00:00I've acted as you would expect of a British Prime Minister,
00:05which is by being absolutely focused on what is our national interest.
00:10And that's why I've applied my principles and my values throughout.
00:14And my principles and values made sure that our decisions
00:18were that we wouldn't get involved in the action without a lawful basis,
00:23without a viable thought-through plan.
00:25That was the right position for the United Kingdom.
00:28And, of course, that has included us taking action in collective self-defence.
00:33I'm here to say thank you to some of those who have been defending our allies
00:37and British interests in the region.
00:40But the principles of not getting dragged into this war,
00:44principles of always saying the UK will act only on a lawful basis
00:48and only if there's a viable long-term plan, they're the right principles.
00:53And, as I say, I'm the British Prime Minister.
00:55I act in the British national interest and nothing but nothing is going to deflect me from that.
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