00:00How do we convince the Pakistanis to take them back, do you think, Sean?
00:04There's two issues here. One is we need to care for ourselves.
00:08We are a nation that's increasingly sending a message abroad.
00:11We don't care. We're standing on all these principles that nobody cares about.
00:15We sit in Parliament and talk about our international reputation.
00:18Well, we're internationally seen as fools, as soft touch.
00:20We need to get on top of that.
00:22And let's be very clear, I would not send a penny to Pakistan
00:26until they accepted their international responsibilities.
00:30Because I bet your bottom dollar, if it was reversed, we'd take them back.
00:34So why do we expect less from them?
00:36Pakistan is a fully recognised country in the world, sophisticated people.
00:40They can deal with their own criminals. We shouldn't have to.
00:43And again, it should be linked to that aid.
00:45We have leverage. Let's use the leverage.
00:47It is morally moribund not to respond by taking that money back.
00:52The safety of our girls, the sanctity of our borders,
00:54and just our pure reputation in the world should be defended.
00:58And if the Labour Party doesn't do this,
01:00it will start to send a message as to why people shouldn't support them.
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