The U.K. prime minister was interviewed Monday, Oct. 18. Transport is one of the supreme leveler uppers, and we are making the big generational changes shirked by previous governments. Speech-to-Text live streaming for live captions, powered by the worlds leading speech recognition API. As Ive been saying over this wonderful conference to you, when I became leader of this party, there were only, can you remember what percentage of households had gigabit broadband when you were so kind as to make me leader? And that is how we solve the national productivity puzzle, by fixing the broken housing market, by plugging in the gigabit, by putting in decent, safe bus routes and all the other transport infrastructure, and investing in skills, skills, skills. And so we conservatives will defend our history and cultural inheritance. Mr Johnson said: "I believe she would regard it as her own highest achievement that her son - Charles III - will clearly and amply follow her own extraordinary standards of duty and service. And if we could do that, in this country, we will be the most prosperous in Europe. The final comment was met with shouts of "God save the King" from some of those in the Commons chamber. I want to thank the wonderful staff here at Chequers here at Number 10, and of course at Chequers. our Queen was at the heart of this nations life. Not only the achievement of those elite athletes, but a country that is proud to be a trailblazer to judge people, not by where they come from, but by their spirit and by what is inside them. We have taken back control of every jot and tittle of our regulation. Boris Johnson: ( 09:37) In the years since Paris, the world has slowly, and with great effort and pain, built a life boat for humanity. You need deep pools of liquidity, that are to be found in the city of London. "I had a split-second decision to make: I picked up the cheese, put it on a plate and put the plate on the table. Its an incredible thing, incredible thing to come, yet again, in the top four, a formidable effort for a country that has only 0.8% of the worlds population, in spite, Jacob, of all our best efforts, but we of some of us. And there you have a metaphor my friends for how we must build back better now. You know what I mean by a unicorn? Thats why leveling up means fighting crime, putting more police out on the beat, as we are, toughening sentences, rolling up the county lines, drugs networks, as we are, 1,100 of them gone already, giving the police the power they need to fight these dealers in death and misery. A tide of anxiety washing into every A&E and every GP. Transcript: Boris Johnson's election victory speech in full A deal which will if anything should allow our companies and our exporters to do even more business with our European friends. Make your content more accessible to people with disabilities. In his Conservative Party conference speech . And I mean, the spirit of the footballers who took England into the final of a major knockout tournament for the first time in the lives of the vast majority of the people of this country, and probably looking around at all you young thrusters, the majority of the people in this room. These vaccines have ensured that by a simple [inaudible 00:31:21] mutation, jabs, jabs, jabs become jobs, jobs, jobs. And after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can-do government, this government that got Brexit done, thats getting the COVID vaccine roll out done, is going to get social care done and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society. Ill tell you what leveling up is. What monkey glands are they applying in Ribble Valley? And I regret not to have been successful in those arguments and of course its painful not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself. And we can do it. the roll-out of gigabit broadband up over the last three years, since you were kind enough to elect me, up from 7 per cent of our countrys premises having gigabit broadband to 70 per cent today. Does anyone seriously imagine that we should not now be raising the funding to sort this out? Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, his office said Thursday, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future that has paralyzed Britain's government. WATCH: Johnson . ", Mrs May called the late Queen "quite simply the most remarkable person I have ever met", adding: "I am sometimes asked who, among all the world leaders I met, was the most impressive. Boris Johnson leaves his house following the U.K.'s vote to leave the European Union, London . Otters are returning to rivers from which theyve been absent for decades, beavers that have not been seen on some rivers since Tudor times, massacred for their pelts, are now back. I believe that through history and accident, this country has a unique spirit, the spirit of the NHS nurses, and the entrepreneurs whose innovative flare means that there are three countries in the world that have produced more than 100 unicorns. That is not just a question of social justice, it is an appalling waste of potential. Boris Johnson's speech in full: 'first, careful steps' to ease Covid-19 lockdown This article is more than 2 years old Read the full text of the UK prime minister's address to the nation on . colossal road programmes from the Pennines to Cornwall. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. How utterly astonishing, how utterly astonishing. In Fermanagh I saw the needles go in like a collective sewing machine. And he knew that that was an injustice. You made each other safer. And I want you to know that from now on, until the new prime minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on. The Labour leader attacked the Vaccine Task Force for spending money on outreach to vaccine-hesitant minority groups, when its hard to think of any better use of public money. And to fix these twin problems of the NHS and social care, we arent just going to siphon billions of new taxes into crucial services without improving performance. A comprehensive Canada style free trade deal between the UK and the EU, a deal that will protect jobs across this country. Full text: Boris Johnson's Conservative conference speech And my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable, and our brilliant and Darwinian system will produce another leader, equally committed to taking this country forward through tough times, not just helping families to get through it but changing and improving the way we do things, cutting burdens on businesses and families and yes, cutting taxes, because that is the way to generate the growth and the income we need to pay for great public services. Boris Johnson: (27:54) And they love the groovy new architecture and the fashion and the music and all the rest of it. And it is right that this party that has looked after the NHS for most of its history should be the one to rise to the challenge. Thank you. "It is clearly now . Thank you. And the reason I have fought so hard in the last few days to continue to deliver that mandate in person was not just because I wanted to do so, but because I felt it was my job, my duty, my obligation to you to continue to do what we promised in 2019. Boris Johnson said it was the depth of the publics grief at Queen Elizabeth IIs passing that revealed how much she was loved, as MPs of all political stripes paid tribute to her life. Last modified on Fri 8 Jul 2022 04.22 EDT. Last modified on Tue 23 Nov 2021 09.49 EST. Is it not a sublime irony that even in French politics there is now a leading center right politician calling for a referendum on the EU, who is now calling for France to [French 00:21:14]. And we are of course providing the short and the long term solutions for our energy needs, and not just using more of our own domestic hydrocarbons but going up by 2030 to 50 GW of wind power, that is half this countrys energy electricity needs from offshore wind. After decades of dark decisions, our national infrastructure is way behind some of our key competitors. 10 Downing Street. "No one else wanted to have anything to do with me, but the Queen wanted to see me. Being Prime Minister is an education in itself. You see how our landscape has been plotted and pieced and jigsawed together by centuries of bequests and litigation, a vast testament to security of titled trust in the law. "She knew instinctively how to cheer up the nation, how to lead a celebration. You see how rich this country is growing, the billions of loving and incremental improvements to homes and gardens. Thats why we took back control of our borders and will pass the Borders bill, because we believe there must be a distinction between someone who comes here legally and someone who doesnt. Boris Johnson: (08:19) Lets be clear that there is a huge philosophical difference between us and Labour, because in their souls, they dont like leveling up. In a way that is complete and unfettered. It is four and a half years since the British people voted to take back control of their money, their borders, their laws, and their waters and to leave the European Union. The Guardian thinks of itself as Britains fearless liberal conscience, trigger-sensitive to racist dog whistles in the language and editorial judgements of everyone except itself. The chance of meeting the Michael in the disco. Good morning. Its because for months we have had one of the most open economies and societies. That school is Brampton Manor Academy, and it now sends more kids to Oxbridge than Eton. If you want a supreme example of global Britain in action, of something daring and brilliant, that would simply not have happened if wed remained in the EU, I give you AUKUS. Thats right, folks, if we listened to Captain Hindsight today, wed still be in lockdown. His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales. And wasnt he brilliant, my friends? Boris Johnson: (34:23) And thats the difference between this radical and optimistic conservatism and a tired, old Labour. And we will invest in our roads, unblocking, those coagulated, roundabouts and steering wheel bending traffic lights. And to you, the British public, I know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed. And to that new leader, I say whoever he or she may be, I say I will give you as much support as I can. So let me come now to the punchline of my sermon on the vaccine. And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. I want to thank the wonderful staff here at No. Boris Johnson: (39:04) must see people back in the office and that is why and that is why we are building back better. the people who organised those prompt early supplies of weapons to the heroic Ukrainian armed forces, an action that may very well have helped change the course of the biggest European war for 80 years, And because of the speed and urgency of what you did everybody involved in this government, to get this economy moving again from July last year in spite of all opposition, all the naysayers, we have and will continue to have that economic strength, to give people the cash they need to get through this energy crisis that has been caused by Putins vicious war, And I know that Liz Truss and this compassionate Conservative government will do everything we can to get people through this crisis, And this country will endure it and we will win, and if Putin thinks that he can succeed by blackmailing or bullying the British people then he is utterly deluded, and the reason we will have those funds now and in the future is because we Conservatives understand the vital symmetry between government action, and free market capitalist private sector enterprise, we are delivering on those huge manifesto commitments, making streets safer neighbourhood crime down 38 per cent in the last three years, building more hospitals and yes we will have 50,000 more nurses by the end of this parliament and 40 more hospitals by the end of the decade, putting record funding into our schools and into teachers pay, giving everyone over 18 a lifetime skills guarantee so they can keep upskilling throughout their lives, 3 new high speed rail lines including northern powerhouse rail.