00:00I should be standing underwater. I'm in the middle of Wimberville Reservoir on Exmoor.
00:04It supplies water to over 300,000 homes and businesses across the South West. But right
00:10now it's only 29% full. Britain hasn't built a single reservoir in 23 years. And in that
00:17time our population has grown by over 10 million. We lose over 3 billion litres a day in leaks.
00:23That's enough to fill this reservoir a hundred times every week. And when it does rain, we
00:29let that all run off into the sea. The truth is, it's not the weather that's failed, it's
00:34the system. Endless quangos, overlapping regulators and planning rules that make it take a decade
00:41just to dig a hole in the ground. We've stopped building the infrastructure that keeps this
00:46country running. And if the government can't guarantee clean water for its people, how can
00:52we expect businesses to invest to create jobs and raise wages? It's time to scrap the quangos,
00:59cut the red tape and start building again. Reservoirs, power stations, railways are the backbone
01:05of a growing nation. We can fix Wimberville Lake. We can fix Britain. Let's get a grip.
01:11Let's get this country building again.
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