because our children cannot wait. When people say say, "Please
:14:39. > :14:44.slow down your education reforms so adults can learn how to adjust to
:14:45. > :14:48.them." I say no. I want more free schools, more academies, more
:14:48. > :14:52.rigorous exams. More expected of every child in every school and to
:14:52. > :14:56.those who say, "He wants children to have the kind of education he
:14:56. > :15:00.had at his posh school." Do you know what I say? Yes, you are
:15:00. > :15:10.absolutely right. I went to a great school. I want every child to have
:15:10. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:30.that sort of education. APPLAUSE
:15:30. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:33.I'm not here to defend privilege, I'm here to spread it.
:15:33. > :15:43.APPLAUSE I don't have a hard luck story. My
:15:43. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:51.dad, my dad was a stockbroker from Berkshire.
:15:51. > :15:54.LAUGHTER But it is only when your dad is
:15:54. > :15:56.gone that you realise not just how much you miss them, or how much you
:15:56. > :15:59.really love them, but how much you really owe them. My dad influenced
:15:59. > :16:02.me much more than I ever thought. He was born with no heels on his
:16:02. > :16:05.feet. With legs that were about a foot shorter than they were many to
:16:05. > :16:12.be, but he never complained even when he lost those legs later in
:16:12. > :16:18.his life. Because disability in the 1930s was such a stigma, he was an
:16:18. > :16:23.only child, probably a lonely child. But my dad was the eternal optimist.
:16:23. > :16:28.To him the glass was always halfful, usually with something fairly
:16:28. > :16:31.alcoholic in it! And when I was a boy, I remember once going for a
:16:31. > :16:36.long walk with him in the village where we lived and we walked past
:16:36. > :16:40.the church he supported all his life and past the village hall
:16:40. > :16:45.where he took part in unbelievably long parish council meetings and he
:16:45. > :16:50.told me what he was most proud of and it was simple - it was working
:16:50. > :16:55.hard from the moment he left school and providing a good start in life
:16:55. > :17:02.for his family. Not just all of us, but helping his mum too when his
:17:02. > :17:07.father ran off. Not a hard luck story, but a hard work story. Work
:17:07. > :17:10.hard. Family comes first. But put back into the community too. The
:17:10. > :17:15.job of this party, of this Government, is to help bring out
:17:15. > :17:19.the best in this country because at our best we are unbeatable. We know
:17:19. > :17:24.Britain can deliver because we've seen it time and time again. This
:17:24. > :17:32.is the country that invented the computer, defeated the Nazis,
:17:32. > :17:35.started the web, saw off the slave trade, unravelled DNA. We even
:17:35. > :17:45.persuaded The Queen to jump out of a helicopter to make the world
:17:45. > :17:52.
:17:52. > :17:55.smile. There is nothing we can't do. APPLAUSE
:17:55. > :17:57.Can we make Britain the best place in the world to start a business,
:17:58. > :18:00.to grow a business, to help that business take on the world and win?
:18:00. > :18:02.Yes. Can we the people, the people who invented the welfare State in
:18:02. > :18:05.the first place, turn it into something that rewards efforts,
:18:05. > :18:08.that helps keep families to go? That really helps the poorest with
:18:09. > :18:12.a new start in life? Yes. Can we take those schools and tun out
:18:12. > :18:18.students that will take on the brightest in the world? Yes, of
:18:18. > :18:24.course, we can. Let us here in this hall, together in this Government,
:18:24. > :18:28.build this pledge. Let us build an aspiration nation. Let us get
:18:28. > :18:31.Britain on the rise. Growth fired up. Aspiration, backed all the way.
:18:31. > :18:36.We know what it takes to win. To win in the tough world of today. To
:18:36. > :18:46.win for all our people. To win for Britain. So let us get out there
:18:46. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:52.and do it. APPLAUSE
:18:52. > :19:02.David Cameron speaking earlier. So what do the party members think of
:19:02. > :19:03.
:19:03. > :19:07.it all? We sent Adam to find out. What did you reckon of the speech?
:19:08. > :19:12.I thought it was a very inspiring speech. We came to Birmingham and
:19:12. > :19:20.everyone thought we would be a divided party. We are backing Boris,
:19:20. > :19:26.we are backing David. Do you think of the phrase,
:19:26. > :19:29."Aspiration nation"? We don't just talk about it. He has given us real
:19:29. > :19:33.vision and objectives and with his leadership, we can do them.
:19:33. > :19:37.OK, it went down well with those guys.
:19:37. > :19:41.Marks out of ten for the speech? will be ten out of ten. That's the
:19:41. > :19:46.best speech I heard our Prime Minister do ever. It was
:19:46. > :19:51.aspirational as our friends just said and he talked about the nation.
:19:51. > :19:54.We are all in this together. It has given everybody that inspiration
:19:54. > :19:57.and tune and the Prime Minister didn't talk the country down, it
:19:57. > :20:02.was Britain on the rise. It was a fabulous speech.
:20:02. > :20:10.He did warn about that sink or swim moment. Who wants to tell me what
:20:10. > :20:14.the mood was like in the hall? was electric. I think that it is
:20:15. > :20:17.the messiah that Britain needed and we've got it in David Cameron and
:20:18. > :20:25.Britain is going to go from strength to strength, but what I
:20:25. > :20:30.want to say, I am a Muslim Councilor and Islam teaches
:20:30. > :20:34.Conservatism. We can be successful together.
:20:34. > :20:38.I have just seen Chris Kelly, are you going to come and talk to us
:20:39. > :20:42.live on the Daily Politics. Marks out of ten? A solid nine. This is a
:20:42. > :20:46.Prime Minister that's going to lead us to victory at the next election.
:20:46. > :20:50.It was a solid performance and it was a very, very good speech.
:20:50. > :20:55.Lots of your backbench colleagues have been calling for more measures
:20:55. > :20:59.on growth. I didn't really hear measures for growth? There is a lot
:20:59. > :21:01.of small manufacturing and engineering companies. George
:21:01. > :21:04.Osborne has been visiting these companies and they are pleased with
:21:04. > :21:11.the deficit reduction measures which are giving them the
:21:11. > :21:16.confidence to win more export business and this has got to be a
:21:16. > :21:22.private sector-led recovery. In the Black Country we are doing our bit
:21:22. > :21:32.to help with that growth we need. There was Chris Kelly. You are a
:21:32. > :21:33.
:21:34. > :21:38.councillor. Marks out of ten? promised a referendum, ten out of
:21:38. > :21:42.ten. He just ducked the issue. It disappointed me.
:21:42. > :21:46.How angry are you about that? Is that a serious rupture? I am
:21:46. > :21:50.disappointed because he had been hinting days ago there would be
:21:50. > :21:55.some vote and that's what he has been leading us to believe and
:21:55. > :22:00.there was nothing. I was wait to go hear that. I am -- I was waiting to
:22:00. > :22:04.hear that. I was disappointed. A female delegate. What did you
:22:04. > :22:09.think about the Prime Minister talk about his son and late father?
:22:09. > :22:13.really touched a chord. It was really tense and emotional, but it
:22:13. > :22:21.wasn't something that was unnecessary. It really gave
:22:21. > :22:24.something to the speech. I didn't feel like it had been added in for
:22:24. > :22:29.- his experiences are really important. It was really good.
:22:29. > :22:33.Thank you. Who saw Boris yesterday? Who would like to compare and
:22:33. > :22:37.contrast the two? It is difficult to compare those. They are very
:22:37. > :22:44.different styles. Which one did you prefer?
:22:44. > :22:51.couldn't possibly comment. Boris, entertainment factor 11. But
:22:51. > :22:54.Statesmanship, it was Mr Cameron. Adam Fleming there.
:22:54. > :22:57.Well, straight after the speech Andrew Neil spoke to the Secretary
:22:58. > :23:04.of State for Culture, Maria Miller. The Prime Minister's theme was that
:23:04. > :23:08.Britain is on the rise again. Isn't the harsh truth, the only thing
:23:08. > :23:13.that is on the rise is the deficit is on the rise again? What we have
:23:13. > :23:17.just had from the Prime Minister is a powerful speech setting out the
:23:17. > :23:23.true battleground that we need to move forward on. Talking about how
:23:23. > :23:26.we become a globally more competitive nation through things
:23:26. > :23:28.like Welfare Reform, educational reform, but making sure that
:23:28. > :23:32.Britain is a great place to do business.
:23:32. > :23:35.And what's the answer to my question? The deficit is on the
:23:35. > :23:40.rise again. Well, the answer to your question is we have cut the
:23:40. > :23:43.deficit by a quarter... That was last year. That was last year, not
:23:43. > :23:46.this year. That was last year. Are you telling our viewers today that
:23:47. > :23:50.in this financial year, the deficit will be smaller than it was last
:23:50. > :23:54.year? What I am saying is we need to make sure that the financial
:23:54. > :23:57.year comes to an en. You will know that the financial figures were
:23:57. > :24:01.revised for last year. What you need to be looking at and what the
:24:01. > :24:06.nation will be looking at is what the Prime Minister has been setting
:24:06. > :24:11.out as our real battlegrounds for fighting the next two years to get
:24:11. > :24:15.Britain back on track so it is the competitive nation we need it to be.
:24:15. > :24:20.We are dealing with a global economy now. It is no good looking
:24:20. > :24:25.at our neighbours, we need to be looking at a global level to see
:24:25. > :24:29.how we can succeed in the future and not get left behind.
:24:29. > :24:34.Mr Cameron said the Tories are for everyone, north or south, black or
:24:34. > :24:41.white. It is hardly going to work if your Conservative leader in
:24:41. > :24:44.Scotland describes 90% of Scots as as stroungers? -- scroungers?
:24:45. > :24:48.David Cameron was talking about today is true of this party. We are
:24:48. > :24:51.about the party of aspiration. We are We are about giving people that
:24:51. > :24:54.opportunity for the future. But coupled with that, we have to make
:24:54. > :24:57.sure that we have got a fair welfare State. I think the work
:24:57. > :25:00.that Iain Duncan Smith has been doing has made sure that that would
:25:00. > :25:06.be a reality. If you are the party of one nation,
:25:06. > :25:10.how then does your own leader in Scotland describe 90% of Scots as
:25:10. > :25:16.living off the State, net takers from the State? It doesn't sound
:25:16. > :25:20.very one nation to me? Well, what is one nation is make sure we give
:25:20. > :25:26.those people written off by the last Government a real chance.
:25:26. > :25:29.300,000 more people into work as a result of the effectiveness of that
:25:29. > :25:32.particular policy. It shows when we have got the right support in place,
:25:32. > :25:36.we can make a difference and perhaps working with the Scottish
:25:36. > :25:40.Government we need to make sure that even more people in Scotland
:25:40. > :25:42.have that opportunity too. Mr Cameron said it is time to sink
:25:42. > :25:46.or swim. What are we doing at the moment?
:25:46. > :25:51.Well, what we are doing is clearly setting out the battleground for
:25:51. > :25:55.the future of this country. Are we sinking or swimming as we set-up
:25:55. > :25:58.this battleground? It is about swimming in a competitive global
:25:58. > :26:03.world and that's why it is so important that we are putting in
:26:03. > :26:07.the infrastructure that I was talking about earlier today, making
:26:07. > :26:13.sure that 4G is brought forward by six months. Making sure we have
:26:13. > :26:15.super fast broadband. Making sure the infrastructure is in place so
:26:16. > :26:18.we cannot only attract international business, but retain
:26:18. > :26:23.it as well. Sometimes swimming against the tide.
:26:23. > :26:28.We have been in - you have been in power for two-and-a-half years. Why
:26:28. > :26:33.haven't we got 4G now. New York has it. I can get it there and
:26:33. > :26:38.elsewhere, why haven't we got it? For two-and-a-half years we have
:26:38. > :26:44.been making sure we can work with the operators to get it in place.
:26:44. > :26:49.Stick with 4G minister. 4G is the ski to a lot -- key to a lot
:26:49. > :26:53.particularly if you don't live in a big city. Why has your Government
:26:53. > :26:57.failed to deliver and finds it behind so many other countries when
:26:57. > :27:00.it comes to the new state-of-the- art internet technology? Well, what
:27:01. > :27:06.you will know is that we will be bringing in 4 G and the auction and
:27:06. > :27:09.the money that brings in the first- half of next year and that's six
:27:09. > :27:14.months in advance of where it was supposed to happen. These are
:27:14. > :27:19.complex negotiations. It is not just about 4G, making sure that we
:27:19. > :27:22.have got connectivity up and down the country is about our �500
:27:22. > :27:27.million investment in super fast broadband for rural areas as well.
:27:27. > :27:34.Making sure that by 2015, 90% of our country is covered so you know,
:27:34. > :27:37.altogether, I think we are pressing forward in a way that is impressing.
:27:37. > :27:43.We are just wondering when you are going to get it to us.
:27:43. > :27:48.I want to come on to Leveson, but are you open, do you accept that
:27:48. > :27:51.you may come down in favour of statutory regulation of the press?
:27:51. > :27:56.The important thing is if you asked somebody to do a report that you
:27:56. > :28:00.wait and listen to what it says before you come to any final
:28:00. > :28:03.conclusions. I understand that. Do you rule out
:28:03. > :28:06.or do you accept the principle that you proceed to Strategic Rail
:28:06. > :28:13.Authoritytry regulation of the press? -- statutory regulation of
:28:13. > :28:16.the press? Throughout The Leveson Inquiry, we have seen that things
:28:16. > :28:21.have been a problem in the past and the whole event touched the nerve
:28:21. > :28:24.of the nation. We need to wait. Lord Leveson is doing an important
:28:24. > :28:29.and fundamental report. We need to wait for the findings and then the
:28:29. > :28:34.Government will respond to that. That's all for tonight and from
:28:34. > :28:37.Today at Conference for another year. The three biggest party
:28:37. > :28:40.conferences are over so what have we learnt? Not a great deal has
:28:41. > :28:44.changed. There has been no shocks or surprises. The Liberal Democrats,
:28:44. > :28:49.there was no move against Nick Clegg's leadership, but no
:28:49. > :28:53.substantial sign of any recovery in the party's fortunes. At Labour,
:28:53. > :28:57.the party leader, Ed Miliband, undoubtedly gave a very well
:28:57. > :29:01.received speech, but the lack of policy detail means many people are
:29:01. > :29:05.asking what a future Labour Government may look like. This past
:29:05. > :29:11.week, the tone of the can Conservative Conference and David
:29:11. > :29:15.Cameron's speech was serious. Serious people for serious times.