:06:37. > :06:46.You are barely made so much known to much of the country. Can yot fill
:06:47. > :06:50.the shoes of Nigel Farage? John you have asked two questions, I'm used
:06:51. > :06:54.to use pitting them, as you always do. In terms of filling the shoes of
:06:55. > :06:59.Nigel, I have no idea what she is is he is, I don't know about that! In
:07:00. > :07:03.terms of what I have got to do, it is Rachel that Ukip is a winning
:07:04. > :07:17.machine. As far as I'm concdrned, we are the opposition party in waiting
:07:18. > :07:22.and I step into Nigel's shods. My plan is 100 days, that is what I am
:07:23. > :07:31.focused on. I will ensure that our membership is confident that we are
:07:32. > :07:34.capable of being a winning lachine. Just remember, how many people can
:07:35. > :07:44.name the Liberal Democrat ldader? Review. Somebody made the point
:07:45. > :07:46.earlier -- very few. My awareness level is probably higher th`n some
:07:47. > :07:48.of the heads of government hn Europe. I am happy with where I am
:07:49. > :08:29.at the moment. Don't continue the negative
:08:30. > :08:38.narrative that the opposition would like to see down there. ITV News.
:08:39. > :08:42.You have only got one MP at the moment. What is your ambition? You
:08:43. > :08:48.say you want to be the main party of opposition, but what would success
:08:49. > :08:52.looked like do you? 50 MPs? 100 MPs? What are you aiming for in the next
:08:53. > :08:56.decade? In the next few weeks, we will be fighting for Mac
:08:57. > :09:00.by-elections. That will be `n interesting test. My belief is that
:09:01. > :09:12.Theresa May will go for a snap general election, maybe as darly as
:09:13. > :09:15.next May. I did actually thhnk she might go this autumn, I pushed away
:09:16. > :09:17.from that idea, but in which case we will field candidates in evdry
:09:18. > :09:19.constituency and we will be reminding voters that their
:09:20. > :09:23.incumbent MP might well havd been a Remainiac. That will help us
:09:24. > :09:30.enormously. Sky News. Ayew dxpecting Nigel Farage to do some back-seat
:09:31. > :09:35.driving. -- are you expecting? No, not at all. Are you going to take
:09:36. > :09:40.any advice from him? I think Nigel and I made it very, very pl`in that
:09:41. > :09:44.we would be help, if you like, running between us. I will be
:09:45. > :09:48.seeking his opinions. I will be honest about that. Why wouldn't I?
:09:49. > :09:51.The legacy he has bequeathed, the experience, the knowledge hd has
:09:52. > :09:56.got, I would be absolutely nuts to ignore that. But I will not be
:09:57. > :10:06.looking to him being a back,seat driver. I will consult him but I
:10:07. > :10:11.will make my own decisions. Mrs James... You can call me Di`ne. I
:10:12. > :10:15.don't believe in calling politicians by their first names! Mrs J`mes
:10:16. > :10:18.during the contest you avoided any hustings with your opponents. You
:10:19. > :10:23.excluded television cameras from many of meetings. Doesn't Ukip
:10:24. > :10:30.require a bold, courageous leader Hugh takes on there opponents rather
:10:31. > :10:33.than avoid them? Michael, fhrst of all, if you don't mind I'm going to
:10:34. > :10:38.correct you because you are totally wrong and what you just said. I run
:10:39. > :10:42.my own series of national events. At no point where the media ard all
:10:43. > :10:45.press excluded from those events. In fact, there were events when members
:10:46. > :10:54.of the breast turned up in `dvance, booked to interview me and H kindly,
:10:55. > :10:58.I was very -- members of thd press. You refused to hold hustings with
:10:59. > :11:02.your opponents. Is that going to be your style as Ukip leader, not to
:11:03. > :11:08.take on the party leaders or engage in debate with other party does If
:11:09. > :11:11.Channel 4 would like to put together the first Leaders' Debate, knowing
:11:12. > :11:14.full well that Prime Ministdr Theresa May will not take up that
:11:15. > :11:18.challenge, then, you know, laybe if you would like to organise ht and
:11:19. > :11:20.maybe if you would like to hnvite me, I will consider it, Michael Why
:11:21. > :11:36.don't you take on your opponents? I am from the French press. Are you
:11:37. > :11:40.worried that they are speakhng about creating a new movement that could
:11:41. > :11:44.compete with Ukip? No, not `t all. He is talking about a movemdnt, I
:11:45. > :11:52.have become leader of a polhtical body. Completely two differdnt
:11:53. > :11:57.densities. Owen Bennett, Huffington Post. You're one MP, Douglas
:11:58. > :12:00.Carswell, has not been welcomed by many in recent months. You planning
:12:01. > :12:04.to have a sit down with him to thrash out the differences that he
:12:05. > :12:08.has with the party? Of course I do. You know, every single membdr is
:12:09. > :12:12.entitled to whilst me for a meeting. The priority is going to be with our
:12:13. > :12:16.elected councillors and Assdmbly Members -- in title to ask le.
:12:17. > :12:22.Certainly my priority is gohng to be those that are seeking re-election
:12:23. > :12:25.next year in roles that thex already hold, or those that are going to
:12:26. > :12:28.rise above their current position, put themselves forward as
:12:29. > :12:32.candidates. They are going to be my priority. If Douglas would like to
:12:33. > :12:36.suggest the meeting, I would happily entertain it. In all likelihood we
:12:37. > :12:42.might well have a meeting ndxt week. It is all up to his availabhlity as
:12:43. > :12:48.well as my own. So it is an open invitation to Douglas Carswdll? Yes,
:12:49. > :12:53.of course. Two points if I lay. You just mentioned the upcoming
:12:54. > :12:58.by-elections, that that mean Ukip has decided to stand in those
:12:59. > :13:02.by-elections? And on the second point, you said at the start of this
:13:03. > :13:05.campaign that if there were people who disagreed with your plans for
:13:06. > :13:10.changing the constitution of this body, they could find their P45 and
:13:11. > :13:15.start looking for a new carder - of this party. For those who oppose
:13:16. > :13:19.your plan to get rid of the NEC is that your message to them, get out
:13:20. > :13:23.and look for a new career? No, the message to everybody, and I made
:13:24. > :13:27.that point. You have been vdry selective with the words yot have
:13:28. > :13:30.just highlighted. My messagd to absolutely everybody, they can
:13:31. > :13:35.continue being a distraction, they can continue if they wish going
:13:36. > :13:38.against the way the party w`nts to operate, and the success th`t I
:13:39. > :13:43.believe this party is entitled to enjoy, if they don't want to be part
:13:44. > :13:46.of that machine, then, for those individuals, and they know who they
:13:47. > :13:52.are, they may wish to seek ` different party affiliation, or they
:13:53. > :13:57.may seek to do something colpletely different in terms of their career.
:13:58. > :14:01.It is ultimately a choice for those individuals to make. As far as I'm
:14:02. > :14:06.concerned, everybody is welcome to stay in this party. I actually want
:14:07. > :14:09.people to contribute, but I want people to contribute positively not
:14:10. > :14:14.negatively. You've clearly got individuals in mind. Which ones I
:14:15. > :14:17.don't think there is any secret battle. Everybody is aware that
:14:18. > :14:23.there are certain individuals who have, for instance, -- any secret at
:14:24. > :14:26.all. People who have made comments that have been interpreted `s being
:14:27. > :14:29.negative, that have fuelled the opposition narrative in terls of
:14:30. > :14:33.really negative soundings for Ukip. Those individuals know who they are,
:14:34. > :14:39.and we will leave it at that, if you don't mind. We will abide bx this
:14:40. > :14:43.decision that we have taken. At the moment, two parties, only two
:14:44. > :14:48.bodies, have said they will not fight that by-election. Now, if for
:14:49. > :14:52.instance, the Conservatives change their decision or if the Liberal
:14:53. > :15:00.Democrats do, then of coursd it completely changes the scen`rio
:15:01. > :15:02.Andy Bell, five news. There is now a Conservative Party in government
:15:03. > :15:09.promising to deliver Brexit and grammar schools. Why would `nybody
:15:10. > :15:13.stick with Ukip now that thdre is a government in place deliverhng what
:15:14. > :15:18.they want? First of all, thd Conservative Party is not promising
:15:19. > :15:23.to delivering Brexit, you only to look up the backpedalling bding
:15:24. > :15:26.done. Look at Amber Rudd, who is continuing the whole project via
:15:27. > :15:31.message that the Tories seel to enjoy. Remember, the Prime Linister
:15:32. > :15:35.was on the remains I'd. My view is that the Tory Party cannot be
:15:36. > :15:41.trusted with Brexit. The second part of your question, please? There is a
:15:42. > :15:45.whole agenda which is clearly changing. I make the point, where
:15:46. > :15:50.did they get the grammar schools from? There was no grammar schools
:15:51. > :15:54.in the 2015 Tory Party manifesto, that came from the Ukip gendral
:15:55. > :15:58.election manifesto. As did the % defence. If they want to kedp on
:15:59. > :16:02.stealing our policies, fant`stic. But if they would rather cole over
:16:03. > :16:08.and join the party that originates the policies, I would be evdn more
:16:09. > :16:13.pleased. They can deliver it, they are in power, that is the problem.
:16:14. > :16:17.Look, it is all going to ch`nge is it not? We don't know when the next
:16:18. > :16:21.own role in election is going to be. We don't know whether the Tory body
:16:22. > :16:25.is actually so riven between the Eurosceptic and the Europhile wing
:16:26. > :16:29.that in terms of delivering Brexit, however they want to play it, it
:16:30. > :16:39.might never happen. That is the role that Ukip has got in terms of
:16:40. > :16:42.holding the Government to account. What I would like to see, what I
:16:43. > :16:44.would really like to see, is Douglas Carswell living in Private Lember's
:16:45. > :16:47.Bill, for instance, that Article 50 is invoked before December. I asked
:16:48. > :16:54.that is Ukip's is must presdnt this year. Two quick questions. ,-
:16:55. > :16:58.Christmas presents. Are you going to root out any traces of misogyny and
:16:59. > :17:06.racism within the party which may so off still exist? When did you last
:17:07. > :17:11.beta Douglas Carswell? -- speak to Douglas Carswell. Probably before
:17:12. > :17:15.the summer recess. Both the UK and EU Parliament have just comd back
:17:16. > :17:19.from summer reserves. We ard allowing for the summer perhod,
:17:20. > :17:22.probably three months ago. Hn terms of the misogyny, chauvinism aspect,
:17:23. > :17:29.it is not something I have come across. You know, I've got `nother
:17:30. > :17:33.21 MEPs that I work with. I've been around the country with my national
:17:34. > :17:37.events. I haven't come across anything that actually matches the
:17:38. > :17:41.two words that you use. Agahn, I'm going to keep coming back to this,
:17:42. > :17:46.it is a lovely bit of narrative that the opposition have tried to betray.
:17:47. > :17:51.We have done our level best as a party to root out exactly those
:17:52. > :17:54.issues. We have probably got the strongest means, the strongdst
:17:55. > :17:58.criteria, that we apply the candidates, potential members, to
:17:59. > :18:03.try and stop that happening. It is not 100%, but it is better than any
:18:04. > :18:07.of the other parties have got in place. Congratulations on the
:18:08. > :18:10.victory, Diane. You mentiondd in your speech that you have experience
:18:11. > :18:14.of leading companies and bo`rds Could you tell us a bit mord about
:18:15. > :18:20.your business experience and how it affects you? OK, for instance I was
:18:21. > :18:28.chair of the Surrey and Sussex CLR rent. That was a board feattring NHS
:18:29. > :18:31.Trusts, both mental health care trusts and also hospitals, `s you
:18:32. > :18:35.would probably understand. @nd I chaired the board for that. In terms
:18:36. > :18:40.of my own first board director role, that was in my late 20s when I work
:18:41. > :18:44.for a company called PMS I'd. You can do your homework and find out
:18:45. > :18:47.what happened at that company. It was taken over subsequently, and
:18:48. > :18:55.they went on to buy another organisation after that. And then I
:18:56. > :18:59.did work for a company calldd IIR, which was set up by Lord Lahdlaw
:19:00. > :19:06.before he was elevated to the House of Lords. OK? Yes? I'm from BBC
:19:07. > :19:12.News. You are replacing one of the best-known faces in Britain. And for
:19:13. > :19:18.a lot of voters, this might be the first time that they become aware of
:19:19. > :19:23.Diane James. How would you hntroduce yourself to the British people? A
:19:24. > :19:31.fresh face, a fresh approach. But, give me a chance. But what `bout you
:19:32. > :19:36.as a person? What do you sed in front of you? And MEP, I've been an
:19:37. > :19:41.MEP for two years, Justice `nd Home Affairs spokesperson for Ukhp. Held
:19:42. > :19:45.Theresa May to account for two years. Constantly trying to expose
:19:46. > :19:48.that our police force is on the demand and under resourced. Our
:19:49. > :19:53.prison system is in a mess, or border control system is a fast and
:19:54. > :19:57.quite frankly all of the issues our and changes that might have been
:19:58. > :19:59.brought in she has just overturned. So, those are the sort of issues
:20:00. > :20:16.that I want to put across. BBC Wales, Cameron Davis. Hdllo
:20:17. > :20:20.Cameron. Can I ask you about the situation in Wales and how xou plan
:20:21. > :20:23.to heal a deeply divided party in Wales with Nathan Gill now setting
:20:24. > :20:28.up as an independent Assembly Member? And secondly, do yot agree
:20:29. > :20:33.with calls for him to give tp one of his elected positions? Nath`n Gill
:20:34. > :20:41.has my 100% support. He has been a very, very valued member. In the
:20:42. > :20:46.European Parliament, I trust him 100%, in Tiley, in terms of his
:20:47. > :20:50.views and his commitment to Ukip. -- in Tiley. In terms of the issues
:20:51. > :20:54.that led to him becoming an independent. My understanding is
:20:55. > :20:58.that in doing that he is sthll only taking one salary as an elected
:20:59. > :21:05.politician. I don't think there is any more, to be made on that aspect.
:21:06. > :21:11.Can he do both at the same time Well, why not. The clashes of the
:21:12. > :21:15.jobs. Well, I'll tell you what. Come along to Brussels at some stage and
:21:16. > :21:18.see what a farce the hallwax the European Parliament actuallx runs.
:21:19. > :21:22.The important aspect is that the Ukip MEPs are going to be there
:21:23. > :21:26.attending the committees. The committees are not everyday. They
:21:27. > :21:30.are not there like some of the other UK colleagues who are there every
:21:31. > :21:35.single day, just attended mdetings. From my point of view, without good
:21:36. > :21:39.reason. Nathan is an individual who is there when it is necessary. And
:21:40. > :21:42.as I understand it, he has been in the Welsh Assembly equally when it
:21:43. > :21:47.has been necessary. He remahns and will always have my full support for
:21:48. > :21:50.the roles he undertakes. Th`nks Diane. I'm from the Daily Express.
:21:51. > :21:57.You talked about by-elections earlier. Would you consider one of
:21:58. > :22:01.those fighting so would you consider fighting one of those by-eldctions
:22:02. > :22:04.to give yourself a platform in the House of Commons? Yes, of course I
:22:05. > :22:08.will. But I have got to makd sure, just like every other candidate
:22:09. > :22:13.that I go through the selection process. And actually then go
:22:14. > :22:16.through the hustings process at a considering the level to be
:22:17. > :22:21.selected. I have made it abtndantly plain and clear at my national
:22:22. > :22:25.programme of meetings that H don't intend parachuting myself into a
:22:26. > :22:31.constituency unless I can prove that I have some form of affiliation with
:22:32. > :22:35.that. Marina Mason from the Guardian. You were talking `bout
:22:36. > :22:42.Nigel's legacy experience bding valued in the party, what in say a
:22:43. > :22:47.year's time on longer he wanted to come back as party leader, would you
:22:48. > :22:51.stand aside if you wanted to do that? I'm interested in your crystal
:22:52. > :22:55.ball. He made it abundantly clear today that he doesn't and then
:22:56. > :22:59.coming back. He has left th`t door, that option, open, I totallx
:23:00. > :23:02.appreciate that. But he was very, very clear with his languagd today.
:23:03. > :23:06.He is stepping away from thd leadership role. He is handhng that
:23:07. > :23:17.mantle over to myself, simple as that. I'm from the Daily Mirror
:23:18. > :23:21.Sorry. Two questions. Neil Hamilton and the other leadership candidates
:23:22. > :23:26.have been removed from the lain stage agenda, why? Are they part of
:23:27. > :23:28.the opposition narrative? And out of curiosity, you talk about
:23:29. > :23:35.professionalism and changing the tone, do you feel that the tone was
:23:36. > :23:40.wrong? I'm going to deal with that latter point first. I defended that
:23:41. > :23:44.poster even at the Wembley debate. And I will continue to defend it. If
:23:45. > :23:52.people don't want a reality tack about what has been created in terms
:23:53. > :23:55.of problems, of Merkel's opdn door migration policy, people in those
:23:56. > :24:01.volumes on those roads, tryhng to get into the European Schengen area,
:24:02. > :24:04.then quite frankly they need a big, big pinch. That picture was
:24:05. > :24:08.absolutely accurate in terms of what it showed, and I have got no problem
:24:09. > :24:15.with it at all. Your other puestion, just remind me? The agenda... You
:24:16. > :24:19.know, that is exactly what the new leader is able to do. It is my
:24:20. > :24:28.prerogative, and I chose to change the programme. A pouch? No, we are
:24:29. > :24:33.working through -- approach. Lucy Fisher from The Times. Ukip figures
:24:34. > :24:37.have identified the Northern Labour heartlands is a key opportunity via
:24:38. > :24:42.Ukip going forward. Your crhtics saying that you will like appeal in
:24:43. > :24:50.those places in appealing to some audiences? During my nation`l series
:24:51. > :24:56.of events, I made it clear, I repeated every single one, that I
:24:57. > :25:01.was intending to have two chiefs of staff, not two deputies and not a
:25:02. > :25:06.single deputy. And if you w`nt to paint a regional picture, one of
:25:07. > :25:11.those individuals will be located in the north, and will effectively
:25:12. > :25:15.caretaker, my quotes, let's be very clear about that, care take the
:25:16. > :25:19.North, and the other will bd supporting yourself. That is the
:25:20. > :25:26.level of support that I want is the new leader. And that is how we
:25:27. > :25:32.intend running this. Will it be still Steven Woolfe in the North? I
:25:33. > :25:35.haven't yet made decisions. Once I have spoken to every single
:25:36. > :25:38.individual, I will announce where I like them to be in terms of the
:25:39. > :25:42.portfolios that they hold. H will also hear what they would lhke to do
:25:43. > :25:45.and how they feel they might contribute. And also in terls of
:25:46. > :25:50.what I want them to do, it hs appointed deputy so that on every
:25:51. > :25:54.single occasion, if the MEPs are for instance in Brussels or Str`sbourg,
:25:55. > :26:00.and the Reeza made does her usual, you know, tries the lead bad news
:26:01. > :26:06.while you out of erudite and professional people able to handle
:26:07. > :26:10.the media. Johnstone from the Independent. You say you want to
:26:11. > :26:15.professionalise the party, will you continue to use the term Relainiacs?
:26:16. > :26:25.Remainiacs, what's wrong with that in terms of professionalism? It s a
:26:26. > :26:33.bit rude, isn't it? No, if they want to choose a new phrase I will
:26:34. > :26:36.happily use that instead. Your predecessor stood alongside Donald
:26:37. > :26:40.Trump and did the speech and seemed very happy about that, and he said
:26:41. > :26:44.he couldn't imagine ever voting for Hillary Clinton. Could you hmagine
:26:45. > :26:47.voting for Hillary Clinton, and how do you feel about Donald Trtmp? I
:26:48. > :26:51.couldn't imagine voting for Hillary Clinton. The jury for me is out on
:26:52. > :26:55.Trump. I think the American people have a difficult decision to make. I
:26:56. > :26:58.don't think either of the c`ndidates are what the American peopld would
:26:59. > :27:03.like to see in terms of thehr ex-president. But it is a ddcision
:27:04. > :27:07.for the American people to take and as much as I really did objdct to
:27:08. > :27:10.Obama coming over here in tdlling the United Kingdom people what to do
:27:11. > :27:13.in terms of Brexit, I have no intention of guiding or comlenting
:27:14. > :27:33.for Mrs Clinton or Mr Trump. Helen Kaptoum BBC south-east. Hello,
:27:34. > :27:37.we finally get to meet! Fantastic! Nigel Farage said that by-elections
:27:38. > :27:45.would assign of Ukip being hn rude health, what are you going to tackle
:27:46. > :27:48.the change that. We need a Tory MP or Lib Dem to stand down in the
:27:49. > :27:52.south-east. If you would like to wish me well on that, that would be
:27:53. > :27:57.great. Then we will field a candidate that is of a calibre to
:27:58. > :28:00.take on being numbered. I go back to the point, if you look on the
:28:01. > :28:05.south-east, if we are able to remind the south-east that they're sitting
:28:06. > :28:08.MP, or their potential MP, `ctually doesn't want to deliver Brexit and
:28:09. > :28:12.yet they voted to leave, th`t is going to create a very interesting
:28:13. > :28:20.Chisholm in terms of their political affiliation. -- interesting schism.
:28:21. > :28:25.There have been lots of calls that the new leader to reunite the party
:28:26. > :28:27.in the way everybody has had bitter divisions, but you don't sedm to be
:28:28. > :28:36.striking a conciliar crew told today. -- a councillor Terrx tone.
:28:37. > :28:40.Are you going to reach out to people? Can I correct you on that?
:28:41. > :28:45.The question was asked, when will I meet with Douglas Carswell's I made
:28:46. > :28:50.the point that I was happy to do that as soon as his diary and my
:28:51. > :28:54.diary makes that happen. He is here tomorrow. If he wants to sit down,
:28:55. > :28:58.I'm sure we can find the tile. Realistically, does he want to do
:28:59. > :29:08.that at conference, or wouldn't you like to do to do some time out. We
:29:09. > :29:12.can go over the issues comfortably and decide on things. That hs my
:29:13. > :29:17.response. The same invitation extended to anybody that yot just
:29:18. > :29:21.mentioned. All I am going to ask is that some appreciation that as the
:29:22. > :29:25.new leader there is going to be a huge amount of demand on my time. I
:29:26. > :29:29.will try and prior at is accordingly. But when it coles to
:29:30. > :29:32.it, I will meet with everybody. -- I will try and prioritise. Peter
:29:33. > :29:39.Walker from the Guardian. Alongst the people who took on the
:29:40. > :29:43.challenge, one of them talk about the idea of banning burgers in
:29:44. > :29:46.public places and making prhsoners pay for their incarceration. --
:29:47. > :29:51.banning burgers. Would you `gree with either of those points, or
:29:52. > :29:54.would you seek such a way forward for the party? I have got no
:29:55. > :29:57.response to either of those points. They were made by two of my
:29:58. > :30:01.candidate colleagues. I've got no wider of the setting in which they
:30:02. > :30:06.made those comments. I'm not going to comment any further. Thank you.
:30:07. > :30:18.I'm not going to comment on the many further. I have more questions.
:30:19. > :30:22.Thank you, I am from Norway. The question is fading out eventually I
:30:23. > :30:26.think. What will be the next important issue for Ukip? Whll it be
:30:27. > :30:31.immigration? That seems to go down well with some of your food tips. If
:30:32. > :30:36.you take a straw poll of voters out there at the moment -- some of your
:30:37. > :30:41.voters. Immigration still fdatures probably top if not second hn polls.
:30:42. > :30:45.But what we really have the direct focused attention on is the NHS You
:30:46. > :30:49.know, that, quite frankly, everything that is going on, the
:30:50. > :30:54.Tory government are managing to cover-up the bad shape that that
:30:55. > :30:59.service is in. And on the b`sis that we have now got hospitals, billions
:31:00. > :31:03.of pounds in deficit, where they have abandoned performance targets,
:31:04. > :31:08.abandoned waiting list, abandoned treatment objectives, we nedd to
:31:09. > :31:19.start focusing on matters wdll. -- on that as well.
:31:20. > :31:26.You have talked about taking votes away from Labour in the north. I'm
:31:27. > :31:30.interested where the party hs going to sit on the political spectrum
:31:31. > :31:36.once you have built that party offering. Come back to me when we
:31:37. > :31:40.have finished the 100 days programme and I will answer your question at
:31:41. > :31:44.that stage. Where does it nded to be? It needs to be in a poshtion
:31:45. > :31:48.where it appeals to both Conservative and Labour votdrs. Both
:31:49. > :31:52.of those groups of voters share very similar, if not the same concerns,
:31:53. > :31:56.but top of that list, you know, it was shown by the scale of stpport
:31:57. > :32:01.for leaving across the Unitdd Kingdom, if we can put things,
:32:02. > :32:05.subjects into that context then we will get the message right `nd the
:32:06. > :32:14.policies right. And the last question. Can we have somebody who
:32:15. > :32:19.hasn't asked a question, pldase I will take one more question from
:32:20. > :32:28.somebody who hasn't asked, please. Yes, thank you. I'm from ITV Wales.
:32:29. > :32:33.The situation for the Welsh Assembly, what do you see as Neil
:32:34. > :32:38.Hamilton's future there? For the Ukip group and I mean the Ukip
:32:39. > :32:43.group, and also for a contrhbution from Nathan, for them to decide and
:32:44. > :32:46.I would hope they will then feed-back their decision to the
:32:47. > :32:52.leader and I will be able to support it. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you
:32:53. > :32:57.very much indeed. I hope evdrybody had an opportunity and Diand answers
:32:58. > :33:01.the questions as straightly and honestly. Thank you for your time.
:33:02. > :33:29.Yes, thank you everyone. Th`nk you. Bye-bye.
:33:30. > :33:36.They are doing the knocking up for us. It is a remarkable exercise and
:33:37. > :33:40.it is not difficult. Don't over promise. Don't promise at all. I
:33:41. > :33:44.never promise I say to people look, we'll do everything we can for you,
:33:45. > :33:48.but I can't make promises wd're not in power. When we are, hopefully we
:33:49. > :33:52.will, but it is those simpld things you can do and do them well and in
:33:53. > :33:57.the next few weeks we will be producing a guide to tell and
:33:58. > :34:03.instruct how you can make a difference like we have dond because
:34:04. > :34:06.in your seats, they maybe more demo graphically suited to Ukip xou can
:34:07. > :34:10.make that difference and if you start acting like a councillor
:34:11. > :34:15.people will reward you by m`king you their councillor. It takes hard
:34:16. > :34:23.work, but if you knock on the doors and you start off saying, "H'm Tim
:34:24. > :34:29.Acre, is there anything we can do to help? Blimey, I thought you were
:34:30. > :34:35.going to put your arm out and instruct me to vote for you." That
:34:36. > :34:38.keeps the door open for 30 seconds more because you're offered
:34:39. > :34:43.something. You're the boss. The people are the boss and there is a
:34:44. > :34:51.why Ukip have grown as succdssful because the other three parties have
:34:52. > :34:55.forgotten what that means. APPLAUSE
:34:56. > :35:01.They were given an incredible reminder on polling day. Thhs
:35:02. > :35:08.referendum is a revolution. People who know me, I always say the
:35:09. > :35:15.revolution is coming and thd revolution is coming, but jtst not
:35:16. > :35:20.on the BBC! It has redemocr`t advertised our countriment `ll the
:35:21. > :35:26.people who registered to vote, voted for Brexit. They now know where
:35:27. > :35:31.their constituency polling stations. When you vote once, you havd vote
:35:32. > :35:36.many times over. I lost by 800 votes last year. But 3,000 people
:35:37. > :35:43.registered for the referendtm, what might have been? But you don't win
:35:44. > :35:49.the next war by fighting thd last one. If you two streets a wdek it
:35:50. > :35:53.makes a difference because people will say, "I saw the Ukip lot out
:35:54. > :35:59.the other week. They are knocking on doors. You only see the othdrs at
:36:00. > :36:01.election time." We can do this and I'm optimistic of the way forward
:36:02. > :36:06.because the other parties now, they're broke. Theresa May can't
:36:07. > :36:10.smile. LAUGHTER
:36:11. > :36:14.And resorted to taking our policies and packaging them in a way that
:36:15. > :36:20.would question them in the first place. The Labour Party, well, the
:36:21. > :36:25.Labour Party, goodness me. Well done Agent Corbyn, you're doing `
:36:26. > :36:32.fantastic job! There is one more, the ginger one from up north! Well,
:36:33. > :36:36.you know, and we have that opportunity because Brexit `llows us
:36:37. > :36:39.to solve the nation's probldms and when you look at what issues are
:36:40. > :36:45.coming they affect us in Local Government. Who heard of pax to
:36:46. > :36:53.stay? No. A couple. I see a couple. Pay to stay is a Tory poor tax. It
:36:54. > :37:00.is a tax on the poorest in society. They're going to levy taxes on
:37:01. > :37:03.council tenants who you could have a married couple earning ?15,000 a
:37:04. > :37:10.year, they would be taxed bx virtue of living in a council housd. Do any
:37:11. > :37:16.of you think that's fair at all And you think of the money we'rd sending
:37:17. > :37:20.abroad in foreign aid and they decide to tax our poorest. H don't
:37:21. > :37:25.care in the Labour Party is in a shamble and I don't care if Theresa
:37:26. > :37:30.May thinks it is not OK to be elected Prime Minister, you disgust
:37:31. > :37:33.me with your politics. Why hs this Conservative Party, this
:37:34. > :37:37.Conservative Government so keen to squeeze the poorest in our society
:37:38. > :37:46.so that they can throw billhons overseas? They should be ashamed of
:37:47. > :37:50.themselves. APPLAUSE
:37:51. > :37:54.We now can branch out and create policy positions that can attract a
:37:55. > :37:58.new wave of support to us and I m very confident under Diane's
:37:59. > :38:03.leadership we will go from being a 13% party to a 23% or 33% p`rty We
:38:04. > :38:08.can do it. We are the peopld's army, aren't we?
:38:09. > :38:14.Well, I tell you what, if she wants to wait until 2020, that's fine by
:38:15. > :38:18.me because it gives me four years to sharpen my pitchfork!
:38:19. > :38:23.We have an incredible opportunity, but get out there. Let's spdak to
:38:24. > :38:27.the people. The people rose up and now they're looking for polhtical
:38:28. > :38:33.leadership. We can do this. Our best days are so far ahead of us and each
:38:34. > :38:37.day that passes gets us one step closer to achieving that drdam we
:38:38. > :38:42.have of this country being the greatest in the world. We are Great
:38:43. > :38:45.Britain, let's not let the Tories or the Labour Party or the Libdral
:38:46. > :38:50.Democrats talk us down anymore. Let's get our country back the get
:38:51. > :38:53.out there, talk to the people, and let's make sure this countrx is
:38:54. > :39:12.great once again. Thank you very much.
:39:13. > :39:17.APPLAUSE Well, that's the whole zest of it is a winning formula from
:39:18. > :39:23.somebody with great experience and I think as we become more professional
:39:24. > :39:27.in what we do with council dlections and the branches and hence we had
:39:28. > :39:31.the first branch chairman's conference in Derby a coupld of
:39:32. > :39:37.months ago and that is what we intend to do. So we will win and
:39:38. > :39:46.thank you Tim for all your clear advice.
:39:47. > :39:55.Moving on to north of the border to, also a great rugby nation I have to
:39:56. > :40:06.say, David Coburn. APPLAUSE
:40:07. > :40:16.Hello conference. How are wd all doing? Good, well, Michael Crick
:40:17. > :40:21.asked me this morning beford I had my porridge, he said, "What's the
:40:22. > :40:29.purpose of Ukip now you've got Brexit? What's the purpose of that?"
:40:30. > :40:34.I said well, Mrs May has stolen all our ideas, she has stolen otr
:40:35. > :40:39.policies, what would she do if Ukip seized to exist. It is more
:40:40. > :40:43.important than ever to make sure we are around, to make sure thd ruling
:40:44. > :40:47.party, whether it be Labour or Conservative have something to think
:40:48. > :40:52.about. And hopefully we will become that ruling party. That's mx
:40:53. > :40:56.objective. That's our objective in England and it is certainly our
:40:57. > :41:02.objective in Scotland where the Labour Party have completelx
:41:03. > :41:07.collapsed. APPLAUSE
:41:08. > :41:12.Well, I can tell you, the only campaigners for Brexit on the
:41:13. > :41:23.streets of Scotland were kippers! Scottish kippers! Tom Harris the
:41:24. > :41:28.former Labour MP or MSP, he is an MP, I believe, who is running the
:41:29. > :41:35.Vote Leave campaign for the Tories stoogies, he was invisible `s was
:41:36. > :41:42.his campaign. And Go in Scotland, they were completely manned by
:41:43. > :41:49.Ukipers, it was Ukip that won it. The SNP expected 80/20, well we got
:41:50. > :41:55.60/40, we didn't win, but 40% is a good number of people.
:41:56. > :41:59.APPLAUSE If it hadn't been for those Scottish
:42:00. > :42:06.kippers out on the streets H can tell you right now, it would have
:42:07. > :42:10.been 80/20. Thanks to all the Scottish kippers that got ott there
:42:11. > :42:16.and lots of other people cale up from England to help us as well
:42:17. > :42:20.APPLAUSE Sadly the Scottish election well, it
:42:21. > :42:24.was a re-run of the general election, something we expected
:42:25. > :42:31.here. We got squeezed and the Scots voted, more importantly, to stop the
:42:32. > :42:37.SNP. That was their greatest fear, it worried them more than the
:42:38. > :42:41.European situation. The votd coming from the Labour Party, about 10 ,
:42:42. > :42:45.shot across to the Tories bdcause they were already in the Parliament
:42:46. > :42:50.and the BBC kept us off the media which was a disgrace. But anyway, a
:42:51. > :42:53.lot of votes went there and it stopped sturgeon having a m`jority
:42:54. > :42:58.Government which was the objective. Sadly, but we did very well, we
:42:59. > :43:02.increased our vote massivelx. It is always a good thing to do that and
:43:03. > :43:08.we are moving more and more towards getting people elected and that s
:43:09. > :43:14.our objective in Scotland. H think that Route Davidson has let down the
:43:15. > :43:20.Conservatives in Scotland. She was very rampantly prothe Europdan Union
:43:21. > :43:24.and that has upset a lot of Scottish Conservatives. Many of them are
:43:25. > :43:30.hoping, or wishing to vote for Ukip and the only thing that's holding
:43:31. > :43:33.them back is the fear of Scottish nationalism and I'm going to be
:43:34. > :43:37.working with fibre of my behng to get across the idea that thdy can
:43:38. > :43:40.safely vote for Ukip and th`t will be a vote that will work in
:43:41. > :43:53.Scotland. APPLAUSE Some of our campaigns have
:43:54. > :44:01.gone very well. We had a calpaign about the named person Act. It was
:44:02. > :44:06.brought up by the SNP. They wanted someone to check on every home in
:44:07. > :44:09.Scotland, to check on every child. That's not on. That's not a
:44:10. > :44:15.democratic society. We made a fuss about it. We were on the telly about
:44:16. > :44:18.it a lot and we galvanised the other parties who voted for it and the
:44:19. > :44:23.Conservatives abstained so they were equally guilty. We were the only
:44:24. > :44:32.party in Scotland opposing this and we won and it was in the cotrts
:44:33. > :44:36.they have turned around and said this was illegal legislation and
:44:37. > :44:41.said the perpetrators were authoritarian and that's from the
:44:42. > :44:44.Supreme Court. APPLAUSE
:44:45. > :44:51.This shows that Ukip in Scotland are being effective and we will be more
:44:52. > :44:55.effective. Well, wee Jimmy Cranky has been running around Europe
:44:56. > :44:58.speaking to every president there is plus all the presidents in the
:44:59. > :45:03.European Parliament. I think there are five of them. Seven of them is
:45:04. > :45:07.there? Good lord, I must have missed a couple. Anyway, there are too many
:45:08. > :45:12.of them I can assure and yot're paying for them, you lucky people.
:45:13. > :45:16.Jimmy Cranky was running around making the big oh, Scotland is
:45:17. > :45:24.staying in, we're going to have a special deal. Well, I went to see
:45:25. > :45:30.president, what's he called? President Shults he invited me in
:45:31. > :45:34.for coffee. I thought I'll have a convention with him and see what he
:45:35. > :45:41.says. Anyway, he said Scotl`nd will not have a special deal. Thdre will
:45:42. > :45:47.be no special deal. He recehved wee Jimmy Cranky as he would receive any
:45:48. > :45:51.Prime Minister, from any of the German States as a matter of
:45:52. > :45:55.courtesy. There will be no deal We entered the European Union together,
:45:56. > :46:06.we must leave the European Tnion together and that is that.
:46:07. > :46:10.APPLAUSE He told me, he no lore wanted the bellicanisation of
:46:11. > :46:16.European States than we do. He doesn't want for example thd
:46:17. > :46:20.problems in Spain with various parts of Spain wishing to remove
:46:21. > :46:24.themselves. He doesn't want to aggravate that or any of thd
:46:25. > :46:27.problems that are happening in other parts of Europe. He is not
:46:28. > :46:31.interested in that, so whatdver she says, she is talking nonsense.
:46:32. > :46:43.Brexit will be Brexit and Scotland will be out. She has to stop this
:46:44. > :46:47.nonsense because what she is doing is harming the Scottish economy
:46:48. > :46:50.Scotland needs certainty, it needs to know where it is going, that it
:46:51. > :46:55.needs to be part of the United Kingdom. We voted for it. More Scots
:46:56. > :46:59.voted to remain in the Unitdd Kingdom than voted to leave the -
:47:00. > :47:04.remain in the European Union. We need to stay in the United Kingdom
:47:05. > :47:09.to make sure our country is strong. We cannot divorce from our nearest
:47:10. > :47:14.and closest ally in England that we have been together for with for the
:47:15. > :47:22.best part of 300, nearly 400 years, it is simply not on. Scots knew when
:47:23. > :47:26.they voted in the referendul on Scottish independence that we would
:47:27. > :47:30.be voting in the future. We must abide by the rules and the Scottish
:47:31. > :47:42.Nationalists have got to get that through their head.
:47:43. > :47:47.APPLAUSE Inconveniently frol Madam surgeon, a third of SNP votdrs voted
:47:48. > :47:52.for Brexit. Not all of them like the idea of being ruled from blds
:47:53. > :47:56.anymore than we do. According to section 3 of the Scotland Act the
:47:57. > :47:59.First Minister cannot pronotnce on the constitution. She should get on
:48:00. > :48:02.with the business of running a country where it has got a ?7
:48:03. > :48:16.billion deficit and sort th`t out first.
:48:17. > :48:19.We can't have a barbed wire fence 50 miles from Edinburgh, it is
:48:20. > :48:22.unimaginable. She is bringing in so many immigrants. She wants to bring
:48:23. > :48:27.more and more into Scotland and she is desperate to keep them, she is
:48:28. > :48:28.putting them on Scottish islands! Presumably because they can't escape
:48:29. > :48:38.so quickly! A lot of them want to move to
:48:39. > :48:41.Birmingham and London where there are more people of their own
:48:42. > :48:49.background, and they want to start their own business. And in Scotland,
:48:50. > :48:52.where the already problems with unemployment, it is bad for the
:48:53. > :48:56.people who already live there and they cannot set up their own
:48:57. > :49:03.businesses. And these peopld are proud, they want to contribtte to
:49:04. > :49:06.society. It is not fair of her to people in and to think Scotland is a
:49:07. > :49:08.separate unit. We must work on our frontiers as Great Britain, not as
:49:09. > :49:21.individual parts of the United Kingdom. We need to be ahead of the
:49:22. > :49:27.game on this. We have to st`rt thinking how Scotland, Irel`nd other
:49:28. > :49:30.parts of the UK fit in so that we do not have a problem with the
:49:31. > :49:36.different parliaments and the rights of those parliaments and thd rest of
:49:37. > :49:40.it, and all the arguments that account for that. We must try and
:49:41. > :49:45.persuade people that having a parliament is a good thing, but we
:49:46. > :49:49.must have a UK Parliament, `nd that is important. We must start making
:49:50. > :49:54.sure that the constitution hs something we will develop. Tkip are
:49:55. > :49:58.the only people not frightened to talk about change. The other parties
:49:59. > :50:06.don't want to talk about ch`nge We do. To that end, we have bedn
:50:07. > :50:13.working on a constitution that can work to keep the United Kingdom
:50:14. > :50:20.together. That is our objective I suggested the idea of an ancient
:50:21. > :50:24.Saxon name for the parliament. We need to try and make sure the
:50:25. > :50:31.British constitution works. We cannot go on with this Civil War
:50:32. > :50:36.being created by the SNP. Btt the good news is that they are starting
:50:37. > :50:40.to fail. People are realising they are not sensible. They are not
:50:41. > :50:44.bringing solutions. Just shouting Scotland is not going to solve
:50:45. > :50:51.unemployment or a deficit in the economy. Now is the chance for Ukip.
:50:52. > :50:55.The Labour Party has collapsed, there are a lot of votes to be got
:50:56. > :51:00.there. I am going to go aftdr those votes. I will make sure we have good
:51:01. > :51:03.representation in Scotland `nd perhaps in the future, a Scottish
:51:04. > :51:24.Government which is the Ukip flavour. So there you go. Thank you,
:51:25. > :51:35.David. Now we go on to somebody who is as extremely experienced in his
:51:36. > :51:39.field, a long term Ukip exponent. If you have ever heard him spe`k on the
:51:40. > :51:43.subject of energy to a technical conference, I have no idea what he's
:51:44. > :51:51.talking about. But hopefullx, it will be broader today. He m`y touch
:51:52. > :51:54.on Hinkley, on, off, whatevdr is going on, and where from here? Roger
:51:55. > :52:15.Homer, MEP. Good afternoon, everyone. It is
:52:16. > :52:19.shaping up to be a great party conference. We have heard stper
:52:20. > :52:23.stuff from David Cockburn and other MEP colleagues from this pl`tform,
:52:24. > :52:26.so you can see what a great team there is in Brussels and I `m happy
:52:27. > :52:31.and proud to work with thosd guys. This is our first conferencd since
:52:32. > :52:35.our great victory in the Brdxit referendum. This is the conference
:52:36. > :52:39.where we say farewell to Nigel Farage, at least as party ldader,
:52:40. > :52:42.although I think we will sed a lot of him in the future, and where we
:52:43. > :52:49.beat as our new party leader Diane James. I would like to add ly voice
:52:50. > :52:54.to the tributes that have already been paid to Nigel. Each of us in
:52:55. > :53:00.this hall today has played ` part in the Brexit campaign. But I doubt we
:53:01. > :53:05.would have won it without all the tireless efforts that Nigel has made
:53:06. > :53:17.both during the campaign and during the two decades when he led and
:53:18. > :53:21.inspired the party. We all know that Nigel is going to be a tough act to
:53:22. > :53:27.follow, but we wish Diane J`mes every success is our new party
:53:28. > :53:32.leader. She has a very challenging job to do, but she has the skills,
:53:33. > :53:36.the character, the determin`tion and the media savvy to succeed. I am
:53:37. > :53:42.sure she can count on the stpport that all of us in this hall and
:53:43. > :53:53.throughout the party in the task that she has undertaken. Di`ne will
:53:54. > :53:58.be making her own decisions and appointments for policy spokesmen
:53:59. > :54:02.for the party. If so be, I shall be happy to pass on my responshbility
:54:03. > :54:06.for industry and energy to whomever she chooses to a point. But I have
:54:07. > :54:10.had the privilege of speaking on energy for the party for thd last
:54:11. > :54:14.four and a half years, so pdrhaps I may take a few seconds to ottline a
:54:15. > :54:20.few key thoughts on that policy area. First of all, nuclear. I have
:54:21. > :54:27.always been convinced that nuclear energy must be a key element in a
:54:28. > :54:32.rational British energy polhcy. So initially, I welcomed the ddcision
:54:33. > :54:35.to proceed with a new nucle`r power station, Hinkley C. But I h`ve
:54:36. > :54:39.become increasingly concerndd about the costs. Nuclear power is
:54:40. > :54:43.potentially cheaper over thd lifetime of a reactor, yet we have
:54:44. > :54:47.struck a deal which makes ntclear energy as expensive as offshore
:54:48. > :54:53.wind, and that at a time whdn fossil fuel prices are declining. @dd to
:54:54. > :54:58.that the increasing concerns over security with the Chinese
:54:59. > :55:08.involvement, and we have to conclude that Hinkley C is a bad deal for
:55:09. > :55:13.Britain. In fact, I would draw a parallel. It is a vanity project. It
:55:14. > :55:28.is grossly expensive, and I would put it alongside High Speed two is
:55:29. > :55:33.one of those white elephants which are going to burden our children and
:55:34. > :55:36.grandchildren with debt. Let's turn to renewables. I am the party have
:55:37. > :55:42.been opposed to wind and solar for a range of reasons, but mostlx because
:55:43. > :55:50.they put at risk both affordability and energy security. That is true
:55:51. > :55:53.today, but we need to watch developments closely, because the
:55:54. > :55:57.costs of solar and wind are reducing. The industry is claiming
:55:58. > :56:01.what they call parity for renewables. They are wrong to do so,
:56:02. > :56:06.because they choose to ignore the additional costs caused by the
:56:07. > :56:13.intermittency of renewables. But equally, there are rapid
:56:14. > :56:16.developments going on in large-scale energy storage. Today, we don't have
:56:17. > :56:18.the massive storage which would overcome the intermittency problem,
:56:19. > :56:23.but in ten years' time, we lay well have. That doesn't mean we `re wrong
:56:24. > :56:26.to oppose renewables today. If I am right and renewables will bdcome
:56:27. > :56:31.economically viable, with rdduced costs and massive storage c`pacity
:56:32. > :56:36.by 2025, we shall still look back and ask why we squandered v`st
:56:37. > :56:41.resources covering the country with equipment which, from that future
:56:42. > :56:44.vantage point, will look hopelessly clunky am old-fashioned and
:56:45. > :56:50.inefficient. So let's keep those thoughts in mind. Then let's
:56:51. > :56:53.consider gas. It was the Labour statesman Aneurin Bevan, and the
:56:54. > :57:01.Labour Party used to have statesmen back in the day, Aneurin Bevan said
:57:02. > :57:05.Britain is an island made m`inly of coal and surrounded by fish. And
:57:06. > :57:12.colleagues, we will have those fish back after Brexit. But if Aneurin
:57:13. > :57:19.Bevan were around today, he might say that Britain was an isl`nd built
:57:20. > :57:23.on gas and surrounded by fish. There are real concerns amongst the public
:57:24. > :57:27.about shale gas and possiblx some concerns in the party. That is not
:57:28. > :57:32.surprising, given the negathve propaganda we have seen surrounding
:57:33. > :57:36.the technology. But an independent Britain needs an independent power
:57:37. > :57:40.supply, and we cannot afford to ignore the potential under our feet.
:57:41. > :57:44.If the shale gas reserves are anywhere near some of the estimates,
:57:45. > :57:50.the impact on the economy, prosperity, jobs and energy security
:57:51. > :57:54.and balance of payments and tax revenues will be dramatic. Ht would
:57:55. > :58:06.be irresponsible to ignore so great an opportunity. But let's rdturn to
:58:07. > :58:10.the main theme of our conference today, Brexit. During the rdferendum
:58:11. > :58:17.campaign, I was careful to warn of possible economic volatilitx after
:58:18. > :58:20.the Brexit vote. I felt that if we won the Brexit vote, we would face
:58:21. > :58:25.months, perhaps years of negative headlines. I thought our job would
:58:26. > :58:33.be to go out there and say, hang in there, there will be benefits. But I
:58:34. > :58:38.have been amazed by the headlines we are getting. We are doing bdtter
:58:39. > :58:42.than my wildest dreams. There has been no Emergency Budget. Mortgage
:58:43. > :58:46.rates have not rocketed. Hotse prices have not slumped. Thd FTSE is
:58:47. > :58:52.ahead of its pre-Brexit levdl. High street spending is up. Confhdence
:58:53. > :58:55.has recovered in service and manufacturing. Cars are selling
:58:56. > :59:01.There is a tourist boom in London and across the country. Hotdls, bars
:59:02. > :59:09.and restaurants are full and that is not just Kippers celebrating!
:59:10. > :59:12.Countries around the world frustrated in their efforts to
:59:13. > :59:18.negotiate with the EU are qteueing up to open up trade talks on deals
:59:19. > :59:22.with the newly independent TK. OK, the pound is down, but that has
:59:23. > :59:27.proved a tonic for exporters and has had a huge positive impact on our
:59:28. > :59:30.balance of payments. Many economists would agree that the pound was in
:59:31. > :59:37.any case overvalued and needed an adjustment. So what has suffered
:59:38. > :59:48.from Brexit? The reputation of George Osborne has suffered. And of
:59:49. > :59:55.the Treasury, and of Mark C`rney at the Bank of England. And thd IMF,
:59:56. > :59:57.and President Obama, and assorted banks and consultants and
:59:58. > :00:02.accountancy firms and ratings agencies. They all called it wrong.
:00:03. > :00:14.This is an example of groupthink at its worst. Some of the whinhng
:00:15. > :00:18.Remainiacs are calling for ` second referendum. But what would they say?
:00:19. > :00:25.This guy didn't fall. Project via has imploded. It has vanishdd in a
:00:26. > :00:34.puff of smoke -- Project Fe`r. They have no case to argue. On social
:00:35. > :00:38.media, some voices are saying that now we have won, Ukip can p`ck up
:00:39. > :00:43.and go home, mission accomplished. No more to be done. Some suggest
:00:44. > :00:49.that the Ukip MEPs should rdsign in a body in a great gesture of
:00:50. > :00:55.triumphant hubris. But remelber that our country has voted for Brexit,
:00:56. > :01:00.but we don't have Brexit yet. Today, Britain is still a fully pahd-up
:01:01. > :01:04.member of the EU. We are sthll subject to EU law. We are still
:01:05. > :01:10.paying billions for the so-called privilege of membership, and we have
:01:11. > :01:13.a Prime Minister who insists that Brexit is Brexit, but doesn't seem
:01:14. > :01:20.to know what Brexit means. So let's tell her. Brexit means independence.
:01:21. > :01:25.It means we are no longer stbject to EU laws and EU policies. It means we
:01:26. > :01:30.will pay nothing to the EU budget. We will control our own borders and
:01:31. > :01:34.our immigration and our fisheries. And as a strong and independent
:01:35. > :01:38.nation, we will make the sale sort of deal with the EU that we would
:01:39. > :01:43.make with America or China or any other country. We will not `ccept
:01:44. > :01:44.the Swiss or the Norwegian lodels and the dodgy compromises whth
:01:45. > :01:57.Brussels. APPLAUSE So colleagues, our job is
:01:58. > :02:01.not finished yet. We have to hold Theresa May's kitten heels to the
:02:02. > :02:06.fire, to make sure there is no back sliding. I occasionally read a
:02:07. > :02:12.little poetry or history and although I'm not a religious man I
:02:13. > :02:17.found a prayer of Sir Franchs Drake which fits the bill for these
:02:18. > :02:21.circumstances. Sir Francis Drake faced the Spanish armada, possibly
:02:22. > :02:27.the greatest military machine the world had seen, but they sax he
:02:28. > :02:32.insisted on finishing his g`me of bowls before going down to blow the
:02:33. > :02:37.European fleet out of the w`ter What was his player, Oh Lord god to
:02:38. > :02:41.endeavour any great matter, grant us to know that it is not the
:02:42. > :02:48.beginning, but the continuing of the same until the endks until ht be
:02:49. > :02:53.thoroughly finished which yheld ith the great glory. Colleagues, we have
:02:54. > :03:01.won battle, but the war won't be won until Britain is independent again.
:03:02. > :03:06.APPLAUSE Colleagues, I said to begin with
:03:07. > :03:10.that we owe a great debt of gratitude to Nigel Farage, not just
:03:11. > :03:15.in this hall today, but the whole party and indeed, the whole country.
:03:16. > :03:22.But perhaps just perhaps, the whole of Europe will also be in hhs debt.
:03:23. > :03:27.About in no doubt that our Brexit victory has inspired others across
:03:28. > :03:32.Europe. The Swedish Democrats, wasn't it wonderful to have one of
:03:33. > :03:38.their representatives with ts today with his message, but it is not just
:03:39. > :03:45.Sweden, there is the AFG in Germany and the five-star movement `nd the
:03:46. > :03:50.group in Eastern Europe which is in revolt against Brussels' migrant
:03:51. > :03:56.plans. Let me close with ond last quotation from William Pitt the
:03:57. > :04:02.younger in his last City of London speech in 1805 after our victory in
:04:03. > :04:08.the Battle of Trafalgarment he said, "England has saved herself by her
:04:09. > :04:14.exertions and will save Europe by her example." Colleagues like Martin
:04:15. > :04:19.Luther King I have a dream, a dream of a free and prosperous Europe of
:04:20. > :04:23.democratic sovereign nations linked only by free trade and voluntary
:04:24. > :04:27.inter-governmental co-operation I believe that that dream is closer
:04:28. > :04:32.today than it has ever been in my lifetime. And if it comes about
:04:33. > :04:41.much of the credit will be due to this party. To Ukip. We did it. Well
:04:42. > :04:54.done, colleagues. Well done. APPLAUSE
:04:55. > :05:02.Well, I told you he was an dxpert. Isn't it interesting conferdnce
:05:03. > :05:08.isn't it really interesting we have in Ukip some of the highest
:05:09. > :05:12.experienced spokesmen in various areas, when compared with some of
:05:13. > :05:15.the other parties and what they babble on about without any
:05:16. > :05:28.experience and never having proper jobs! Anyway, I have one spdcial
:05:29. > :05:41.announcement. The Ukip in London Assembly drinks reception. Ht is in
:05:42. > :05:46.the function room between 5pm the Hilton Hotel. All welcome. H hope
:05:47. > :05:54.they have got a big room and a lot of drinks! In closing what today is
:05:55. > :06:00.a momentous day of change and the end of an era I would like to ask
:06:01. > :06:09.our party chairman to come back and close the conference for today.
:06:10. > :06:14.APPLAUSE Ladies and gentlemen, have xou had a
:06:15. > :06:27.good day? Yes. One final chder if I may for three of our excelldnt MEPs.
:06:28. > :06:30.Spo APPLAUSE
:06:31. > :06:34.In all the years that Steve couther was the chairman I don't thhnk he
:06:35. > :06:39.ever finished a conference day early. So I'm about to do something
:06:40. > :06:44.that I'm going to have fun with him in years to come. We've got through
:06:45. > :06:48.our agenda. That's extra helpful given that we have found out that
:06:49. > :06:53.we're going to be bout a drhnk by London! Thank you so much for come.
:06:54. > :06:59.Today has been a historic d`y for our party. It will be one that we go
:07:00. > :07:03.online and we look back on over time and time again. I saw the look on
:07:04. > :07:07.Nigel's face as he walked ott of this room. He was close to breaking
:07:08. > :07:16.point with emotion, it was wonderful. Let's give him one last
:07:17. > :07:27.cheer, shall we? APPLAUSE
:07:28. > :07:30.That's the way. We have our gala dinner tonight and we have `nother
:07:31. > :07:33.very interesting day ahead of us, it would seem tomorrow, we're going to
:07:34. > :07:38.make the most of it, we're going to show this country what our party are
:07:39. > :08:27.capable of doing. Have a grdat night and we will see you in the lorning.
:08:28. > :08:35.So I'm incredibly proud now to announce the results of our
:08:36. > :08:43.leadership contest. This contest has been overseen by the electoral
:08:44. > :08:48.reform services who received 17 70 votes.