STUART: HAPPENING NOW, THE NEW
PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN,
BORIS JOHNSON, ADDRESSING THE
CROWD IN FRONT OF 10 DOWNING
STREET.
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WAY AS OUR PRESIDENT.
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>> INVITED ME TO FORM A
GOVERNMENT AND I HAVE ACCEPTED.
I PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FORTITUDE
AND PATIENCE OF MY PREDECESSOR,
HER DEEP SENSE OF PUBLIC
SERVICE.
BUT IN SPITE OF ALL HER EFFORTS,
IT HAS BECOME CLEAR, THAT THERE
ARE PESSIMISTS AT HOME AND
ABROAD WHO THINK AFTER THREE
YEARS OF INDECISION THAT THIS
COUNTRY HAS BECOME A PRISONER TO
THE OLD ARGUMENTS OF 2016.
AND IN THIS HOME OF DEMOCRACY,
WE ARE INCAPABLE OF HONORING A
DEMOCRATIC MANDATE.
AND SO I AM STANDING BEFORE YOU
TODAY TO TELL YOU, THE BRITISH
PEOPLE, THAT THOSE CRITICS ARE
WRONG.
THE DOUBTERS, THE DOOMSTERS, THE
GLOOMSTERS, THEY ARE GOING TO
GET IT WRONG AGAIN.
THE PEOPLE WHO BET AGAINST
BRITAIN ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR
SHIRTS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
RESTORE TRUST IN OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO FILL REPEATED
PROMISES FROM PARLIAMENT TO THE
PEOPLE AND COME OUT OF THE EU ON
OCTOBER 31st, NO IFS, OR
BUTS.
WE WILL DO A NEW DEAL, A BETTER
DEAL, THAT WILL MAXIMIZE THE
OPPORTUNITIES OF BREXIT WHILE
ALLOWING TO US DEVELOP A NEW,
EXCITING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
REST OF EUROPE, BASED ON FREE
TRADE AND MUTUAL SUPPORT.
I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT IN
99 DAYS TIME WE WILL HAVE
CRACKED IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT 99
DAYS, BECAUSE THE BRITISH PEOPLE
HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF WAITING.
THE TIME HAS COME TO ACT, TO
TAKE DECISIONS, TO GIVE STRONG
LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE THIS
COUNTRY FOR THE BETTER.
AND THOUGH THE QUEEN HAS JUST
HONORED ME WITH THIS
EXTRAORDINARY OFFICE OF STATE,
MY JOB IS TO SERVE YOU, THE
PEOPLE, BECAUSE THERE IS ONE
POINT WE POLITICIANS NEED TO
REMEMBER, IT IS THAT THE PEOPLE
ARE OUR BOSSES.
MY JOB IS TO MAKE YOUR STREETS
SAFER AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH
ANOTHER 20,000 POLICE ON THE
STREETS AND WE START RECRUITING
FORTHWITH.
MY JOB, IS TO MAKE SURE YOU
DON'T HAVE TO WAIT THREE WEEKS
TO SEE YOUR GP.
WE START WORK THIS WEEK WITH 20
NEW HOSPITAL UPGRADES AND
INSURING THE MONEY FOR THE NHS
REALLY DOES GET TO THE FRONT
LINES.
MY JOB IS TO PROTECT YOU, OR
YOUR PARENTS, OR FEAR OF SELLING
YOUR HOME TO PAY FOR COST OF
CARE.
SO I AM ANNOUNCING NOW, ON THE
STEPS OF DOWNING STREET THAT WE
WILL FIX THE CRISIS IN SOCIAL
CARE ONCE AND FOR ALL WITH A
CLEAR PLAN WE HAVE PREPARED, TO
GIVE EVERY OLDER PERSON THE
DIGNITY AND SECURITY THEY
MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS
GET A SUPERB EDUCATION WHEREVER
THEY ARE IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ALREADY
ANNOUNCED WE ARE GOING TO LEVEL
UP FUNDING IN PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND THAT IS
THE WORK THAT BEGINS IMMEDIATELY
BEHIND THAT BLACK DOOR, AND
THOUGH I AM TODAY BUILDING A
GREAT TEAM OF MEAN AND WOMEN, I
WILL TAKE PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHANGE I
WANT TO SEE.
NEVER MIND THE BACKSTOP, THE
BUCK STOPS HERE.
I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
MY JOB IS TO BE PRIME MINISTER
OF THE WHOLE UNITED KINGDOM AND
THAT MEANS UNITING OUR COUNTRY,
ANSWERING AT LAST THE PLEA OF
THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE AND THE
LEFT BEHIND TOWNS BY PHYSICALLY
AND LITERALLY RENEWING THE TIES
THAT BIND US TOGETHER SO THAT WE
HAVE SAFER STREETS AND BETTER
EDUCATION AND FANTASTIC NEW ROAD
AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND FULL
FIBER BROADBAND.
WE LEVEL UP ACROSS BRITAIN WITH
HIGHER WAGES, A HIGHER LIVING
WAGE, HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY, WE
CLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY GAP,
GIVING MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
THE CHANCE TO OWN THEIR OWN HOME
AND GIVING BUSINESS THE
CONFIDENCE TO INVEST ACROSS THE
UK.
IT IS TIME WE UNLEASHED THE
PRODUCTIVE POWER, NOT JUST OF
LONDON, AND THE SOUTHEAST, BUT
OF EVERY CORNER OF ENGLAND,
SCOTLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN
IRELAND.
THE AWESOME FORCES THAT ARE
INCARNATED IN THAT RED, WHITE
AND BLUE FLAG WHO TOGETHER ARE
SO MUCH MORE THAN THE SUM OF
THEIR PARTS AND WHOSE BRAND AND
POLITICAL PERSONALITY IS ADMIRED
AND EVEN LOVED AROUND THE WORLD
FOR OUR INVENTIVENESS, FOR OUR
HUMOR, FOR OUR UNIVERSITIES, OUR
SCIENTISTS, OUR ARMED FORCES,
OUR DIPLOMACY, FOR THE
EQUALITIES ON WHICH WE INSIST,
WHETHER RACE OR GENDER OR LGBT
OR THE RIGHT OF EVERY GIRL IN
THE WORLD TO 12 YEARS OF QUALITY
EDUCATION, THE VALUES WE STAND
FOR AROUND THE WORLD.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE VALUES THAT
FLAG REPRESENTS.
IT STANDS FOR FREEDOM AND FREE
SPEECH AND HABEAS CORPUS AND THE
RULE OF LAW AND ABOVE ALL IT
STANDS FOR DEMOCRACY.
THAT IS WHY WE WILL COME OUT OF
THE EU ON OCTOBER 31st BECAUSE
IN THE END, BREXIT WAS A
FUNDAMENTALLY DECISION BY THE
BRITISH PEOPLE THAT THEY WANTED
THEIR LAWS MADE BY PEOPLE THAT
THEY CAN ELECT AND THEY CAN
REMOVE FROM OFFICE.
WE MUST NOW RESPECT THAT
DECISION AND CREATE A NEW
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR EUROPEAN
FRIENDS, AS WARM, AS CLOSE AND
AS AFFECTIONATE AS POSSIBLE, AND
THE FIRST STEP IS TO REPEAT
UNEQUIVOCALLY OUR GUARANTEE TO
THE 3.2 MILLION EU NATIONALS NOW
LIVING AND WORKING AMONG US, I
SAY DIRECTLY TO YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION
TO OUR SOCIETY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT UNDER THIS
GOVERNMENT, YOU WILL HAVE THE
ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY OF THE RIGHT
TO LIVE AND REMAIN, AND I SAY
NEXT TO OUR FRIENDS IN IRELAND
AND BRUSSELS AND AROUND THE EU,
I AM CONVINCED WE CAN DO A DEAL
WITHOUT CHECKS AT THE IRISH
BORDER BECAUSE WE REFUSE UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO HAVE SUCH
CHECKS AND GET WITHOUT THAT
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC BACKSTOP AND IT
IS OF COURSE VITAL AT THE SAME
TIME THAT WE PREPARE FOR THE
REMOTE POSSIBILITY THAT BRUSSELS
REFUSES ANY FURTHER TO
NEGOTIATE, AND WE ARE FORCED TO
COME OUT WITH NO DEAL NOT
BECAUSE WE WANT THAT OUTCOME.
OF COURSE NOT.
BUT BECAUSE IT IS ONLY COMMON
SENSE TO PREPARE, AND LET ME
STRESS THAT THERE IS A VITAL
SENSE IN WHICH THOSE
PREPARATIONS CANNOT BE WASTED
AND THAT IS BECAUSE UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WILL NEED TO