16/09/2016 UKIP Conference

My large ladies and gentlemdn, after a speech like that, I'd feel like

going back and sitting down. -- Lords. I would like to say welcome

to Bournemouth. Welcome to Lr Cameron's retirement party.

APPLAUSE .

Let us consider some of the threats we faced. From George Osborne

warning us of spending cuts, tax rises, an emergency budget hf there

was a vote Leave. David Camdron it it is deeply concerning that the

Leave campaign is criticising the bank of England. We should listen to

experts. When they warned us of the dangers of leaving the European

union. The former Attorney General told Newsnight that the votd Leave

blueprint would lead to a chaotic departure. Britain is stronger in

Europe. Believe campaign do not want to listen to economic experts. The

all agree that leaving the DU would break our economy and hammer family

finances. On the 23rd of June, we can put our faith in economhc

experts across the globe, or take a leap in the dark with the Ldave

campaign. Now Wall Street b`nks eat their words on Brexit. JP Morgan and

Morgan Stanley warned of an economic slump on the leaderboard. These

U-turns came as sterling rose above $1 34 to be pound very time since

mid-July. The OECD said the vote to Leave would be a major negatives

shock to the UK economy. Now it says the outlook is far brighter than it

predicted. By the way, a former bank of England deputy governor says

economic forecasts should bd taken with a pinch of salt. The UK economy

is still growing. Where are the doom laden predictions of Cameron,

Osborne and most of the bankers s Cameron said the Leave vote would

put a bomb under the economx and on top of it, as I recall. Osborne

predicted a do-it-yourself recession. Morgan Stanley predicted

a slowdown rather than a Brdxit depression. Economists predhcted a

sharp slowdown. It was predhcted the FTSE index would crash more than a

fifth, it is up by more than 11 . The bankers are wrong about Brexit

and were wrong about ending boom and bust and were wrong about the 2 08

crisis. Even our Chancellor, or former Chancellor, seems to have

missed all of his budget forecasts over the years. Unlike home, most of

the bankers still have their jobs. The Remain claim that leaving would

make everyone for a thousand ?3 0 worse off. Where on earth dhd that

figure come from? Former Prhme Minister Gordon Brown said Labour

would get an extra ?35 millhon funding from the EU if we Rdmain.

Another method. The economy continues to grow. -- myth. Exports

are up and investment plans are up. Retail is up and 27 countrids have

approached us already for trade deals. How wrong can these dxperts

be? APPLAUSE

Even the numbers on the dold are up, sorry, down. I will read th`t again.

Even the numbers on the dold fell. We can meet for the 3 million job

losses the roosters forecast. What about the 5 million jobs thd EU will

lose. Two major overseas banks have both reiterated their intention to

open new headquarters officds and trading floors in London.

APPLAUSE Even the head of advertising giant

and a fervent Remain supporters says his global company is benefhting

from a post Brexit recovery and the lower pound makes our exports more

competitive. All these Remahn scarce remind me of the Remain man on

Westminster Bridge who saw `nother man on a parapet about jump into the

river. He grabbed the man by the ankles

and asked him what he was The man mumbled something

about recession, trade barrhers economic disaster and war

if the voters believe. The Remain man asked in to calm down

and tell him all A vote to Leave surely could not

be as bad as all that. Five minutes later

they both jumped off the Without Nigel's inspiration`l

leadership, none of Let us also not forget

those who founded And held Ukip together

for all those years in We owe gratitude to

Nigel and all of you May I add to the chairman

of Express Newspapers Daily Express for his

support for many years for the beliefs that we as

Ukip hold. Even though I am the deputy

chairman of Express, unpaid, I only received one grumpy call

from Nigel during the whole campaign, which I

thought was pretty good. Let us not forget that in electing

a new leader after a very strong leader, there m`y be

disgruntled members who seek to One only needs to look

at what happened in the Conservative Party after

Margaret Thatcher was forced out. It had a succession of leaddrs

who were unable to establish their atthority

and it disappeared into the Let us rally round our

new leader, whoever There might still be

an early election if the Prime Minister cannot gdt her

programme approved by parli`ment. However, we should not be

frightened by an election. I do not really understand

what we are talking about. We now have, thanks to Cameron

changing the law, a five-ye`r parliamentary term

and an early election can only be called if

the House of Commons resolves that this

house has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government,

or if the House of Commons with the support of two thirds

of the total membership resolves that there should be

an early parliamentary election Looking at the state

of the Labour Party, Difficult as an early electhon

is, we must be ready. With our increased support

in the country, we must takd the opportunity to review

and revise our rule book is needed. This must include revisiting

the role of the NEC, who have done much

valuable unpaid work. In my opinion, a small group of

say, six should be formed bx the new leader to make recommendations

to you, the members. Be magnanimous in victory

and gracious in defeat. Sadly, many of the Remainers seem

unable to accept the result. I feel like asking

them to a funeral to When you think that

one and a half million Remain, out of a record number

who voted, you have to ask, do they If at the last election

20,000, yes, 20,000 voters, in the most marginal

Conservative seats had instdad voted for the runner-up, the Consdrvatives

would have lost over 20 seats and Is that marginal enough

to call another general We are not Brussels, when a country

votes against the Lisbon Treaty they ask them to keep

on voting until they vote in favour. There were two organisations vying

for the official designation in the The winner getting a Governlent

grant and raise and spend I was on the board of

Go Movement with Nigel and the The Cabinet ministers

joined the vote Leave. A committee was formed

in Parliament by vote Leave, Like many large committees,

it did not seem to achieve a great deal except to be

not the least bit interested in my suggestion that we should all work

together with Ukip, which I thought Without Nigel and Ukip,

there would never have been a Sadly, even the Government

did not want my help As far as the campaign

was concerned, when we got onto the subject of immigration

we were in danger of losing. The vote Leave campaign

did not want to Even amongst a group

supposedly working together, one of us

was described by one MP on the Vote Leave side as

toxic. Well, toxic enough to get

17.5 million votes. It is not racist to talk

about the problems of mass 700,000 gross a year,

this is the figure to concentrate on, inaccurate as it may be,

when you consider more insurance numbers are granted

to non-UK citizens a year. The No campaign, deploying

Obama, forgot to consider The EU has not agreed

a single one of the 27 The transatlantic trade invdstment

partnership, plus that treaty threatened a Pandora's box

of corporate law suits. The US desire for health

countries should be able to sue those governments in order

to participate or get compensation. Therefore, under that agreelent

could have been by advised. Think how much easier

it will be for one country, the UK, to

negotiate trade deals. After all, Norway did it

in Deploying Tony Blair, Tony Blair,

Gordon Blair, and every Tom Dick and Harry,

was counter-productive. We know for example,

one of the major contributors to the CBI

in money terms is the EU. Government of the bank of England,

claiming the forecast beford and after the vote help to

steady the ship and meant the effects were not as bad

as they might have been. I am only a Cambridge

economist, I could not get From my experience, a quartdr

point cut in interest few bonds does not make

a difference to anything. How could such a minor gesttre

have an effect One might ask why are

we cutting interest rates in the first place just as

inflation is picking up? Brexit

will not cause a loss In mind all the doomsters forecasts,

all of the major indicators of

the vote is remarkable. The bank created the impression that

exiting would Why did they not say before

that this disaster could be avoided by a quarter point

cut in interest rates? What a terrible shame

that both did not remain independent

and above the fray. We were not greatly

concerned with project fear. Cameron and company

having won, thought they We made mistakes too, but wd had

you on the ground and the whole As they say, you cannot win

a war without boots on Remainers were so busy fiddling

around Westminster that May I just add, never

underestimate an opponent, especially a swivel-eyed blhnkered

loon and a fruit cake. There have been lots

of suggestions of where after Brexit, ranging

from here to Albania, Switzerland

but the doctor may the best option, to avoid all the endless prdssure

groups, as to either to declare the UK a free

trade area or join the World Trade Let us pause on Germany

for a moment. We hear allsorts of scare

stories about trade after The previous Speaker but it

extremely well. An excellent report

from Barclay bank, Germany trade surplus with the UK

is nearly 2% of their GDP. The UK is Germany's

third-largest export market with Germany's exports to the UK

increased by 50% from 2010 to 2 15. 8% of German goods

exports come to the UK. Cars and other vehicles

were Does anyone seriously believe

they want trade barriers ag`inst UK But to try and satisfy everx

pressure group is impossibld. The threat that many

companies will be Sooner or later, people

will realise that to relocate businesses to France,

Italy, Spain, Greece... Turkey or even

Germany presents a huge and rising risk when you look

at the state of the EU. You may even have seen

the statistic, the new head negotiator on EU Brexit,

a man who knows his business, said that we the UK are rats

leaving a sinking ship. If that is

what he thinks of his obsession of the Westminster bubble

to stay in the single market. trade with the rest of the DU,

but single market means unlhmited immigration, all the rules

and regulations... Would you mind, I'm

trying to make a speech. All the rules and

regulations, and the jurisdiction of the

European Court of Justice. We do not want a single market,

we want free trade. Our negotiating

strength is much If, when we exercise

Article 50, if there is no agreement, we just leave

after the two years. They will fall over

themselves to do a deal. And one day later we will open

and finalise fairly quickly trade deals

with the rest of the world. Our aim should be to turn the UK

into a low-tax economy. Thanks to Brown and Osborne's

fiddling, we have a tax codd which is complex and a drain

on the economy. The new Chancellor keeps saxing

the result of the vote is a Well, in fairness he does not

seem to be the only one. One would have hoped

Mr Cameron has learned from that experience,

but he does not seem to have had a plan

either once Gadhafi was overthrown. It has been discovered

that the Government and civhl service did little or no pl`nning

if the It must be fair and big bushnesses

must pay that amount, but mtst Let us have a low tax and free trade

economy and have it sooner. And let us get on with

Brexit, either by repealing the 72 European

Communities Act... Or exercising Section 50 of the

Lisbon Treaty. The longer we delay, the more

entrenched negotiation positions We are assuming that while we,

from a zero starting position, because of the disgraceful

failure of the civil servicd to make any preparations for the Le`ve vote,

we have all the time in the world. Immigration is flooding in,

and our opponents, the EU, And seeking to present

a united front in their Why are we giving them

so much time to prepare? The great British people have given

the Government that instructions, get on with it and stop

fiddling around. Welcome to Bournemouth. Yesterday I

would have been saying welcome to sunny Bournemouth. However, on

behalf of the south-west and all of our members, I would like to welcome

you to the wonderful seasidd town of Bournemouth. Unfortunately our

south-west German could not be with us today as he is on a well earned

holiday with his wife in Canada However, I am sure he is thhnking

about as this morning. Although with the time difference, I am not

sure. For those who joined ts last night at the reception went to the

other events, I hope there `re not too many fuzzy heads becausd we have

an action packed day ahead of us today. We have some exceptional

speakers, some entertaining speakers and, of course, Nigel. On the

official town website it saxs, Bournemouth is a seaside resort on a

sub coast of England. It is known for its seven miles of beaches,

Victorian architecture and buzzing nightlife. The result is also home

to Bournemouth Pier. -- resort. And activity Centre, climbing w`ll and a

zip line. Looking around, I can see a couple of excited faces they are

at the one of those activithes. Possibly that zip line. For those

not tempted, it can be a good chance to meet up with friends in lany of

the cafes at this centre. Fhnally, our new leader will be annotnced

when the results of the member's ballot is declared. We must, as a

party, get behind him or her. As we build on the belly solid fotndations

that have been laid by Nigel and his team. -- built on the very solid

conditions. 4 million votes in the last general election. We are a

party on the up. APPLAUSE

You will also get a chance to enjoy Nigel's final speech as leader. I

know you will give him a trdmendous and well deserved reception. He is

still an MEP and leader of the group in the European Parliament.