00:00The backdrop to these elections is uncertain.
00:04We're facing a war on two fronts.
00:07The Ukraine war now, four and a bit years in.
00:10And let's salute the bravery of Ukrainians over so many years,
00:15both on the front line and the civilians,
00:17as they fight for the values that matter to us.
00:20And now the other front, the other war, which is the Iran war,
00:23which I know is causing huge concern.
00:25People look at their screens and they're worried when they see explosions,
00:30infrastructure blown up, the rhetoric that goes with it,
00:33worried about whether this is going to escalate even further.
00:37And therefore it's really important that I reiterate where I stand
00:42and where this government stands.
00:44Because this is not our war.
00:47And we are not going to be dragged into it.
00:51If you took Kemi Bader-Nock or Nigel Farage.
00:54What did they want to do?
00:56They wanted to go straight in with both feet into the war
00:59without thinking through the consequences.
01:02Now they're in opposition at the moment.
01:04Maybe that doesn't matter very much.
01:06But it's terrible judgment.
01:08Because taking your country to war is the single most important decision
01:12a Prime Minister can ever take.
01:14And if they had been in government,
01:16would be in a war with no plan.
01:20Then you've got Polanski.
01:21He thinks that with a war on two fronts,
01:25now is the time to give up our NATO membership.
01:29Now is the time to start negotiating with Putin over our nuclear deterrent.
01:34We'd be left so weak and so exposed
01:37if any of those individuals were in government.
01:40And it's really important, therefore,
01:42that we stick to our principles, stick to our values,
01:45and show the leaderships that needed in a time like this.
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