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00:03I'm Jade Bottrell and I'm proud to be the Labour MP for Osset and Denbydale in West
00:10Yorkshire. I've spent the last few months in Wakefield knocking on more doors than I could
00:23possibly count and like many of you here I was devastated to see the results come in.
00:29And watch brilliant, hard-working friends lose their seats. They are honest, decent people
00:36driven by a genuine desire to do right by their neighbours who refuse to give up on their
00:42communities. What made it harder was hearing the reasons people in my community were no longer
00:50voting Labour. Time and time again they told me they felt ignored, forgotten, overlooked.
00:59They felt that politics no longer works for them and that Britain just isn't fair anymore.
01:07It was hard because I am Labour precisely because I believe in a fairer Britain. I'm a working
01:17class northern woman and I know I could not be on this stage were it not for the opportunities
01:23fought for and delivered by the Labour Party and the Labour movement. The NHS, minimum wage, workers' rights,
01:31a genuine social safety net, equal pay, social housing and short-start centres. In fact, I first got into
01:40politics campaigning against the closure of my local short-start centre having felt the direct impact it was
01:48having on the children I worked with. When I started campaigning, it was clear to me then, as it is
01:56clear to me now,
01:57that the Labour Party is one of the greatest vehicles for changing the lives of working people this country has
02:05ever known.
02:19But yet, on the doorstep, people no longer believed it. Too many places and communities are feeling left behind. Feeling
02:32as if the state cares more about those trying to take the
02:35from our country than those trying to deliver for the left behind towns and cities that have seen industry leave
02:42and the institutions that formed their identity go with it.
02:47We have the opportunity and the ability to draw a line under this story of decline and division and restore
02:55hope and prosperity and this government has already done so much to set this work in motion.
03:00But this can only happen with a Labour Party, governing with Labour values. That's why I am pleased to introduce
03:11the man who delivered the first Labour government in a generation and has fought all his life for justice and
03:19fairness, the Prime Minister and the leader of our party, Keir Starmer.
03:50thank you very much thank you very much and thank you jade they were such powerful words
04:05thank you for that uh introduction uh the election results last week were tough
04:11very tough we lost some brilliant labor representatives that hurts and it should hurt
04:22i get it i feel it and i take responsibility but it's not just about taking responsibility
04:34for the results it's about taking responsibility to explain how as a political and electoral force
04:43we will be better and do better in the months and years ahead
04:50because we are not just facing dangerous times but dangerous opponents very dangerous opponents
05:00this hurts not just because labor has done badly but because if we don't get this right
05:09our country will go down a very dark path so just as i take responsibility for the results
05:18i also take responsibility for delivering the change that we promised for a stronger and fairer britain
05:26that we must build i take responsibility for navigating us through a world that is more
05:34dangerous than at any time in my life
05:38and i take responsibility for not walking away not plunging our country into chaos as the tories did
05:46time and again chaos that did lasting damage to this country a labor government would never be
05:54forgiven for inflicting that on our country again
06:09i know that people are frustrated by the state of britain frustrated by politics
06:19and some people frustrated with me i know i have my doubters and i know i need to prove them
06:29wrong
06:29and i will so let me start on a personal note like every prime minister i've learned a lot in
06:41the
06:41in the first two years in the job in terms of the policy challenges that our country faces
06:46incremental change won't cut it on growth defense europe energy we need a bigger response
06:57than we anticipated in 2024 because these are not ordinary times
07:05and this is a political challenge just as much as it's a policy challenge delivery is of course essential
07:14but it's not sufficient on its own to address the frustration that voters feel
07:21we're battling reform and the greens but at a deeper level we're battling the despair on which they pray
07:30despair that they exploit and amplify and so analysis matters but argument matters more evidence matters
07:40but so too does emotion stories beat spreadsheets people need hope
07:49so we will face up to the big challenges and we will make the big arguments the labor case
07:55that only labor values and labor policies can ensure our country not only weathers these storms
08:02but emerges stronger and fairer and the lady offers our country the serious progressive leadership
08:09that these times demand
08:23of course like every government we've made mistakes but we got the big political choices right
08:33i mean if we'd listen to the advice of other parties right now we'd be stuck in a standoff with
08:39iran
08:40having been dragged into a war that is not in our interest and i will never do that
08:53we have invested in our public services in people in the pride of britain's communities
08:59difficult decisions funded that
09:02but now nhs waiting lists are coming down child poverty is coming down immigration is coming down
09:12and we are rebuilding from the ground up they were the right cause
09:19and most of all we stabilize the economy the fundamentals are sound and that matters
09:26because it puts us in a much better place to come out of the conflict in iran stronger and fairer
09:33and for living standards to improve after two decades of stagnation
09:40but that's not enough
09:42clearly
09:45no
09:46for the british people
09:49tired of a status quo that has failed them
09:52change cannot come quickly enough
09:56and truth be told
09:59i'm not sure that they believe that we care
10:01i'm not sure they believe that we see their lives
10:06that's tough to say
10:09when you come from a working class background like me
10:12it's hard to hear that
10:16because i do know
10:18my late brother nick spent all his adult life
10:22going from one job to the next
10:25the status quo did not work for him
10:30my sister is a carer
10:32working long hours on low pay
10:34year after year after year
10:37she didn't even get sick pay
10:39in the pandemic
10:40the status quo
10:42did not work for her
10:45for too long we've ignored people like that
10:47and there are millions of people in that boat
10:50millions of people
10:51who don't get the dignity
10:53the respect
10:54the chance that they deserve
10:56to go as far as their talent
10:58and effort should take them
10:59millions of people held back
11:01because the status quo in this country
11:04does not work for them
11:05i am fighting for them
11:07we are fighting for them
11:08i am their prime minister
11:10and this is their government
11:29because i know whose side i'm on
11:31i'm on the side of working people
11:33just like my sister
11:35people who work harder and harder
11:37but who worry about the cost of living
11:39they're not asking for the world
11:41they just want to do the best for their kids
11:45they want their town centres
11:46the places they care about
11:48to thrive
11:49their public services to work
11:51and people in power
11:52to see their problems
11:55and right now
11:56they're worried sick
11:58they turn on the tv
12:00they see bombs falling
12:01they go to the petrol station
12:04see prices rising
12:05and they think
12:07how is this happening
12:08to us again
12:10they say
12:11how can i be paying the price
12:13for a war
12:14thousands of miles away
12:16that i don't support
12:17that britain isn't involved in
12:21and it's not
12:22a new feeling
12:23is it
12:25for two decades
12:26our country has been buffeted
12:28by crisis
12:30after crisis
12:31the 2008 financial crash
12:34the tory austerity
12:36that followed it
12:37brexit
12:38covid
12:39ukraine war
12:40on and on it goes
12:43and the response
12:45is always the same
12:48a desperate attempt
12:49to get back
12:50to the status quo
12:52a status quo
12:53that failed working people
12:54time and again
12:57our response this time
12:59must be different
13:00a complete break
13:02we must make this country
13:04stronger
13:05take control
13:06of our economic security
13:08our energy security
13:09our defence security
13:11and we must make this country
13:13fairer
13:24strength through fairness
13:25that is my compass
13:27in this world
13:28it is a core labour argument
13:30and in the coming days
13:32you will see those values
13:34writ large
13:35in the king's speech
13:36and you will see hope
13:37urgency
13:38and exactly whose side
13:40we're on
13:40reflected
13:41in everything we say
13:43and everything we do
13:45so let me give you
13:47three examples
13:48today
13:50starting
13:51with british steel
13:54because what we did
13:55in scunthorpe
13:56last year
13:56is one of the proudest
13:58things we have done
13:59in government
14:00that plant
14:01was hours away
14:03from closure
14:04and that is
14:05thousands of jobs
14:06gone
14:06an entire region
14:08decimated
14:09britain security
14:11exposed
14:11and so we acted
14:13parliament was in recess
14:15but it didn't matter
14:16as a united labour party
14:19we passed
14:20emergency legislation
14:21and we took control
14:30and we must bring
14:32that same urgency
14:34to everything now
14:35starting
14:36appropriately enough
14:38with scunthorpe
14:39because steel
14:41is the ultimate
14:41sovereign capability
14:43strong nations
14:45in a world like this
14:46need to make steel
14:48that's why we're backing
14:49steel in port talbot
14:50and across the uk
14:53but in scunthorpe
14:54we've been negotiating
14:56with the current owner
14:57and a commercial sale
14:59has not been possible
15:02and now a public interest
15:03test could be met
15:05so i can announce
15:07that legislation
15:08will be brought forward
15:10this week
15:10to give the government
15:12powers
15:12subject to that
15:13public interest test
15:14public ownership
15:34in the public interest
15:35urgent government
15:36on the side
15:37of working people
15:38making britain stronger
15:40with the hope
15:40of industrial renewal
15:41that is a labour choice
15:51second example
15:53europe
15:55and i'm sorry
15:56but i need to take
15:57a bit of a detour
15:58on this
16:00because i want to
16:01remind you
16:02what nigel farage
16:03said about brexit
16:06he said
16:07it would make us
16:08richer
16:08wrong
16:09it made us poorer
16:11he said
16:12it would reduce
16:13migration
16:14wrong
16:14migration went
16:16through the roof
16:16he said it would
16:18make us more secure
16:19wrong again
16:20it made us weaker
16:21he took britain for a ride
16:23and unlike the tories
16:25actually who at least
16:26had to face up to it
16:27he just fled the scene
16:30and now
16:30he'll talk about
16:31almost anything
16:32other than the
16:33consequences
16:34of the one policy
16:36he actually delivered
16:37because he's not just
16:39a grifter
16:40he is a chancer
16:51and so at the next
16:53eu summit
16:54i will set a new
16:56direction for britain
16:57the last government
16:59was defined
17:00by breaking our
17:02relationship with europe
17:03this labour government
17:05will be defined
17:05by rebuilding our
17:07relationship with europe
17:08by putting britain
17:09at the heart of europe
17:10so that we are stronger
17:12on the economy
17:14stronger on trade
17:16stronger on defence
17:17you name it
17:18because standing
17:19shoulder to shoulder
17:20with the countries
17:22that most share
17:23our interests
17:24our values
17:25and our enemies
17:27that is the right choice
17:29for britain
17:29that is the labour choice
17:41and for our young people
17:43also something more
17:45because brexit
17:47snatched away
17:48their ability
17:50to work
17:51to study
17:51and to live easily
17:53in europe
17:53that's why i'm proud
17:56we restored the erasmus
17:57scheme
17:57but i want to go further
17:59i want to make
18:01a better offer
18:02for our young people
18:03restore that hope
18:06that freedom
18:07that sense of possibility
18:08and so i want an ambitious
18:10youth experience scheme
18:12to be at the heart
18:13of our new arrangement
18:14with the eu
18:15so that our young people
18:16can work
18:17and study
18:18and live in europe
18:19a symbol of a stronger
18:21relationship
18:22and a fairer future
18:23with our closest allies
18:25that is the labour choice
18:37and third
18:39the greatest hope
18:42the hope
18:43that every parent
18:44has
18:44of a better future
18:46for their children
18:47and i want parents
18:48to feel that
18:49that is shared
18:49by their government
18:51now
18:53my parent
18:54don't worry
18:56i'm not going there
18:58but
18:59they didn't have
19:00a lot of money
19:01and my mum
19:03was seriously ill
19:04for almost
19:05all of her life
19:08but when they were
19:09in their later years
19:11reflecting
19:12on what gave
19:13their life meaning
19:15i could see that
19:17as well as
19:18their hope in us
19:18their kids
19:20what comforted them
19:21was the idea
19:23that they had
19:23contributed to a Britain
19:25that was getting better
19:26for young people
19:27that kids now
19:29had a better opportunity
19:30than they did
19:31and so i have always
19:33been driven by the idea
19:34that every child
19:36should go as far
19:37as their talent
19:37or effort takes them
19:38it's a beautiful idea
19:41shared widely
19:42across this country
19:44we tell ourselves
19:45stories about it
19:46don't we
19:49stories
19:49not unlike mine
19:52about the working
19:53class kids
19:54who do make it
19:55and i don't
19:56blame people
19:57for telling those
19:58stories
19:58it's important
19:59to tell those
20:00stories
20:02but it's not
20:03everyone
20:03is it
20:06so when i say
20:07every child
20:08should have
20:08the opportunity
20:09to go as far
20:10as their talent
20:11or effort
20:12takes them
20:12i mean every child
20:14i mean the kids
20:15who are growing up
20:16in poverty
20:16the kids who have
20:18special educational
20:19needs
20:19the kids who
20:20can't get a job
20:21and the kids
20:23who are ignored
20:23frankly
20:24because society
20:25often only puts
20:27those who go to
20:27university
20:28on a pedestal
20:29we don't really see
20:31anything else
20:31as success
20:33and that is wrong
20:35deeply wrong
20:36so we will go
20:38much further
20:38on our investment
20:40in apprenticeships
20:40in technical
20:41excellence colleges
20:42in special
20:43educational needs
20:44we will make
20:45sure that every
20:46young person
20:47struggling to
20:47find a job
20:48will get a
20:49guaranteed offer
20:50of a job
20:51training or
20:51work placement
20:52and
21:01and we will
21:02go much further
21:03with our pride
21:04in place program
21:05back the millions
21:06of people who
21:07give their time
21:08and their effort
21:09to young people
21:10in their community
21:11we will back
21:12them not just
21:13with money
21:14but with power
21:15and we will
21:16make sure
21:17that kids
21:18whose talent
21:19lies with their
21:20hands
21:20kids who go
21:21to college
21:22kids ignored
21:23by the status
21:24quo
21:24because politicians
21:26kids don't go
21:27there
21:27they will finally
21:29get the respect
21:29that they deserve
21:30in a stronger
21:31fairer Britain
21:32that is the
21:33Labour choice
21:45these are just
21:46a few examples
21:47but they show
21:48the urgency
21:49in hope
21:50in our direction
21:51they show
21:52the Labour values
21:53we will be guided
21:54for
21:55and they show
21:56frankly
21:57the lessons
21:57that we will
21:58learn
21:59now
22:00other parties
22:02will draw
22:03different lessons
22:04in fact
22:06they already
22:07are
22:07more pointing
22:08at Britain's
22:09problems
22:09looking
22:10not for
22:11solutions
22:12but for
22:13someone to
22:14blame
22:14now
22:15that's fine
22:16if it's me
22:16if it's
22:17politicians
22:18that's the
22:19job
22:19but increasingly
22:21it's not
22:23it's other
22:24people
22:25in this
22:26country
22:26and I
22:27don't think
22:28that's
22:29British
22:29that is not
22:30the decency
22:31and respect
22:32that we are
22:32known for
22:34but it's
22:35here
22:35that politics
22:37is with us
22:38now
22:39and you'll
22:40see it again
22:40on Saturday
22:41at a march
22:42designed to
22:43confront and
22:44intimidate
22:45this diversity
22:46and this
22:47diverse country
22:49that is why
22:50this Labour
22:51government will
22:51block far-right
22:52agitators
22:53from travelling
22:53to Britain
22:54for that
22:54event
22:55because we
22:56will not
22:56allow people
22:57to come to
22:58the UK
22:58to threaten
22:59our communities
22:59and spread
23:00hate on our
23:01streets
23:11this is
23:12nothing less
23:13than a battle
23:15for the soul
23:16of our nation
23:17and I want
23:18to be crystal
23:19clear about
23:20how we will
23:20win it
23:21because we
23:22cannot win
23:23as a weaker
23:25version of
23:25reform or
23:26the Greens
23:26we can only
23:27win as a
23:28stronger version
23:29of Labour
23:30a mainstream
23:31party of
23:32power not
23:33protest
23:40and I also want
23:41to be clear on
23:42this because I
23:43will never stop
23:44fighting for the
23:45decent respectful
23:46diverse country
23:48that I love
23:48I will never
23:49give up on the
23:50hope we can
23:51unlock in this
23:52country the hope
23:53of renters for
23:54security in their
23:55home of workers
23:56for fairness at
23:57work of public
23:58services freed from
23:59austerity the hope
24:01of European
24:02solidarity of
24:03community pride of
24:05the people who
24:05paint over the
24:06graffiti that is
24:07racist a country
24:08taking control of
24:10its future our
24:11spirit unchanged our
24:12resolve unbroken the
24:14hope of a country
24:15that can and will
24:17become a stronger
24:18fairer Britain that
24:19is the hope I'm
24:20fighting for that is
24:21the hope we are
24:22fighting for that is
24:23the Labour choice
24:27thank you very much
24:28thank you
24:38thank you very much
24:45thank you
24:57I'm now going to
24:58take some questions
24:59from the media and
25:00I'm starting with
25:02Chris Mason
25:02Chris
25:04thank you
25:05Chris Mason
25:05BBC News
25:06Prime Minister
25:07do you think
25:08in your guts
25:09what you have said
25:10is enough
25:10this morning
25:11and what do you
25:12say directly to
25:13those of your
25:13colleagues who are
25:14weighing up right
25:15now whether to
25:17back you or to
25:18suggest that you
25:18should go and if
25:20I may would you
25:21back continuing to
25:22block Andy Burnham
25:23from trying to
25:24return to Parliament
25:25well Chris is a lot
25:26packed into that
25:26question let me
25:29just what I'm doing
25:30is setting out the
25:32response the
25:32direction that we
25:33need to take and
25:35the acknowledgement
25:35that in the world
25:37we live in now we
25:38need a bigger
25:39response than 2024
25:40it is a different
25:41world and an
25:43acknowledgement that
25:45this isn't the
25:45first shock the
25:46country has been
25:47through with the
25:47Iran conflict
25:48we've had plenty
25:49of those in the
25:50last 20 years
25:51but every time
25:52the government of
25:53the day has
25:54tried to get back
25:54to a status quo
25:55that doesn't work
25:57we're not going to
25:58do that this time
25:58that is the urgent
25:59task facing our
26:01country we were
26:02elected into
26:02office to change
26:05this country to
26:06bring about the
26:06change that is
26:07needed the
26:08frustration that
26:08has been spoken
26:09about is a
26:10frustration of at
26:11least 20 years if
26:12not more that is
26:13what we're charged
26:13with changing that
26:15is what we will
26:15change in relation
26:17to Andy Burnham
26:18obviously any future
26:19decision is for the
26:20NEC and he's doing
26:21a great job as
26:22mayor in Manchester
26:23and I actually work
26:25really well with Andy
26:26and I'll give you
26:26two examples on
26:28Northern Powerhouse
26:28Rail which is really
26:29important for the
26:31North West we are
26:32working together on
26:33that project but
26:35equally we've stood
26:37together to support
26:38Manchester the
26:39community when we
26:40had the terrible
26:41attack on a synagogue
26:42last year and he
26:43was the first person
26:44I phoned and I
26:45went straight to
26:45Manchester to work
26:47with him on our
26:48response so we work
26:48very well together
26:50but the actual
26:50decision would be
26:51one for the NEC
26:51thank you Chris
26:52very much
26:53Beth from Sky News
26:55thank you Prime
26:56Minister back in
26:582021 when Labour
27:00lost hundreds of
27:01council seats in the
27:02Hartlepool by
27:03election you thought
27:04about resigning as
27:05Labour leader
27:07explaining this is
27:08quoting you I
27:09I didn't feel I
27:10should be bigger
27:10than the party but
27:12these results this
27:13moment is so so much
27:15worse than then
27:16you've lost nearly
27:181500 councillors
27:1940 councils you've
27:21lost Wales haven't
27:23you for one moment
27:24thought you should
27:26step aside in the
27:27interest of the party
27:28and country and if
27:30you haven't why
27:31haven't you thank
27:33you well thank you
27:34very much Beth I
27:36I think what we
27:37witnessed with the
27:39last government was
27:41the chaos of
27:42constantly changing
27:43leaders and it
27:45cost this country a
27:46huge amount a huge
27:47amount and I'll tell
27:56you who paid the
27:57price it was working
27:58people they paid the
27:59price of this they are
28:00still paying the price
28:01of this a Labour
28:04government will not
28:05inflict that on our
28:06country again we
28:07were elected with a
28:08mandate to change this
28:09country because of
28:11what had gone before
28:12and that is what we
28:13will do yes I
28:14acknowledge the
28:15frustration yes I
28:16acknowledge the
28:17results are tough yes
28:19I acknowledge that
28:20we've lost brilliant
28:20representatives across
28:22the United Kingdom
28:24and I have a
28:24responsibility for that
28:25but I also have a
28:26responsibility to
28:27deliver the change
28:29that we were elected
28:29and that we promised
28:31this country and I'll
28:32deliver on that thank
28:33you very much Beth
28:40what did Victoria
28:41what's Vic said to you
28:42this weekend
28:43Vic is a rock and we
28:46talk everything through
28:47together as you know
28:49Robert Peston from
28:51ITV
28:51Prime Minister
28:53these were
28:55arguably the worst
28:57election results for
28:58Labour in a hundred
29:00years and you know I
29:02spent all weekend as
29:03you'd expect talking to
29:03your MPs and ministers
29:05and you know most of
29:07them said to me that
29:08they do think your time
29:09is up so what would
29:14persuade you that
29:16you're not the best
29:17person for this job
29:19and just on this issue
29:20of this is no longer the
29:22time for incremental
29:23change when you were
29:25elected we'd had 15
29:27years of no growth we'd
29:29had Putin's war that led
29:31to the worst energy spike
29:33in history many would
29:35say Brexit had failed
29:36why didn't you get it
29:37then well Robert look
29:40I'm not going to shy away
29:41from the fact that I've
29:42got some doubters
29:44including in my own
29:45party and I'm not going
29:48to shy away from the fact
29:49that I have to prove them
29:50wrong and I will I had my
29:52doubters when I took on the
29:54Labour Party I had my
29:55doubters they said we
29:56couldn't change this party
29:57and make it capable of
29:58winning an election and
30:00I proved them wrong and
30:01when we did that I had
30:02my doubters who said you
30:04can't lead us to a
30:04general election victory
30:05after the loss in 2019
30:07it was so bad it's not
30:09possible and I proved them
30:11wrong I can prove them
30:13wrong again I also feel a
30:24deep sense of personal
30:26responsibility to deliver on
30:28the mandate that we won at
30:30that 2024 election the first
30:32Labour government for 14
30:33years that had to come in
30:35and clear up the mess and
30:36build a better Britain that
30:37is what I came into politics
30:39to do and that is what I
30:40will deliver thank you very
30:41much and Robert the second
30:43on the incremental look you
30:46heard what I said about
30:47Scunthorpe this is an
30:48example of the urgency and
30:52the pace and the type of
30:54decisions that we need to
30:55make the same with Europe a
30:58bigger response a bigger
31:00argument that has been made
31:01before because we're living
31:02in different times the Iran
31:04war war comes on top of all
31:06the other crisis we faced for
31:0820 years we have to learn the
31:10lesson every single time in
31:12the past we've simply tried to
31:14get back as quickly as
31:15possible to a status quo that
31:16didn't work we can't do the
31:17same again that's why we need a
31:19bigger response thank you very
31:20much Robert I've got Catherine
31:22Foster from GB news Catherine
31:23thank you Catherine force to
31:25GB news Prime Minister the
31:27Labour Party was founded to
31:28represent the working class
31:30many of whom voted for Brexit
31:33because they felt left behind
31:35you've said yourself that the
31:37status quo is not working but
31:39you're standing here in London
31:41and you're promising more Europe
31:43you lost so much of your core
31:47vote in the red wall in Wales in
31:50Scotland because working class
31:53communities feel that the Labour
31:54Party has abandoned them and that
31:57you don't get it are they wrong
32:00well Catherine thank you very much
32:02on Brexit the reason I reminded
32:06everyone what Nigel Farage said is
32:09because that was the promise he put
32:10to the country that would be
32:13stronger would be richer we'd have
32:15lots of money for the NHS
32:17immigration would come down and it all
32:19proved to be false and he doesn't
32:22take any responsibility he's not going
32:24back to the country now saying it was a
32:25good thing you've all benefited he'll
32:27talk about almost anything else apart
32:30from the consequences of the one thing
32:33that he delivered for the country
32:34Brexit he doesn't want to talk about
32:36that and there's a reason for that it
32:39didn't help working people it turned out
32:42what he said wasn't true that's why he
32:44doesn't want to talk about it now but we
32:46have to talk about it now because we
32:48have to address the situation we're in
32:50we have to give this country a stronger
32:52economy a stronger defence and security
32:55set of arrangements given the world we
32:57are living in and that's why I said
32:59what I said about being closer to Europe
33:01and this government being defined by
33:04bringing Europe back together again and
33:06Britain at the heart of Europe thank you
33:08very much Catherine I've got Pippa from
33:17the Guardian Pippa Prime Minister I've
33:20got a specific question for you and a
33:21wider one if I may the specific one is
33:23if one of your MPs launches a contest a
33:26leadership bid against you will you fight
33:29it and the wider one is do you think
33:31Britain is ungovernable and if so why and
33:34who's to blame the media your MPs the
33:37government you thank you yes and no no
33:44I'm not going to walk away in relation to
33:47the first part of your question for the
33:48reasons I've set out and no I don't
33:51think Britain is ungovernable on the
33:54contrary one of the things that I draw
33:55great strength from is all the millions
33:59of people who care passionately about
34:01their place their community where they
34:03live where they work the millions of
34:05people who give hours and hours and hours of
34:07their time for their community volunteering
34:09helping others running teams you name it
34:12that is a great strength of our country I
34:16draw strength from the fact that we are a
34:18reasonable tolerant decent country a live and
34:22let live country a diverse country that is
34:25the real Britain that's not ungovernable
34:27Britain that is the Britain that I will
34:29fight for particularly in light of the
34:32opponents we now have politically different
34:34to the opponents that we had before that is
34:36the real Britain that is the Britain I love
34:38that's the Britain I'll fight for thank you
34:41Pippa Jim Pickard from the FT Jim Jim
34:44Pickard FT Prime Minister you say you don't
34:46want incremental change and you say you want
34:49Britain to be at the heart of Europe are you
34:51ruling out however labor manifesto at the next
34:55general election including single market or custom
34:58union membership because without either of those
35:00things our economy is very much not in the heart
35:03of Europe yeah well Jim what I want to do is
35:07take a big leap forward with the EU UK summit this
35:10year and take us closer both on trade the economy
35:14defense and security and that will then be a platform on
35:19which we can build as we go forward but as we do that I
35:25strongly believe we've got to turn our back on the
35:27arguments of the past not open old grievances but
35:31look forward together to how we make this country
35:34stronger how we make this country fairer and so
35:37that's the approach that I will take I've got Audrey
35:41from the Times Audrey good morning Prime Minister
35:45Aubrey Allegretti from the Times and to follow up on a
35:48previous question you said that whether Andy Burnham
35:50comes back to Parliament is a matter for the NEC your
35:52business secretary said as much this morning but he
35:54also said that it would be a distraction and that
35:57Labour shouldn't be fighting unnecessarily elections do
36:00you agree with him do you think Labour can afford to
36:02have two by-elections in Greater Manchester for the
36:04mayoralty and wherever Andy Burnham returns and also if I
36:07may over the weekend I think you gave an interview in
36:09which you suggested that you would like to be Prime
36:12Minister for a full ten years some Labour MPs have been
36:15unhappy with those comments do you still stand by them
36:17well on Andy Burnham my answer Aubrey is the same that will
36:21be a matter for the National Executive Committee if and when
36:26the issue arises but just to be really clear on a personal level
36:31I've worked very closely with Andy in our respective roles now the
36:35first person I worked for when I came to Parliament was Andy he
36:38wanted me and his team in the shadow home office I wanted to be in his
36:41team in the shadow home office so we work very well together we'll
36:44continue to work very well together if the issue arises it'll be a matter
36:49for the NEC on the decade look what I'm doing what I'm doing is
36:53spelling out the scale of the challenge that we face it's the same
36:58argument I was making before the election which is after the damage
37:02of the last government it will take time to clear that damage up and to
37:05build the better stronger country that we need and that's the decade that
37:11I've been talking about do I recognize that we've got to turn this around
37:14yes of course I do do I realize that we've got to respond to these elections
37:19in the way I've set out in the speech I gave a moment to yes of course
37:22I do and what I've done today is set out how I intend to address that task
37:27thank you very much Aubrey I've got Sophie from the Mirror
37:30hi Sophie Huskerson from the Mirror thank you Prime Minister
37:33so do you agree with Angela Rayner that this could be your last chance
37:37to change course and save the Labour Party's future and do you think the
37:42party should move more to the left to become as you put it a stronger version
37:45of Labour and if I can just ask as well since the losses in Wales and Scotland
37:49have you spoken to Elenad Morgan and Anas Sawa and what was said thank you
37:55let me take them in reverse order I've spoken to both Elenad and Anas I'm not
38:00going to go through the conversation but I have spoken to them as I've spoken to
38:04many of those brilliant representatives who didn't get elected at this time and
38:11to council leaders across the country I spent a good deal of weekend having
38:15those calls but those calls did include Elenad and Anas in relation to the task
38:22of turning this around look I do understand the enormity of the task that we face we
38:28inherited a terrible legacy from the last government economically public services the
38:34NHS on its knees and what we found when we got into government was even worse than
38:39we feared and one of the mistakes I think we made was we wanted to level with the country
38:46about how bad things were but we didn't convince people enough in that early period of the change
38:54that we would bring about why their lives would be better and that's why we have to change that and
38:58inject much more hope and optimism into what we are saying and so I think Angela and I agree and
39:06I've spoken to Angela as well by the way so I know exactly what her thinking is in relation to
39:11this
39:11thank you very much I've got Jack from the Sun thank you Prime Minister Jack from the Sun just on
39:16that point when you did speak to Angela Rayner did she rule out ever launching a leadership challenge
39:21against you and also and you said in your speech just now that if you were ousted as Labour leader
39:27it would plunge the country into chaos some of your critics say your government is already mired in chaos
39:32but can you be clear about what you mean are you saying that because it is you with the mandate
39:37if you were ousted there would have to be a general election well Jack's a lot bound up
39:42um with that I did speak to Angela I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you by not going I've spoken
39:48to
39:48Angela many many times by the way in the last few weeks um we we are friends we get on
39:53very well
39:54um but I'm not going to go through each and everything that we uh discussed in those um calls
40:00um but on this question of chaos look the question whether if a government constantly changes its leadership
40:09the question whether that damages the country is not an academic question it's not something that
40:14you study at university and go through various theories we tested it we tested it to destruction
40:20under the last government and it inflicted huge damage on this country a Labour government will never
40:25be forgiven if we repeat that and inflict that on the country and that's what I mean when I say
40:31I'm not
40:31going to plunge this country uh into chaos uh Jason from the mail uh thanks p.m that was a
40:39heartfelt speech um your own MPs though at the end of last week were saying that you were detested
40:44on the doorstep those are their words they said that people are no longer listening to you and that
40:50it doesn't matter how many heartfelt speeches you make your own popularity is dragging this government
40:56down in those circumstances don't you owe it to them to step aside and give someone else a go at
41:04keeping uh these forces of darkness at bay well um look I acknowledged um uh Jason a moment ago there
41:12is frustration across the country um that at the status quo which isn't working there's frustration
41:20um that politics is not working for too many people and yes there is some frustration with me
41:26i acknowledge that um but that frustration um that i'm describing has been built up over many many years
41:34by people who feel that their lives are not getting better that their city center their town center the
41:40place where they live doesn't look any better for them that their children aren't going to get better
41:45chances than they got that is what's driving that frustration that is deep that is political that is the
41:52challenge we have to rise to i mean it's not a frustration that can be just cast aside easily
41:58it's deeply bound in the in the status quo that has failed for so many years and that's why we
42:06have
42:06to turn that around and i've got bethen mcginley hi hi um so you've talked a lot today about giving
42:14young
42:14people hope again um but for many young britains things like home ownership secure work and financial
42:20stability still feel further away than it did for previous generations why should they believe that
42:26this government can reverse that well i think it's such a good question because i think young people
42:30have been very badly let down whether that's um on opportunities at work we've got um the best part of
42:38a million people young people not in work that's going to have a huge impact on them for the rest
42:42of
42:42their lives people who can't get on the housing ladder uh very quickly um or at all um and we
42:49have to
42:49instill the hope in them we do that by changing what we're doing to help people get into work
42:54we do that by taking better protections for renters too many young people are spending a lot of their
43:01income on rent therefore they can't save their money to pay for a deposit we're changing that with the
43:06renters rights act which came into force uh just a week and a bit um ago and we're changing that
43:11with the
43:12hope um of a better future and the sense in which they will be able to work travel and study
43:19in europe
43:20in a way which hasn't been possible in recent uh years and in the end those young people are our
43:26hope
43:26because that's why i gave the example of my mom and dad and it's a very real example because i
43:31think
43:31you know very many people when they get towards the end of their lives do reflect and say
43:36um you know what was my life about um and for my mom and dad in material things they didn't
43:44actually
43:44have a lot to show for their lives but they had this deep comfort i could really feel it this
43:50deep
43:50comfort inside that they my mom and dad rod and joe that they had contributed to a country where the
43:57next generation would have better chances that is the real hope and optimism in young people and that's
44:03where it resides uh with me because i think as i said in the speech that's the greatest hope of
44:08all
44:08so thank you very much for that question thank you all very much thank you subscribe to one india and
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