:00:07. > :00:37.No pressure than. I just wanted to point this out.
:00:38. > :00:53.I contemplated asking for all that John's song I'm Still Standhng to be
:00:54. > :01:02.played. And then I thought, I Get Knocked Down And I Get A Begin. I am
:01:03. > :01:06.honoured to be here. This is the first opportunity I have had to
:01:07. > :01:10.speak at a conference since our historic win in the Welsh Assembly
:01:11. > :01:19.elections. And since our evdn more historic and amazing winner of the
:01:20. > :01:27.referendum. Can you hear me now There we go. I shall we just repeat
:01:28. > :01:30.that. This is the first opportunity I have had to speak here at
:01:31. > :01:36.conference since our historhc win at the Welsh Assembly elections. I
:01:37. > :01:43.appreciate many of you are `ware of the turmoil that's been going on in
:01:44. > :01:55.the principality, to say thd least. I was elected as an MEP in 2014 and
:01:56. > :01:57.when I knew I had one, I sahd to my wife, I have just been given a front
:01:58. > :02:10.row seats to history. I did not realise it was only going
:02:11. > :02:18.to take two years. I don't think anyone did. I've had some alazing
:02:19. > :02:24.experiences and some absolutely wonderful opportunities over these
:02:25. > :02:30.last few years. I started in Ukip 12 years ago. I was just a foot
:02:31. > :02:34.soldier. Somebody who believed in the course, went to my branch
:02:35. > :02:39.meetings, sometimes raised ly eyebrows at some of the things being
:02:40. > :02:49.said, but realised that ulthmately, we were all kin. We all had the same
:02:50. > :02:54.direction, desire, believe `nd hope for this our great nation. @nd I
:02:55. > :03:02.wanted to be a part of that and I freely gave of my time and skills
:03:03. > :03:09.and abilities and somehow, over the years, I rose and rose withhn Ukip
:03:10. > :03:17.and found myself in an opportunity to really make a difference for the
:03:18. > :03:23.party in Wales. And I did that because I believed wholeheartedly
:03:24. > :03:36.that Wales would vote to le`ve the EU. I knew it. I had a much, much
:03:37. > :03:42.better things to be doing whth my time at the driving all over Wales
:03:43. > :03:45.at my own expense for the ptrpose of setting up branches, meeting with
:03:46. > :03:51.and supporting people and ghving that positive 100% vision that we
:03:52. > :04:03.were going to do it. But I did it because I knew that somehow we were
:04:04. > :04:08.going to do it. In the 2009 European elections, John Bufton gave me the
:04:09. > :04:12.huge task of being a campaign manager. I'd never done anything
:04:13. > :04:17.like this before, but I had common sense I knew I had to organhse
:04:18. > :04:21.things and get people motiv`ted During that campaign, we had about
:04:22. > :04:29.12 activists throughout the whole of Wales. 12 people. We would go on
:04:30. > :04:34.leaflet, campaign in one village for an hour or so, jump in our car,
:04:35. > :04:38.drive 20 miles do it again. We went all over Wales doing this. Of
:04:39. > :04:43.course, the Opposition thought we had this huge army who were going
:04:44. > :04:50.out there. It was early days. Things were going to improve. I relember
:04:51. > :04:54.watching the television and the Labour MEP who didn't win the seat,
:04:55. > :04:58.because they had two seats prior to this and she was complaining that
:04:59. > :05:03.because of the expenses scandal we couldn't get all activists now, but
:05:04. > :05:13.Ukip were able to motivate `ll their members. And I was like, ye`h,
:05:14. > :05:19.right. And I think back to those wonderful, heady days when certain
:05:20. > :05:24.things happening if it wasn't it much easier and happier? But there
:05:25. > :05:28.we are. In the 2014 campaign we did the most amazing thing. We became
:05:29. > :05:36.first or second in every single local region within Wales and each
:05:37. > :05:41.of the county 's and we camd second by only 5400 votes to Labour. We did
:05:42. > :05:46.a phenomenal job. And it was down to the fact that by then we did have a
:05:47. > :05:50.big army of helpers, Nigel was on the television all the time and I
:05:51. > :05:54.myself was able to get quitd a lot of TV. I think in the first week I
:05:55. > :06:04.had more television and radho than John Bufton was able to get in the
:06:05. > :06:08.four or five years he had as an MEP. We raised the profile and changed
:06:09. > :06:14.and challenged what people's perception of Ukip was. We were not
:06:15. > :06:20.an army of angry old men, wd were an army of decent men and women, who
:06:21. > :06:26.just believed in our countrx. That's it. Be all and end all. Nothing
:06:27. > :06:27.more. We just wanted our chhldren and grandchildren to have a free
:06:28. > :06:45.nation in the same way that we had. In the general election campaign, we
:06:46. > :06:49.actually increased our vote. It was unbelievable. We got more votes in
:06:50. > :06:58.the general election and we did in the European Union election, which
:06:59. > :07:02.was our election! And again, it was because we challenged those
:07:03. > :07:06.perceptions. We let people know and understand that this is who we are,
:07:07. > :07:11.we are just proper, decent, regular people. That's what we did. That was
:07:12. > :07:17.our aim and target and what we focused on. Challenging those false
:07:18. > :07:24.perceptions of who we are and what we were standing for. Of cotrse we
:07:25. > :07:29.were then also promised the referendum. So I could see now,
:07:30. > :07:34.there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it is not a train towards
:07:35. > :07:40.me. This is... We are going to do this, we are going to win. We have
:07:41. > :07:45.the Welsh Assembly elections and despite all of the internal
:07:46. > :07:50.wranglings and problems that we had, we made history. We were thd first
:07:51. > :08:03.party to break into the Welsh Assembly. And that was a phdnomenal
:08:04. > :08:09.achievement, it really was. But I actually have the humility to
:08:10. > :08:16.understand that it wasn't bdcause of me that I was elected, it w`s
:08:17. > :08:18.because of Nigel Farage. Evdrybody knows who he is and everybody has an
:08:19. > :08:43.opinion on him. I think Nigella would so yot
:08:44. > :08:55.couldn't make it up. I've completely forgot what I was saying. I am
:08:56. > :09:02.humble. I realised that I got two votes because of me. My mother and
:09:03. > :09:13.my wife. Everybody else votd because of a party name and because of Nigel
:09:14. > :09:20.Farage and because of what he did. I must claim a slight bit of going
:09:21. > :09:23.through the TV debates and `ll of the double blow when they brought
:09:24. > :09:30.the cameras in an interview view and all of that kind of stuff. Ht was
:09:31. > :09:38.very surreal and bizarre. Btt we did it. We did it because we had this
:09:39. > :09:43.for use. We were the only pdople who could speak to Conservatives and
:09:44. > :09:51.Labour and they were willing to vote for. We did it because we h`d that
:09:52. > :09:56.presentation to them. Peopld would say, you are nothing like what we
:09:57. > :10:04.thought Ukip people were gohng to be like. Isn't that wonderful thing? I
:10:05. > :10:08.think it is. Because of course, the only thing they thought we were like
:10:09. > :10:18.was because what the media told them and of course it was completely
:10:19. > :10:24.untrue. I truly, truly belidve in my country. I really do. If I didn t, I
:10:25. > :10:28.would not be here. I'd be in America, my wife is American. The
:10:29. > :10:34.weather is better, you can go skiing in the winter... It is great. But
:10:35. > :10:40.there is nowhere better than this land. I've been all over, so I can
:10:41. > :10:44.say that hand on heart. I know. And there is nobody better than the
:10:45. > :10:48.British people. I was once hn America for three months and
:10:49. > :10:53.visiting my sisters who are over there and when I came back on the
:10:54. > :10:59.first flight it was full of Americans come on the second flight,
:11:00. > :11:05.I could hear a Scouse accent at the back of the plane. And norm`lly I
:11:06. > :11:11.would be like... No offence. But it was like an angel singing to me to
:11:12. > :11:19.hear a British accent after so long. It was so lovely to behold. And
:11:20. > :11:23.that's why I got up in the lorning at 4am and got in my car and drove
:11:24. > :11:31.six hours to do a ten minutd radio interview in Cardiff and thdn drove
:11:32. > :11:36.four and a half hours back `gain. Because we've got a message to give.
:11:37. > :11:41.And a story to tell and we've got a nation that was worth fighthng and
:11:42. > :11:48.sacrificing for. And quite frankly, I can't tell you how honourdd I am
:11:49. > :11:55.to have been given a role and a part in this. And in the referendum
:11:56. > :11:59.campaign I was campaigning hn Wales and I was stood at the stall and
:12:00. > :12:07.this older gentleman walked by and as he did, he said, you shotld know
:12:08. > :12:13.better at your age. And I s`id you don't know how old I am. So he
:12:14. > :12:18.turned around and came back and said, do you know anything `t all
:12:19. > :12:41.about Europe? And I said yes, I m an MEP. He then said yes, but when it
:12:42. > :12:52.was last time you went to the Somme? I said I went yesterday. He realised
:12:53. > :12:58.he wasn't going to win. First, when I voted in the referendum, H was
:12:59. > :13:04.asked if the BBC could, and film me for their news articles. As I was
:13:05. > :13:09.walking in, this lovely little Welsh couple came up to me and thdy
:13:10. > :13:15.stopped me and the gentleman grabbed my hand and held it like thhs and
:13:16. > :13:27.said, I just want you to know that I just voted to leave the EU. And I
:13:28. > :13:31.said, thank you, but you didn't do it for me, you did it for otr
:13:32. > :13:41.nation, didn't you? Are thex said well I did it because I want Wales
:13:42. > :13:48.to leave the United Kingdom. And I said, oh, thank you very much. But
:13:49. > :13:54.at that point, I knew we were going to do it in any case. I havd faith
:13:55. > :13:59.we were going to do it. But that faith turned to knowledge, because
:14:00. > :14:05.at that point, I knew that hf the Welsh were voting for us to leave
:14:06. > :14:09.the EU, we had got this. I was invited to be at the hope of
:14:10. > :14:13.everything that was happening with Nigel Farage on the night for the
:14:14. > :14:20.count and I was driving down and I was analysing myself and I realised
:14:21. > :14:26.I didn't feel nervous or anxious. I was listening to the news, thinking
:14:27. > :14:31.about the election, I was as calm as a summer's day and I thought, yeah,
:14:32. > :14:37.we've definitely got theirs. And as the results were coming in, it was
:14:38. > :14:42.just the most surreal and wonderful experience.
:14:43. > :14:52.When I got there I was calldd to do an interview for Irish TV. When I
:14:53. > :14:55.got there, there was lots going on, like an explosion of journalists and
:14:56. > :15:02.the journalist interviewing Ms said Nigel Farage has just conceded
:15:03. > :15:07.defeat. Do you concede defe`t? I said, no. Wales is going to vote to
:15:08. > :15:12.leave the EU and Britain is going to vote to leave the EU. Wait `nd see.
:15:13. > :15:19.And, of course, that is exactly what happened. I went to the event and it
:15:20. > :15:24.became clear at about three o'clock, 3:30am that we had done it. Nigel
:15:25. > :15:30.and a few of us went to a qtiet house where he just needed to
:15:31. > :15:36.contemplate and think beford he made this big huge speech before the
:15:37. > :15:40.world's media. I was in an `nteroom with him and it was just thd two of
:15:41. > :15:48.us. I don't think he was pr`ying, but he could have been. I s`id
:15:49. > :15:49.Nigel, do you realise that xou have just overthrown the British
:15:50. > :16:18.governments? -- governments? And then I said, two beats, the EU
:16:19. > :16:26.as well. And he looked up and said, yes, I have, haven't I? What a man.
:16:27. > :16:33.The word hero is bounded around way too little in this country `nd in
:16:34. > :16:38.other countries of the world. You see footballers, they are not
:16:39. > :16:52.heroes. I have but one political hero and that is Nigel Farage, a man
:16:53. > :16:58.who... A man who I decided very early on if I want to be successful
:16:59. > :17:03.in politics and get our country back, get behind Nigel, and that's
:17:04. > :17:09.exactly what I did. I chose that I would back Nigel, come what may And
:17:10. > :17:17.I was one of his loyalist lieutenancy, certainly in W`les and
:17:18. > :17:23.I am now are here to say to you that we have a new leader. Diane James. I
:17:24. > :17:35.am so grateful that the membership of this party made the corrdct
:17:36. > :17:43.decision and voted for her. And .. My message to all of us at this time
:17:44. > :17:48.in our party's conjuncture hs very, very clear. We get behind otr leader
:17:49. > :17:56.and we go forward and we become the official opposition, or we `rgue and
:17:57. > :17:59.we split and we think it's `bout us and we think it's about how much
:18:00. > :18:10.media time I get or whatever these silly things aren't and we fail and
:18:11. > :18:15.we fade away into the do yot remember that party? Let's forget
:18:16. > :18:16.behind our leader, let's unhte and less become big official opposition
:18:17. > :18:35.in Great Britain. And as I pointed out to a journalist
:18:36. > :18:40.last night, we are Ukip, we like to set ourselves the challenges. We
:18:41. > :18:45.decided we were going to ovdrthrow the EU and get Britain to ldave
:18:46. > :18:50.almost job done, but where going to do it. When now going to become the
:18:51. > :19:00.official opposition. Thank xou ever so much, conference.
:19:01. > :19:16.Thank you. Thank you, Nathan. I will say one thing about Wales, compared
:19:17. > :19:24.to America, the rugby is a lot better. Right, we are a bit behind
:19:25. > :19:25.time. We have a brief film for you to see before I introduce otr next
:19:26. > :21:37.guest. A man who needs no introduction
:21:38. > :21:47.Peter Whittle. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I feel very happy,
:21:48. > :21:51.don't you this morning? I would like to start by congratulating our new
:21:52. > :22:02.leader Diane James on what has been a tremendous victory. Thank you I
:22:03. > :22:05.feel and I think that the fdeling of the conference as of yesterday is
:22:06. > :22:14.that we have a very exciting future ahead of us. I'm very pleasdd to say
:22:15. > :22:19.that that future now includds our party in the heart of London's
:22:20. > :22:25.government. Both David and H are thrilled to have been electdd London
:22:26. > :22:31.Assembly members in May. Th`t's the first Ukip members for 12 ydars
:22:32. > :22:45.David is here. David, stand up and take a bow. David. I would like to
:22:46. > :22:49.thank everybody, actually, who came to help us with that campaign. It
:22:50. > :22:54.was a great campaign in London, it really worked and this is the first
:22:55. > :22:58.chance I've had to properly thank everybody here who helped in various
:22:59. > :23:01.different ways. Whether it was campaigning, putting out le`flets or
:23:02. > :23:08.supporting us financially, who helped as well with our mayoral
:23:09. > :23:12.campaign. In terms of media coverage, it was a turning point for
:23:13. > :23:16.us in London. There is no going back now and whether it is in terms of a
:23:17. > :23:21.first or second preference, because this is the way it works with the
:23:22. > :23:32.London mayoralty, nearly a puarter of a million Londoners put the cross
:23:33. > :23:40.by Ukip. So we have a great foundation going forward in London.
:23:41. > :23:44.The London Assembly is an odd place, you know? It is very hard when
:23:45. > :23:50.people ask us what we do to actually explain what we have in terls of
:23:51. > :23:55.real power. In fact, probably we have the least actual power than any
:23:56. > :24:01.Assembly around the country, but we do have the ability, and thhs is
:24:02. > :24:10.crucial, to hold the Maher to account for his pronouncements and
:24:11. > :24:13.actions, and also we have a William platform -- a brilliant platform in
:24:14. > :24:21.the European Parliament to put forward our views in the parliament.
:24:22. > :24:27.That is crucial. We are the traders being a certain type of party, not
:24:28. > :24:38.very diverse and all the rest of it. We hear it all the time. But here we
:24:39. > :24:44.are, a black guy and a gay guy, we are the most diverse party hn
:24:45. > :24:54.London. Proportionately spe`king, because there are only two of us,
:24:55. > :25:01.but there will be more. We have established ourselves in a party for
:25:02. > :25:07.speaking up about the concerns of our voters in London. We have
:25:08. > :25:14.highlighted the horrors of FGM in London. There are 4000 cases of
:25:15. > :25:26.female genital mutilation and still not one prosecution and it hs
:25:27. > :25:30.appalling. And we have also spoken up for our beleaguered but brilliant
:25:31. > :25:38.black cab trade. This is a trade that defines London. It defhnes
:25:39. > :25:42.London and it is now under serious threat of extinction, and wd should
:25:43. > :25:47.remember, and it's not just a political thing, but just not what
:25:48. > :25:54.London be London without those black cabs, many of the people who drive
:25:55. > :26:04.those camps, 25,000 of them, vote for us. And also we have spoken out
:26:05. > :26:09.very loudly against the dangers to freedom of speech which comds with
:26:10. > :26:16.the growing obsession with hate crime. The Maher is starting up a
:26:17. > :26:20.new hate crime hub for online hate crime. Whatever you think about it,
:26:21. > :26:25.the fact is increasingly people do not know what they are allowed to
:26:26. > :26:34.say, what they could be reported or prosecuted for. We think thhs is one
:26:35. > :26:37.of the fundamental values of the party, that we have freedom of
:26:38. > :26:43.speech, and we've been putthng the case forward for that in thd
:26:44. > :26:49.Assembly. And of course we continue to represent the concerns and values
:26:50. > :26:56.of all those Londoners who voted for Brexit. Contrary to what yot might
:26:57. > :27:04.think what the media tells xou, over 40% of voted to leave the ET. 4 %,
:27:05. > :27:10.and that is in what is often thought of as a kind of island of complete
:27:11. > :27:18.and utter Yeray figure in the middle of our country. Not the casd. When
:27:19. > :27:23.David and I walked into Citx Hall on that Monday after that historic
:27:24. > :27:33.vote, we were on a high. We were on an absolute high, but we were met
:27:34. > :27:45.with ranks of gloomy faces. Oh, it was great! It really was like being
:27:46. > :27:57.behind enemy lines, but we knew as you know that we were on thd right
:27:58. > :28:03.side of history. And I can tell you now that we will not rest until that
:28:04. > :28:09.EU flag outside City Hall, which was put there by the EU loving Layor
:28:10. > :28:22.Siddique Khan, is consigned to the rubbish bins around the back. -
:28:23. > :28:27.Sadiq Khan. Now, I do appreciate and I do know that many of you `re very
:28:28. > :28:33.wary now of London, or indedd maybe a bit hostile to it. I was born and
:28:34. > :28:39.bred Londoner and I adore the city. It's part of my character, but I
:28:40. > :28:45.sort of understand why you light feel that. For too long now London
:28:46. > :28:51.has been used as a kind of stick to beat the rest of the countrx with.
:28:52. > :28:59.It's kind of been used as a benchmark for what all of Britain
:29:00. > :29:03.should be. It's media takes pride in the city not being Ukip. I'l sure
:29:04. > :29:09.you all recognise the picture I m drawing here. Despite this official
:29:10. > :29:15.narrative the city has exactly the same problems as the rest of the UK,
:29:16. > :29:24.if anything, it's much, much worse. There is now a chronic overcrowding
:29:25. > :29:28.in London. Unrestricted migration means that the population is rising
:29:29. > :29:33.by about 1 million a decade and no one seems to be opposing thhs except
:29:34. > :29:41.for us. No wonder the city has the UK's worst housing crisis. No wonder
:29:42. > :29:49.there is a huge pressure on health, education and social servicds, and
:29:50. > :29:54.no wonder that home ownershhp is now a virtual impossibility for young
:29:55. > :29:59.Londoners. Now we are the only party who continues to speak out `bout the
:30:00. > :30:05.common-sense reality of the situation and I can tell yot now
:30:06. > :30:10.that we have, I have, David has no truck with this myth of what is
:30:11. > :30:16.called London exceptionalisl. For that reason, I will continud to
:30:17. > :30:28.oppose the mayor's efforts to get a top seat at the Brexit negotiations.
:30:29. > :30:44.And as a Londoner and as a proud Ukip manner -- man. As in London and
:30:45. > :30:48.a proud Ukip man I will nevdr forget that London is not a summer I
:30:49. > :30:50.learned that requires speci`l treatment, but the capital of the
:30:51. > :31:08.whole country, the great UK. Now, the United Kingdom it hs
:31:09. > :31:12.entering a new era, as we h`ve heard. Far from being a question
:31:13. > :31:20.mark over the future of our party, it is also a new era for us, too. I
:31:21. > :31:25.believe far from being our dnd the game, the Brexit vote has actually
:31:26. > :31:29.been our party's big breakthrough. Most voters can see that without us,
:31:30. > :31:33.this referendum will not have happened. Furthermore, it's been
:31:34. > :31:38.pointed out and again, the establishment does its very best and
:31:39. > :31:44.it's very damnedest to deny or disguise this, our party sh`pes the
:31:45. > :31:49.political agenda. We have a Brexit,, we have at the argument abott
:31:50. > :31:53.controlled migration and indeed the reintroduction of grammar schools.
:31:54. > :31:57.The issues dominating public discussion and policy all come
:31:58. > :32:09.through as and I fairly anthcipate that foreign aid will be next.
:32:10. > :32:17.But ladies and gentlemen, the Brexit vote is profound in another and I
:32:18. > :32:22.think important way, possibly one we don't even appreciate yet. Ht has
:32:23. > :32:27.blasted a hole in the panthdon of so-called accent to be and `pproved
:32:28. > :32:35.views. A campaign that has loomed over us for the past 40-50 xears.
:32:36. > :32:38.For those of us who spent otr time opposing or questioning all those
:32:39. > :32:48.received ideas, this is indded glorious to behold.
:32:49. > :32:57.But for those whose intellectual or social or economic lives depend on
:32:58. > :33:07.maintaining the status quo, that vote has delivered an earthpuake
:33:08. > :33:12.from which they are still rdeling. So an earthquake brings abott a new
:33:13. > :33:17.landscape. We have a new landscape. And when we stand on its, mtch of
:33:18. > :33:24.the biggest support for Brexit was in the Midlands and the North, from
:33:25. > :33:28.working-class voters who wotld never dream of voting Tory. Hard though it
:33:29. > :33:33.may be for the Metropolitan bubble and indeed many Tories to
:33:34. > :33:37.comprehend, it is a fact th`t these people, despite having little or
:33:38. > :33:42.nothing economically, have ` strong attachment to their country and a
:33:43. > :33:56.broader cultural sense of sdlf and a concern about the fate of both.
:33:57. > :34:04.It is something I saw in my own parents. And which once
:34:05. > :34:10.characterised the Labour Party, but which has now gone from it but only
:34:11. > :34:18.as was beautifully summed up in Emily Thornbury's contemptuous suite
:34:19. > :34:49.of a flight bedecked House. -- up a flag bedecked towels.
:34:50. > :34:56.As I believe the greatest issues of our time all cultural ones. It's not
:34:57. > :35:01.just about money, the bottol line or knowing the price of everything or
:35:02. > :35:06.the value of nothing, we in Ukip understand this better than any
:35:07. > :35:10.other political movement. Blogs have been the party of proper migration
:35:11. > :35:16.control us, we must be the party that cares and talks, not jtst about
:35:17. > :35:29.the economic effects, but also the cultural effects of mass migration.
:35:30. > :35:33.We must be the party that speaks up about the threat we face from
:35:34. > :35:43.radical Islam is a from without and within.
:35:44. > :35:51.We must do this because the other parties are mute either frol fear or
:35:52. > :35:59.simple incomprehension. We lust be the party that fights the ever
:36:00. > :36:06.encroaching encroachments on freedom of speech which have come about from
:36:07. > :36:20.an entrenched but misplaced cultural sensitivity. And we must be the
:36:21. > :36:25.party that stands not for a divisive doctrine of confidence strangling
:36:26. > :36:28.multiculturalism which has caused confusion, but for a countrx united
:36:29. > :36:43.under the same set of British laws and values.
:36:44. > :36:49.Ladies and gentlemen, above all else, and this is a huge tax cut,
:36:50. > :36:55.Ukip must be the party that fights to change the culture of national
:36:56. > :37:01.self loathing and self of the basement which underpins so many of
:37:02. > :37:12.those issues and which have been far too long port of the orthodox -
:37:13. > :37:18.orthodoxy of this country. @s I said, this is a massive task. And
:37:19. > :37:24.one which at first sight is not easily translatable into policy But
:37:25. > :37:29.at times like this when we face challenges to our values and
:37:30. > :37:41.security, it is vital that our belief in ourselves is strong. At
:37:42. > :37:44.the moment, the anger and frustration felt by many Brhtons
:37:45. > :37:48.comes from a sense, and quite rightly, that those who set the tone
:37:49. > :37:53.of our national life, who are responsible for our safety `nd
:37:54. > :38:01.indeed who seek to govern others our indifference, conflicted or hostile.
:38:02. > :38:10.-- us are indifferent conflhcted or hostile. Now, jovial understatement
:38:11. > :38:13.that kind of traditional hulorous thing is one thing, but continual
:38:14. > :38:19.self denigration to the point of nihilism is something else dntirely.
:38:20. > :38:25.This outlook is so entrenchdd that we no longer even see it for what it
:38:26. > :38:34.is. But it comes from the top down. So what this attitude, which we know
:38:35. > :38:45.is not one shared by millions and millions of ordinary Britons. Ukip
:38:46. > :39:05.must be at their party. -- Tkip must be their party. Thank you.
:39:06. > :39:12.Rousing speech from Peter Whittle. Moving swiftly on, here is ` man who
:39:13. > :39:18.controls or elected people than of us. The leader of the Ukip
:39:19. > :39:36.counsellors Association. Good morning conference. I think
:39:37. > :39:42.that Germany is saying I control 500 councillors is stretching the truth
:39:43. > :39:46.just slightly. I am there to represent them in the best way I
:39:47. > :39:57.can, chair man, but is to control them I would not say I do that.
:39:58. > :40:04.Diana James, our new leader, I'm sure yesterday was a great reception
:40:05. > :40:12.and I welcome the success from the 500 councillors. And the many parish
:40:13. > :40:18.councillors and town councillors. And Diana said yesterday, wd've got
:40:19. > :40:22.an important election next xear the county council election. We have
:40:23. > :40:33.done a fantastic over the rdcent years, but we need to mobilhse the
:40:34. > :40:38.people's army next year. We need to get more councillors and st`rt
:40:39. > :40:43.controlling more County halls. So, our success over recent years in
:40:44. > :40:49.local Government has actually been outstanding. As I said, we have 500
:40:50. > :40:56.Ukip elected councillors and this drive began in 2013 in the county
:40:57. > :41:07.council elections when we won 1 0 seats. We had six, previous to that.
:41:08. > :41:11.We need to do the same next May It is important Ukip is standing in
:41:12. > :41:15.every seat so that everybodx who wants to vote for us have the
:41:16. > :41:22.opportunity to do so, but then we must use sensible targeting. We can
:41:23. > :41:30.then win another 300 county council seats. Maybe more. As I said, we
:41:31. > :41:37.have made amazing gainers rdturning councillors to our towns, chties and
:41:38. > :41:42.counties. There was going to be a list on the screen, whether it
:41:43. > :41:48.appears, I do not know. But what it shows you is that since the general
:41:49. > :42:02.election, we have made 31 g`mes That is good progress. -- g`ins So
:42:03. > :42:07.your hard work has paid off. But we need to continue with these
:42:08. > :42:16.successes and next year, we can do that. And at a local level, Ukip
:42:17. > :42:20.brings back power to the people Decisions are made locally, common
:42:21. > :42:28.sense policies are making pdople's lives easier and local Government is
:42:29. > :42:31.doing what is needed. We Ukhp counsellors do know our public. They
:42:32. > :42:41.are intelligent enough to ddcide and they truly care and know who works
:42:42. > :42:53.hard for them. They decided on Ukip in Thurrock. We took 39% of the
:42:54. > :43:07.votes. More recently, in Mahdstone, where we saw an incredible 45% votes
:43:08. > :43:12.for Ukip. We are making real strides in challenging town halls up and
:43:13. > :43:19.down the country. Ukip counsellors have the best attendance record We
:43:20. > :43:25.are promoting real democracx, standing up for our residents,
:43:26. > :43:27.exposing waste, challenging greenfield developments, promoting
:43:28. > :43:34.appropriate Brownfield sites, opposing the gross -- the growth of
:43:35. > :43:41.costly and inefficient wind farms and promoting innovative waxs of
:43:42. > :43:50.cutting bureaucracy. Ukip counsellors... Sorry? Well done
:43:51. > :43:54.Ukip counsellors have managdd to get rid of the undemocratic cabhnet
:43:55. > :44:06.system of governance in favour of a truly democratic committee system.
:44:07. > :44:11.And we should celebrate that. Ukip counsellors are up and down the
:44:12. > :44:15.country have put this model in motions to their councils and as
:44:16. > :44:20.we've seen, we've had success. It is interesting to see that the Tory
:44:21. > :44:26.Prime Minister, Theresa May, promoting Ukip policy on gr`mmar
:44:27. > :44:30.schools. I will remind you, in Lincolnshire, Ukip counsellors have
:44:31. > :44:33.been put in more grammar schools and they know it increases soci`l
:44:34. > :44:39.mobility, which allows more kids to achieve.
:44:40. > :44:48.I will remind our Prime Minhster that the Tory councillors voted
:44:49. > :44:57.against it. We have one of the most progressive common-sense edtcation
:44:58. > :45:02.policy of any of the other parties. Ukip as a party are pushing for a
:45:03. > :45:05.range of different types of school, including grammar, but also
:45:06. > :45:15.vocational, technical and specialist schools.
:45:16. > :45:23.We expose waste. In my own county of Leicestershire we have 22 top
:45:24. > :45:30.executives earning ?3 million a year. We propose to cut this by
:45:31. > :45:43.having a single authority, saving the local council taxpayers at least
:45:44. > :45:51.?30 million a year. And guess what? The Tories voted against it. So you
:45:52. > :45:57.can councillors are the onlx party calling on councils to invest in
:45:58. > :46:03.front line services. Unlike the Tory and Labour party who hang on to a
:46:04. > :46:10.bloated Executive, you can councillors preferred to reduce or
:46:11. > :46:13.keep council tax low, mend the roads, keep libraries open, provide
:46:14. > :46:27.older people with services they truly deserve. We woke cut the
:46:28. > :46:34.grass, not the services. So we in Ukip continue to challenge the town
:46:35. > :46:40.hall civil servants and not let them silence us. Freedom of speech is a
:46:41. > :46:47.vital part of local democracy. Councillors must be able to
:46:48. > :46:51.challenge waste and ineffichency. I can guarantee and promise you that
:46:52. > :47:04.every elected Ukip counsellor will do just that. We will not bd
:47:05. > :47:18.silenced by the politically correct or the town hall bureaucrats. We are
:47:19. > :47:25.also exposing this government's Savage cuts. The pressure on social
:47:26. > :47:30.care, education, the NHS, dte to discover's continuing failure to
:47:31. > :47:37.control immigration. Governlent inspectors are shamefully
:47:38. > :47:43.overhauling local democratic decisions which is seeing otr
:47:44. > :47:47.countryside concreted over. Rural services are being decimated with
:47:48. > :47:54.services, particularly bus services disappearing daily. We will continue
:47:55. > :48:01.in our campaign to scrap thd underserved bonnet funding formula
:48:02. > :48:12.that favours Ireland, Scotl`nd and Wales. Which leaves our English
:48:13. > :48:18.councils and our elderly in the English towns as poor relathons So
:48:19. > :48:29.in 2017 it's an important ydar as I said, and Ukip will see manx new
:48:30. > :48:33.elected councillors, with your hard work. You will have a good local
:48:34. > :48:39.manifesto to campaign on and present to your residence. You have many
:48:40. > :48:45.clear examples of Ukip elected councillors making a real dhfference
:48:46. > :48:56.by working hard and targeting over the next year we can become the
:48:57. > :49:09.third largest party in local government. I have just one request
:49:10. > :49:14.to all of you. Go back to your areas, select your candidatds, give
:49:15. > :49:22.your residence and the people of Britain a real democratic choice.
:49:23. > :49:23.Conference, the future in local government is bright. The ftture is
:49:24. > :49:43.Ukip. And before we go, I just want to
:49:44. > :49:46.introduce you to our local government spokesman who yot all
:49:47. > :49:53.know who is going to highlight some of those successes over the last few
:49:54. > :49:55.months. So can I have Counchllor Peter Reeve to do that for le,
:49:56. > :50:22.please? Peter. Good afternoon, conference. Hasn't
:50:23. > :50:27.it been an exciting couple of days? I think we have really showdd the
:50:28. > :50:31.world what this party is about and what we mean. A united partx
:50:32. > :50:35.standing together. A party with a brand-new leader who is a fdmale and
:50:36. > :50:42.I think everyone of us needs to congratulate Diane for the dxcellent
:50:43. > :50:48.position she has achieved. @nd I say that not just for myself, and I mean
:50:49. > :50:52.that absolutely from the he`rt, but on behalf of of our 500 councillors
:50:53. > :50:58.that represent this party up and down the country, and if I lay, I
:50:59. > :51:02.also say on behalf of those other candidates who stood in the election
:51:03. > :51:06.and I think put up a good fhght Lisa Duffy and the others stood up
:51:07. > :51:11.for what they believe this party should be and are standing behind
:51:12. > :51:20.Diane, our new leader. So congratulations to all of you. I'm
:51:21. > :51:24.very conscious of time, so H will be very quick. I simply wanted to come
:51:25. > :51:29.up onto the stage today to thank David for all the hard work he and
:51:30. > :51:34.the Executive of our Councillor s Association are doing. They worked
:51:35. > :51:38.tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure this party is fit for purpose
:51:39. > :51:42.in local government and punches above its weight. David, th`nk you
:51:43. > :51:50.for everything you and your team are doing. I quickly want to sax, I
:51:51. > :51:57.think she is in the audiencd, welcome to marry Overton MBD, who is
:51:58. > :52:04.the leader of the independent local authority association. With her
:52:05. > :52:08.leadership we are making a huge difference as a team with other
:52:09. > :52:13.parties and independent councillors and Ukip as a large part of that
:52:14. > :52:21.making a real difference to change in this country. Thank you for all
:52:22. > :52:25.of your hard work as well. Ly final thank you is to each and evdry one
:52:26. > :52:30.of you. You are the most important people in this party. You are the
:52:31. > :52:37.people who make this happen and we need you to stand in council speeds
:52:38. > :52:41.up and down the country oncd again in 2017 to show this governlent that
:52:42. > :52:47.we still have the teeth to deliver Brexit and if we don't get what this
:52:48. > :52:51.country once and what 17.5 lillion people voted for, we will come and
:52:52. > :53:06.get them. Ladies and gentlelen, you show them! Thank you very mtch,
:53:07. > :53:12.David. 500 councillors can become 1001 MP becomes ten. That is what we
:53:13. > :53:16.have to aim for. Right, our next speaker, one of the gang of four.
:53:17. > :53:30.The originals. Has been arotnd for ever since 2004, the one and only
:53:31. > :53:37.Gerard Batten. Thank you very much, everybody. We're supposed to finish
:53:38. > :53:41.at half past. Do you mind if we eat into your lunch break? I'm going to
:53:42. > :53:46.start by assuming that everxbody here wants to leave the European
:53:47. > :53:50.Union. Is that correct? I khnd of thought it was. I would likd to ask
:53:51. > :53:57.you three simple questions. How many of you want to leave the European
:53:58. > :54:01.Union as quickly as possibld? Number two, how many of you would like us
:54:02. > :54:07.to keep open borders with the European Union. No! And how many of
:54:08. > :54:13.you want us to keep paying loney into the EU budget after we leave.
:54:14. > :54:17.No! I thought that will be the response. In that case I wotld like
:54:18. > :54:21.to explain to you how you c`n have number one, but don't have to have
:54:22. > :54:25.number two and three. Seven weeks ago as you know British people voted
:54:26. > :54:32.in a referendum to leave thd European Union and what has happened
:54:33. > :54:36.since? Nothing. Mrs may hasn't even managed to write the simple letter
:54:37. > :54:44.to the European Council sayhng that she wants to trigger articld 50 of
:54:45. > :54:54.the Lisbon Treaty. It's accdpted wisdom that a member state can only
:54:55. > :54:59.leave by using Article 50. What does article 50 say? It lays out an
:55:00. > :55:06.obscure and ill-defined mechanism for leaving the EU, which is like
:55:07. > :55:14.joining, but in reverse. Let us recover what article 50 acttally
:55:15. > :55:18.says, and make six simple points. Any member state can leave ht in
:55:19. > :55:41.accordance with its own constituent works. The negotiating
:55:42. > :55:49.period may be extended indefinitely with a unanimous agreement of the
:55:50. > :55:53.other member states. The melber states withdrawing may not
:55:54. > :55:58.participate in the discussions of the European Council, or its
:55:59. > :56:03.decisions concerning it. Thd final agreement has to be approved by the
:56:04. > :56:10.decision of the European Cotncil by a qualified majority vote after they
:56:11. > :56:14.have obtained the consent of a vote of the European Parliament. If the
:56:15. > :56:19.European Council or the parliament rejects the final agreements, we are
:56:20. > :56:21.back to square one. However at that point the withdrawing member does
:56:22. > :56:32.have the right to withdraw unilaterally anyway after two years
:56:33. > :56:37.of painful negotiations we could be in the same position we started out
:56:38. > :56:43.in. Wanting to leave, but whth no agreement with the European Union.
:56:44. > :56:54.All of this talk about a de`l with the European Union is a complete red
:56:55. > :56:58.herring. No deal is required. Before the Lisbon Treaty was signed there
:56:59. > :57:03.was no mechanism for a membdr state to leave the European Union. That in
:57:04. > :57:09.itself was a danger because any member state could just tear up the
:57:10. > :57:14.treaty and walk away. Article 5 was in my view created deliberately and
:57:15. > :57:27.precisely in order to delay and prevent any country actuallx leaving
:57:28. > :57:33.the EU. Article 50 is a trap. So if we don't want to be delayed
:57:34. > :57:40.prevented, what should we rdmember that article 50 says that any nation
:57:41. > :57:53.can withdraw in line with its own constitutional requirements. We
:57:54. > :57:58.joined in 1973 by means of the European communities act 1972. The
:57:59. > :58:04.act gave EU law supremacy over domestic law. I won't bore xou with
:58:05. > :58:09.a long litany of successive EU treaties that have taken aw`y more
:58:10. > :58:13.and more power from a parli`ment and transferred them to the European
:58:14. > :58:24.Union said that it now controls most areas of domestic policy. Btt we are
:58:25. > :58:37.a member and will remain a lember because of the 1972 act. Parliament
:58:38. > :58:43.can repeal that any time it likes. Now, when we do leave the Etropean
:58:44. > :58:47.Union, we will have two repdal the European communities act anxway
:58:48. > :58:52.That can either happen at the end of the process all at the beginning of
:58:53. > :58:57.the process, but it will have two be repealed because it is only it that
:58:58. > :59:03.makes of members. What am going to do now is describe a mechanhsm to
:59:04. > :59:06.leaving the EU that will save is a great deal of time, effort `nd
:59:07. > :59:13.trouble and possibly grief `nd ensure that we do not end up in some
:59:14. > :59:20.deal that we don't want. I have written a book on this subjdct which
:59:21. > :59:24.goes into a great deal of ddtail. I'll then to summarise the lain
:59:25. > :59:29.points. If anyone wants a copy of the book, I will be upstairs in the
:59:30. > :59:33.Birkbeck room and they are ?5 a copy. Let me describe in a 4-point
:59:34. > :59:38.plan how we can leave the ET Parliament should immediately
:59:39. > :59:49.repealed the European communities act 1972. This would return
:59:50. > :59:58.lawmaking supremacy to our own parliament and jurisdiction to us.
:59:59. > :00:02.Number two, the rebilling act should specify or EU directives tr`nsposed
:00:03. > :00:06.into acts of parliament and EU regulations will remain in force
:00:07. > :00:16.until amended or repealed bx Parliament. Chaos would not there in
:00:17. > :00:19.soon. However this would allow us to take immediate action to introduce
:00:20. > :00:24.emergency legislation on imligration and border control and restore
:00:25. > :00:35.control of border control on immigration. Number four, a special
:00:36. > :00:38.parliamentary committee shotld be set up to scrutinise the amdndment
:00:39. > :00:44.and repeal of thousands upon thousands of directives, regulations
:00:45. > :00:53.and judgments until we are left with only those that suit us and allow us
:00:54. > :01:03.to interact with the EU on our terms. Lastly whilst all thhs is
:01:04. > :01:07.happening, we can have all the friendly but firm negotiations with
:01:08. > :01:13.the EU to decide those mattdrs about trade and cooperation that we wish
:01:14. > :01:19.to continue with. The big dhfference between this method and Arthcle 50
:01:20. > :01:22.is that by repealing the act, the British Parliament and government is
:01:23. > :01:45.put in the driving seat and not the EU.
:01:46. > :01:52.I think it was Bismarck that said that politics is the art of the
:01:53. > :01:55.possible, but surely Ukip h`s proved that our politics is the art of
:01:56. > :02:29.achieving that that everybody said was impossible.
:02:30. > :02:34.Theresa May was a remainder in the referendum and not to forget of
:02:35. > :02:35.course that she was a compldte and utter total failure in controlling
:02:36. > :03:09.immigration. What I fear is she intends to delay
:03:10. > :03:12.if she delays beyond the next general election, the next
:03:13. > :03:16.Parliament, claimed that it has a new mandate and could refusd to
:03:17. > :03:20.implement the referendum decision, which of course was only
:03:21. > :03:25.consultative anyway, it has no legal force. Or perhaps she will contrive
:03:26. > :03:29.to arrive at some kind of ddal that looks like the Swiss or Norwegian
:03:30. > :03:34.options and that would mean open borders, it would mean paying
:03:35. > :03:40.contributions to the EU Budget and being bound by a very large
:03:41. > :03:45.percentage of EU law. In whhch case, we might as well not have bothered
:03:46. > :03:49.in the first place. Some max say we can't repeal of the act bec`use of
:03:50. > :03:54.obligations under international law. This is not so. Treaties ard merely
:03:55. > :04:00.agreements between governments. They have no force in English law until
:04:01. > :04:03.they are enacted as Acts of Parliament and those Acts of
:04:04. > :04:09.Parliament can be repealed by Parliament. Those who feel squeamish
:04:10. > :04:14.about walking away from a treaty should remember that historx is
:04:15. > :04:17.littered with abandoned to treaties that have outlived their usdfulness.
:04:18. > :04:23.People that choose to be frde cannot be bound by a treaty dishondstly
:04:24. > :04:24.entered into 44 years earlidr and which has robbed them of thdir
:04:25. > :04:43.freedom. Ukip secured the referendum and it
:04:44. > :04:46.was Ukip, not anybody else, by means of its electoral threat. And now we
:04:47. > :04:50.must keep up the pressure bx rejecting Article 50 and delanding
:04:51. > :04:54.that we leave as quickly as possible by repealing the European
:04:55. > :04:58.Communities Act as a first step If we don't do that, as I said, we may
:04:59. > :05:05.find that we never actually leave at all. Ukip was right about ldaving
:05:06. > :05:10.the European Union. And we `re right about this. We didn't lack the
:05:11. > :05:17.foresight, determination and courage to fight to win the referendum and
:05:18. > :05:21.we must not lack the fight... Must not like those same qualitids in a
:05:22. > :05:28.fight to leave the EU. Before I close, let me ask, how many people
:05:29. > :05:34.think we should repeal the 0970 communities appeal act first? Family
:05:35. > :05:41.people are fans of Article 40? There's always got to be ond, hasn't
:05:42. > :05:48.there? Our real job is now just beginning, which is to make Brexit
:05:49. > :05:53.mina Brexit. Brexit must me`n a Brexit. I'm not looking for any more
:05:54. > :05:58.work, I am pretty busy, but if our new leader Diane James was going to
:05:59. > :06:19.asked me to be the spokesman on Brexit, I could not refuse.
:06:20. > :06:28.Though it's not an official Motion, we can take that as an unofficial
:06:29. > :06:32.Motion, would you agree? Th`nk you. You can see the quality of people
:06:33. > :06:37.that we have. I said it yesterday and I say it again today, an
:06:38. > :06:42.excellent speech on Brexit lina is Brexit. Ladies and gentlemen, if you
:06:43. > :06:46.wouldn't mind staying with ts, we've something important to do now and
:06:47. > :06:49.I'm sure you will we all want and participate. I'd like to mention the
:06:50. > :06:54.motions outlined early on for discussion later art pinned up to
:06:55. > :06:59.the left of the doors on thd wall. Please read them and see wh`t you
:07:00. > :07:03.think. If he wants to be Bose or second Motion put your name down, or
:07:04. > :07:08.if you want to oppose emotion. I would also like to mention these
:07:09. > :07:19.wonderful Ukip remembrance reefs that are available in the m`in
:07:20. > :07:24.entrance for a ?20 donation. It is a way of showing our party's
:07:25. > :07:32.appreciation for the fallen in November. Before we finish for
:07:33. > :07:38.lunch, I want to spend a few moments reflecting on members who are no
:07:39. > :07:42.longer with us. There are countless people I've known in the party who
:07:43. > :07:46.were members for years, somd of whom were founder members and thdy gave
:07:47. > :07:51.up so much for our fight and worked so hard for our cause and it is sad
:07:52. > :08:04.they are not here now to sed our ultimate victory. I know th`t each
:08:05. > :08:10.of you will have known such people and I think now is an appropriate
:08:11. > :08:13.time to remember them. Whilst I d ordinarily request a minute of
:08:14. > :08:19.silence for such a thing, I know that the people who buy it new
:08:20. > :08:23.wouldn't have wanted silencd. They would have wanted applause. They
:08:24. > :08:30.would have wanted cheers and a celebration of our imminent
:08:31. > :08:33.independence. So, my lords, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to welcome
:08:34. > :08:39.our new leader on stage and would ask you all to join with her and me
:08:40. > :08:43.in a minute of applause in lemory and recognition of all absent
:08:44. > :08:43.friends. APPLAUSE
:08:44. > :10:04.. And a big final chair for all of
:10:05. > :10:10.those people, ladies and gentlemen. Hip, hip parade. Thank you. Now
:10:11. > :10:14.we're going to break for lunch. Regrettably the anteroom th`t had
:10:15. > :10:17.been prepared for the other for leadership candidates, due to
:10:18. > :10:22.dislike changing timing, many of them have been unable to make it, so
:10:23. > :10:26.they have said most of you have spoken to them independentlx. They
:10:27. > :10:30.are incredibly grateful for that and are supportive of the party and look
:10:31. > :10:35.forward to speaking to you individually, but many of them had
:10:36. > :10:44.other commitments. Enjoy thd lunch, see the motions and we will see you
:10:45. > :10:51.again at 130. Thank you. -- 1:3 pm. Thank you.