boris johnson speech transcript
Boris Johnson: (37:14) Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation on coronavirus. Its thanks to the vaccine rollout that we now have the most open economy and the fastest growth in the GCEP. The current leaders of the political parties also all gave their tributes in the Commons. And we should never forget that people around the world admire this country for its history and traditions. And you, all of you and everybody watching, you made this roll out possible. I laughed too, and then she laughed again - whether at me or with me, I could not figure out," he said. And sadly, that was not the approach taken by Captain [Hindsight 00:34:49], attacking one week, rowing in behind when it seemed to be working, the human weather vein, the Starmer chameleon, and in his final absurd act of opportunism, he decided to oppose step four. Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister after a turbulent week of walkouts by his top team. Okay. 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. You can read the full text of his speech below. Every Labour government has left office with unemployment higher than when it came in, every single one, ever since the party was invented. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the Democratic Unionist Party leader, praised the late Queens impact on bringing about peace in Northern Ireland. Boris Johnson: (27:29) winning the biggest majority since 1987 and the biggest share of the vote since 1979. delivering our manifesto commitments including social care, ensuring that Britain is once again standing tall in the world, from Ukraine to the AUKUS pact with America and Australia, because we are one whole and entire United Kingdom whose diplomats, security services and armed forces are so globally admired, and as I leave I believe our union is so strong that those who want to break it up, will keep trying but they will never ever succeed, thank you to everyone behind me in this building for looking after me and my family over the last three years so well including Dilyn, the dog, and if Dilyn and Larry can put behind them their occasional difficulties, then so can the Conservative party, and above all thanks to you, the British people, to the voters for giving me the chance to serve, all of you who worked so tirelessly together to beat covid to put us where we are today, Together we have laid foundations that will stand the test of time, whether by taking back control of our laws or putting in vital new infrastructure, great solid masonry on which we will continue to build together, paving the path of prosperity now & for future generations. Wed like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We have one of the most imbalanced societies and lopsided economies of all the richer countries. It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new Prime Minister. The Commonwealth is the family of nations it is today because of her.". The cheese fell on the floor. And if you insist on the economic theory behind levelling up, it is contained in the . Because that is what counts, the spirit of our Olympians. Under Title 17 U.S.C. Lets hear it. We have taken back control of laws and our destiny. That is why we are building back better with a once in a century 640 billion pound program of investment. But as weve seen at Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves. 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. Boris Johnson: (01:50) Boris Johnson: (00:00) You have accepted additional cookies. If you insist on the economic theory behind leveling up, its contained in the inside of Vilfredo Pareto, a 19th-century Italian figure who floated from the cobwebbed attic of my memories. I think that some Labour counselors actually glue themselves to roads. It was not the government that made the wonder drug. We must break the gangsters business model. And we cannot, and we will not stand for it. 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. Thank you. Boris Johnson has delivered his first speech after his Conservative party won a landslide majority in the December 2019 general election, at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in central London . These vaccines have ensured that by a simple [inaudible 00:31:21] mutation, jabs, jabs, jabs become jobs, jobs, jobs. She did not simply reign over us; she lived alongside us, she shared in our hopes and our fears, our joy and our pain, our good times and our bad. But they like it for the way it emerges organically. Is that really the view of responsible Conservatives? Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to make a statement outside 10 Downing Street in London on Thursday. And by making neighborhoods safer, by putting in the gigabit broadband, by putting in the roads and the schools and the healthcare, we will enable more young people everywhere to share the dream of home ownership. Because although we have left the EU this country will remain culturally, emotionally, historically, strategically and geologically attached to Europe, not least through the four million EU nationals who have requested to settle in the UK over the last four years and who make an enormous contribution to our country and to our lives. We will use new technology so that there is a single set of electronic records as patients pass between health and social care, improving care, and ensuring that cash goes to the front line and not on needless bureaucracy. Boris Johnson: (14:57) And amid the rubble of brick, they seemed to be digging a hole for someone or something, or indeed someone, possibly me. Boris Johnson: (09:52) Above all, were investing in our skills. Boris Johnson has delivered his first speech in Downing Street after becoming the UK's new prime minister. And we knew that some people would still be anxious, so we sent top government representatives to our sweatiest [French 00:01:20] to show that anyone could dance perfectly safely. LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he would resign as Britain's prime minister, bowing to calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers in his Conservative Party . Youve been paying attention [inaudible 00:23:34] this. Mr. Antnio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Boris Johnson is to promise that his government will show more "guts" than any before as it works to deal with issues facing society and the economy. A RESTful API to access Revs workforce of fast, high quality transcriptionists and captioners. And to get ready for that moment those fishing communities we will be helped with a big 100 million programme to modernise their fleets and the fish processing industry. Were doing the Borders Bill. Boris Johnson: (31:15) And wasnt he brilliant, my friends? Very few countries could have pulled off the Kabul airlift, an astonishing feat by our brave Armed Forces. And Ive today appointed a cabinet to serve, as I will, until the new leader is in place. Lets get on with the job. Actually, Im told tonight its 68% by the new year. I think many of you will remember that on 12 January, the Conference on Cyprus first convened here in the Palais des Nations in Geneva, and it had its first opening day at political level. "She was our north, our south, our east and west, our working week and our Sunday rest, our noon, our midnight, our talk, our song. We will be able to set our own standards, to innovate in the way that we want, to originate new frameworks for the sectors in which this country leads the world, from biosciences to financial services, artificial intelligence and beyond. Mr Johnson, in his first speech from the backbenches since stepping down as prime minister on Tuesday, paid tribute to how the late Queen had guided her son, now the King. And I say to all of you at home, at the end of this toughest of years, that our focus in the weeks ahead is of course on defeating the pandemic. To help us improve GOV.UK, wed like to know more about your visit today. Theyre one of the great glories of our economy. Current and former prime ministers and party leaders rose in the House of Commons dressed in black to share personal stories of the late Queens wit, wisdom and humility. He plans to stay on as prime minister until a successor is in place. Remember? And we conservatives understand the need for both and how each nourishes the other, and we attack and deny our history at our peril. Mr Johnson, who saw the late Queen on Tuesday at her Scottish estate Balmoral to formally step down as prime minister, called her "the greatest statesman and diplomat of all". Good morning, everybody. 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. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Boris Johnson: (26:27) And remember Labours performance during the pandemic, flapping with all the conviction of a damp tea towel. We thought that love would last forever: we were wrong. She came to the throne at just 25 in a country that was emerging from the shadow of war. Boris Johnson: (33:06) She wouldve wagged her finger and said, More borrowing now is just higher interest rates and even higher taxes later.. So let me come now to the punchline of my sermon on the vaccine. The truck stops, to pick an example entirely at random, with basic facilities where you dont have to urinate in the bushes. Ill tell you what leveling up is. Australia, UK, US, shared values, a shared belief in democracy and human rights, a shared belief in the equal dignity and worth of every human being. 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]. Mrs May recalled: "Her Majesty loved the countryside. I have no hesitation in saying that of all the Heads of State and Government, the most impressive person I met was Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Translated on-screen subtitles for videos. Ms. Brianna Fruean, Ms. Txai Suru, Ms. Elizabeth Wathuti. Her single bar electric fire, Tupperware-using refusal to be grand, and unlike us politicians with our outriders and our armour-plated convoys. Why does half of Yorks population boast a degree and only a quarter of Doncasters? "These were not meetings with a high and mighty monarch, but a conversation with a woman of experience, knowledge and immense wisdom," she said, before joking: "They were also the one meeting I went to that I knew would not be briefed out to the media.". How utterly astonishing, how utterly astonishing. Or in the machinery, the facilities they need do their jobs. I remember one picnic at Balmoral that was taking place in one of the bothies on the estate. With freeports and new green industrial zones. Build back beaver, I say. Here's his statement in full. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. A deal that will allow UK goods and components to be sold without tariffs and without quotas in the EU market. 22 September 2021 UN Affairs. They are the means of leveling up. And we Conservatives stand by those who have shared our values, thrift and hard work, and who face total destitution in this brutal lottery of old age, in which treatment for cancer is funded by the state and care for Alzheimers is not, or only partly. This is a transcript of his speech, lightly edited for spelling, as reported by Reuters. We have taken back control of every jot and tittle of our regulation. Boris Johnson has told the country "this is it folks" in his final speech as prime minister - but hinted at a comeback to frontline politics. The indomitable spirit of Emma Raducanu, her grace and her mental resilience when the game was going against her. In a rare and special gathering, current and former prime ministers, party leaders and MPs share their heartwarming tributes. 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. Well, now that we have fiber optic broadband of a very high quality, we can inspect the library, or is it perhaps the billiard room of Ian Blackfords croft? Boris Johnson: (35:33) Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Dont include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. The worlds most effective vaccines have saved our open society and free market economy, and it is our open society and free market economy that have produced the worlds most effective vaccines. Backing our farmers and backing British food and agricultural production. must see people back in the office and that is why and that is why we are building back better. Boris Johnson: (44:12) And I should stress this deal was done by a huge negotiating team from every part of the UK, and it will benefit every part of our United Kingdom, helping to unite and level up across the country. We repaired the damage that Labour left behind. She went on: "The British people, the Commonwealth, and all of us in this House, will support him as he takes our country forward to a new era of hope and progress, our New Carolean Age. A tide of anxiety washing into every A&E and every GP. But in previous national crises, Labour leaders have opted to minimize public anxiety and confusion by not trying to score cheap party political points, one thinks of Attlee, or even Michael Foote in the Falklands Crisis. I saw The Army in action in Glasgow, firing staple guns like carbines as they set up a huge vaccination center. Correct. Boris Johnson: (28:19) Sir David Attenborough People did not or could not seek help. And at the same time, in this country, weve been pushing forward a vast program of investment in infrastructure and skills and technology, the biggest in a century. Last modified on Fri 8 Jul 2022 04.22 EDT. 7%. And I know there has been a certain raucus caucus from the anti-AUKUS caucus, but AUKUS is simply a recognition of the reality that the world is tilting on its axis, on its economic axis. Delivered on: 6 September 2022 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Boris Johnson's final speech as Prime Minister. Industry-leading accurate legal transcription to ensure you dont miss a statement. I know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed. He was right in front of you. Weve seen off the European Super League, and protected grassroots football. Is Wrexhams Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending? Boris Johnson's Brexit Victory Speech: Full Transcript. In 1948, this country created the National Health Service but kept social care local. And its a betrayal of our childrens education. 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. The Best Speech-to-Text Solution for Your Business Learn how Rev fits into your businesses workflow. Look at this country from the air, go on Google Maps. And this is the priority of the British people. And though the disease has sadly not gone away, the impact on death rates has been astonishing. When I stood on the steps of Downing Street, I promised to fix this crisis. And earlier this year we fulfilled that promise and we left on Jan 31 with that oven-ready deal. Thank you all. And now is the time to give that life boat a mighty shove into the water, like some great liner . And that matters deeply because we are embarking now on a change of direction that has been long overdue in the UK economy. You can see how beautiful it is. And that is the symmetry in the lesson of the COVID vaccine. Thats right, folks, if we listened to Captain Hindsight today, wed still be in lockdown. "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. The idea in a nutshell is that you will find talent, genius, flare, imagination, enthusiasm everywhere in this country, all of them evenly distributed, evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. This agreement, this deal above all means certainty. Speaking as the great grandson of a Turk who fled in fear of his life, I know that this country is a beacon of light and hope for people around the world, provided they come here legally. LONDON (AP) Here is the full text of British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons resignation speech, delivered Thursday outside 10 Downing St: It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. our Queen was at the heart of this nations life. And they love the groovy new architecture and the fashion and the music and all the rest of it. AUKUS, an idea so transparently right that Labour Conference voted overwhelmingly against it. And I dont think it will be a bad thing if we in the UK do things differently, or a take a different approach to legislation. They do. And waiting lists will almost certainly go up before they come down. ", 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. And so we conservatives will defend our history and cultural inheritance. I was invited to take tea with the Queen, for her to thank me for my service as Secretary of State. Anyone can read what you share. And our fantastic prot force (protection force) detectives, the one group by the way, who never leak. Were planting tens of millions of trees. Published. His Excellency Mr. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. By Ben Riley-Smith, Political Editor 9 September 2022 6:37pm. After a minutes silence at noon, MPs rose one-by-one to describe what Queen Elizabeth meant to the nation, the public and the wider world, as well as give their own recollections. Those people gluing themselves to roads, I dont call them legitimate protestors, like some Labour counselors do. His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales. It was because we conservatives fixed the economy. Ian Blackford, the Scottish National Party leader in Westminster, said: "She was a monarch who reigned with compassion and integrity and established a deep connection with the public. Go on, try it. He helped to defeat a regime after all that was defined by one of the most vicious racisms the world has ever seen. Boris Johnson: (05:01) Thank you. A UK phenomenon, the magic potion invented in Oxford University, bottled in Wales, distributed at incredible speed to vaccination centers everywhere. A new school anyone could send their kids to in an area that for decades has been one of the most disadvantaged in London. Good morning, everybody listening. 'Good afternoon, everybody. Its fantastic to see that leveling up. And to you, the British public. But when we come second, but when we come second, but the point is that when we come second in the Paralympics as well, that shows our values. 30,000 have already applied. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. And though that made sense in many ways, generations of older people have found themselves lost in the gap. But while COP26 will not be the end of climate change, it can, and it must, mark the beginning of the end. And we will make this country an even more attractive destination for foreign direct investment. 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 the opposition, all the naysayers, we have and will continue to have that economic strength to give people the . What monkey glands are they applying in Ribble Valley? If you want proof of what I mean by unleashing potential and by leveling up, look at Brampton Manor. And delivering jobs across the country. Boris Johnson pledged his "fervent support" to Tory Party successor Liz Truss as he said farewell to No10 on Tuesday morning. We will do northern powerhouse rail. We call these Pareto improvements, right? AFP. I can tell you something, Margaret Thatcher would not have ignored the meteorite that has just crashed through the public finances. You need deep pools of liquidity, that are to be found in the city of London. Were not going back to the same old broken model with low wages, low growth, low skills and low productivity, all of it enabled and assisted by uncontrolled immigration. I turned round to see that my every move had been watched very carefully by Her Majesty the Queen. We will link up the cities of the Midlands of the north. Boris Johnson gave his final speech as Prime Minister on the steps of Downing Street. Thank you. 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. Get the next 10 weeks from 10 plus a free commemorative coronation mug. "But whilst she understood the unescapable nature of duty, which sometimes must have weighed upon her heavily, she also delighted in carrying it out, for she was the most devoted monarch.". And if we could do that, in this country, we will be the most prosperous in Europe. I want to thank Carrie and our children, and all the members of my family who have had to put up with so much for so long. So that the Oxford vaccine has been distributed at cost around the world, more than a billion low-cost vaccines invented in Britain, saving millions of lives. And if you dont have to go far to work and your commute isnt too dreadful, and if the job suits your skills and your wifi is fast and reliable, Ill tell you something else, that housing in the right place and at an affordable price will add massively, not just to your general joie de vivre, but to your productivity. The subsequent week, [it held] a successful meeting at deputies' level in Mont Pelerin, but since British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to media next to 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, July 7, 2022. So I want to say to the millions of people who voted for us in 2019, many of them voting Conservative for the first time: Thank you for that incredible mandate, the biggest Conservative majority since 1987, the biggest share of the vote since 1979. "The United Kingdom is the great country it is today because of her. Boris Johnson: (30:19) The U.K. prime minister was interviewed Monday, Oct. 18. And I mean the long term, structural weaknesses in the UK economy. How utterly astonishing that in the last few weeks, Labour should actually have voted against the funding were putting forward for the NHS. And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. Boris Johnson: (11:32) Good afternoon, everybody. When this country was sick, our NHS was the nurse. Boris Johnson: (32:28) And let me say now, to the people of Ukraine, that I know that we in the U.K. will continue to back your fight for freedom for as long as it takes. 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. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
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