00:00I come to the Leader of the Opposition, can he come to the floor?
00:07Mr Speaker, can I thank the Prime Minister for his almost warm welcome and can I also
00:15echo the comments that he has made. It is an immense privilege and the honour of my
00:20life to lead the Conservative party and I look forward to joining him at the Senate
00:25half this Remembrance Sunday. As Leader of His Majesty's Opposition, I will be taking
00:30a different approach to the last Opposition by being a constructive Opposition. And so
00:35I would like to start by congratulating President-elect Trump on his impressive victory this morning.
00:41The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary met him in September. Did the Foreign Secretary
00:45take that opportunity to apologise for making derogatory and scatological references, including
00:51and I quote, Trump is not only a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath, he is also
00:57a profound threat to the international order. And if he did not apologise, will the Prime
01:01Minister do so now on his behalf?
01:04Mr Speaker, there will be many issues on which the Leader of the Opposition and I disagree,
01:13but there will be issues that do unite this House on national security and Ukraine and
01:19I do look forward to working closely with her on that and I will provide her with the
01:23information that she needs to discharge her duties. That's the right thing for the country
01:28and it's far more important than party politics. The Foreign Secretary and I did meet President-elect
01:34Trump just a few weeks ago for dinner for about a couple of hours and we discussed a
01:38number of issues of global significance. It was a very constructive exercise.
01:47Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister did not distance himself from the remarks made by the Foreign
01:50Secretary and I'm very sure that President Trump will soon be calling to thank him for
01:56sending all of those North London Labour activists to campaign for his opponent. Given that most
02:04of his Cabinet signed a motion to ban President Trump from addressing Parliament, will the
02:09Prime Minister show that he and his Government can be more than student politicians by asking
02:15the Speaker to extend—can they show that they can be more than student politicians—
02:24Order, order. Mr Perkins, I don't need you anymore. Your voice carries, it's like mine,
02:30too loud.
02:31Thank you, Mr Speaker. Will the Prime Minister show that he and his Government can be more
02:37than student politicians by asking you, Mr Speaker, to extend an invitation to President
02:43Trump to address Parliament on his next visit?
02:47Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition is giving a masterclass on student politics.
02:53But seriously, Mr Speaker, we live in probably a more volatile world than we've lived in
03:00for many decades. It is absolutely crucial that we have a strong relationship, that strong
03:07special relationship forged in difficult circumstances between the US and the UK. We will continue
03:13to work, as we have done in the four months in government, on issues of security, our
03:18economy and global conflict.
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