But they had that extra satisfaction that goes with knowing youre doing something to save the planet, and get Britain to net zero by 2050. But what will it be by the new year? We spent 407 billion pounds on COVID support and our debt now stands at over 2 trillion pounds. ", The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. They refused to say that schools were safe. Thats what happens if you spend a year trying to argue with Lord Frost, the greatest Frost since the great frost of 1709. Boris Johnson's Brexit Victory Speech: Full Transcript. When this country was sick, our NHS was the nurse. As it happens, I cant paint my own front door any color I like. How utterly astonishing, how utterly astonishing. Above all, I want to thank you, the British public, for the immense privilege that you have given me 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 challenge the whole of humanity faces is now even more existential for our way of life. You have accepted additional cookies. AUKUS, an idea so transparently right that Labour Conference voted overwhelmingly against it. Boris Johnson: (13:03) I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, the British prime minister said in announcing that he was stepping down. British laws will be made solely by the British Parliament. Good morning, everybody. Churchills last word to his cabinet Actually, his whole ministers, but nevermind, his cabinet were there. 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 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. So isnt it amazing to be back here in person? Because there will be no palisade of tariffs on Jan 1. And of course, Im immensely proud of the achievements of this government: from getting Brexit done to settling our relations with the continent for over half a century, reclaiming the power for this country to make its own laws in Parliament, getting us all through the pandemic, delivering the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe, the fastest exit from lockdown, and in the last few months, leading the West in standing up to Putins aggression in Ukraine. I have to tell you, I dont think that is a good preparation for life, let alone for the Olympic games. Her single bar electric fire, Tupperware-using refusal to be grand, and unlike us politicians with our outriders and our armour-plated convoys. 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. Being Prime Minister is an education in itself. 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. Overcrowded trains, endless commutes, two little time with the kids, the constant anxiety that your immemorial view of chalk downland is going be desecrated by ugly new homes. What monkey glands are they applying in Ribble Valley? Thank you. "My point is that the relationship between our Queen and Parliament, and our Queen and Government, was never just on paper, but was always active and always encouraging.". We are doing the right and responsible thing. 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. She came to the throne at just 25 in a country that was emerging from the shadow of war. Boris Johnson: (25:40) Become a freelancer and work on your own terms. 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. Thank you. The subsequent week, [it held] a successful meeting at deputies' level in Mont Pelerin, but since Boris Johnson: (33:56) Join the conversation with other Spectator readers. It takes a special interest in cartoons published by right-of-centre newspapers which are accused of bigotry. Ill tell you what leveling up is. even fewer have the same moral priorities. These vaccines have ensured that by a simple [inaudible 00:31:21] mutation, jabs, jabs, jabs become jobs, jobs, jobs. And to deliver that change, we will get on with our job of uniting and leveling up across the UK, the greatest project that any government can embark on. We have unemployment 2 million lower than forecast. With freeports and new green industrial zones. Correct. Boris Johnson's Brexit Victory Speech: Full Transcript - Newsweek Thats right, folks, if we listened to Captain Hindsight today, wed still be in lockdown. From Jan 1 we are outside the customs union, and outside the single market. Being prime minister is an education in itself. I can tell you something, Margaret Thatcher would not have ignored the meteorite that has just crashed through the public finances. And above all it means certainty for business from financial services to our world-leading manufacturers our car industry certainty for those working in high skilled jobs in firms and factories across the whole country. Election results 2019: Boris Johnson's victory speech in full Because that is what counts, the spirit of our Olympians. A UK phenomenon, the magic potion invented in Oxford University, bottled in Wales, distributed at incredible speed to vaccination centers everywhere. And remember Labours performance during the pandemic, flapping with all the conviction of a damp tea towel. A deal which will if anything should allow our companies and our exporters to do even more business with our European friends. We wouldnt have the fastest growth in the G7. Boris Johnson: (23:32) 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. And now were going to go further, not only jettisoning EU rules we dont need anymore, but using new freedoms to improve the way we regulate in the great growth areas of the 21st century, as we fulfill our ambition of becoming a science superpower. Everything is going to be turned upside down: Michio Kaku on the new world of quantum computing, Blairite nepo babies are the worst of the lot, What Keir Starmer doesnt understand about the Red Wall. 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. 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.. Remember? A few years ago, they started a school not far from the Olympic Park. I have traveled to every part of the United Kingdom and, in addition to the beauty of our natural world, I have found so many people possessed of such boundless British originality and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways that I know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. Thank you. But thems the breaks.. The transcript of Boris Johnson's remarks at the UN General - Wired Boris Johnson was briefly lost for words when he appeared to lose his place during a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in South Shields on Monday. And thats the difference between this radical and optimistic conservatism and a tired, old Labour. Theyre one of the great glories of our economy. Mrs May recalled: "Her Majesty loved the countryside. We can do it. The other day, I took a boat out into the Moray Firth to see this aquatic forest of white turbines towering over the water, like the Redwoods of California. Behind those vaccines are companies and shareholders and yes, bankers. It was capitalism that ensured we had a vaccine in less than a year. And I have agreed with the Graham Brady, the chairman . And of course, it was Oxford University, but it was the private sector that made it possible. 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. This is a transcript of his speech, lightly edited for spelling, as reported by Reuters. Boris Johnson: (01:50) Is Wrexhams Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending? And now is the time to give that life boat a mighty shove into the water, like some great liner . The Commonwealth is the family of nations it is today because of her.". We have taken back control of laws and our destiny. I turned round to see that my every move had been watched very carefully by Her Majesty the Queen. In a way that is complete and unfettered. And its by fixing our broken housing market, sorting out our energy supply, more wind, more nuclear, becoming less dependent on hydrocarbons from abroad, by putting in those transport links, we will hold costs down and save you money. The outgoing PM described the transferring of power to . Boris Johnson: (27:29) And we in turn thank the volunteers, the public health workers, the council workers, the pharmacists, but above all, our untiring, unbeatable, unbelievable NHS. 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. Actually, Im told tonight its 68% by the new year. Boris Johnsons final speech as Prime Minister, thanks to all of you for coming out so early this morning, Inonly a couple of hours from now I will be in Balmoral to see Her Majesty The Queen, and the torch will finally be passed to a new Conservative leader, the baton will be handed over in what has unexpectedly turned out to be a relay race, they changed the rules half-way through but never mind that now, and through that lacquered black door a new Prime Minister will shortly go to meet a fantastic group of public servants, the people who delivered the fastest vaccine roll out in Europe, and never forget - 70 per cent of the entire population got a dose within 6 months, faster than any comparable country, that is government for you thats this conservative government. Boris Johnson: (27:54) Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Crime has been falling. Boris Johnson: (13:03) The great ambition of the human race, that the left always privately share but publicly disparage. Backing our farmers and backing British food and agricultural production. That is the spirit that is the same across this country in every town and village and city that can be found in the hearts and minds of kids growing up everywhere and that is the spirit we are going to unleash. 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: (20:11) 7%. That is why-. The British prime minister stepped down as Conservative Party leader after recent scandals prompted a wave of resignations from his top officials. In Fermanagh I saw the needles go in like a collective sewing machine. Build back beaver. After decades of dark decisions, our national infrastructure is way behind some of our key competitors. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. 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.