What royal jelly are they eating, that they live seven years longer than the people of Blackpool, only 33 miles away? Boris Johnson: (25:40) winning the biggest majority since 1987 and the biggest share of the vote since 1979. delivering our manifesto commitments including social care, ensuring that Britain is once again standing tall in the world, from Ukraine to the AUKUS pact with America and Australia, because we are one whole and entire United Kingdom whose diplomats, security services and armed forces are so globally admired, and as I leave I believe our union is so strong that those who want to break it up, will keep trying but they will never ever succeed, thank you to everyone behind me in this building for looking after me and my family over the last three years so well including Dilyn, the dog, and if Dilyn and Larry can put behind them their occasional difficulties, then so can the Conservative party, and above all thanks to you, the British people, to the voters for giving me the chance to serve, all of you who worked so tirelessly together to beat covid to put us where we are today, Together we have laid foundations that will stand the test of time, whether by taking back control of our laws or putting in vital new infrastructure, great solid masonry on which we will continue to build together, paving the path of prosperity now & for future generations. And after decades of bewildering refusal, we have persuaded the Americans to import prime British beef, a market already worth 66 million pounds. thanks to all of . Thats right, folks, if we listened to Captain Hindsight today, wed still be in lockdown. "My point is that the relationship between our Queen and Parliament, and our Queen and Government, was never just on paper, but was always active and always encouraging.". That school is Brampton Manor Academy, and it now sends more kids to Oxbridge than Eton. So I want to say to the millions of people who voted for us in 2019, many of them voting Conservative for the first time: Thank you for that incredible mandate, the biggest Conservative majority since 1987, the biggest share of the vote since 1979. Not because were proud of everything, but because trying to edit it now is as dishonest as a celebrity trying furtively to change his entry in Wikipedia. And if you dont have to go far to work and your commute isnt too dreadful, and if the job suits your skills and your wifi is fast and reliable, Ill tell you something else, that housing in the right place and at an affordable price will add massively, not just to your general joie de vivre, but to your productivity. And the answer to the present stresses and strains, which are mainly a function of growth and economic revival, is not to reach for that same old lever of uncontrolled immigration to keep wages low. As Ive been saying over this wonderful conference to you, when I became leader of this party, there were only, can you remember what percentage of households had gigabit broadband when you were so kind as to make me leader? And I mean the long term, structural weaknesses in the UK economy. Its not a mythical beast. Boris Johnson: (27:29) And yes, it will take time and sometimes it will be difficult, but that was the change that people voted for in 2016. And its a confidence that is responsible for so much international investment. I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, the British prime minister said in announcing that he was stepping down. Why does half of Yorks population boast a degree and only a quarter of Doncasters? And now were going to go further, not only jettisoning EU rules we dont need anymore, but using new freedoms to improve the way we regulate in the great growth areas of the 21st century, as we fulfill our ambition of becoming a science superpower. Boris Johnson: (06:33) Boris Johnson's climate speech annotated: what he said and what he Thank you. Because that is what counts, the spirit of our Olympians. ", The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Boris Johnson: (10:46) The way all that emerges organically from a vast inherited conglomerate of culture and tradition. Boris Johnson UK Conservative Party Conference 2021 Speech Transcript, Congressional Testimony & Hearing Transcripts. "And when I call her that - Elizabeth the Great - I should add one final quality: her humility. It means certainty for the police and the border forces and the security services and all those that we rely on across Europe to keep us safe. Vaccination has allowed us to meet like this and blessed us with such rapid growth, with wages rising fastest for those on lowest incomes. It was capitalism that ensured we had a vaccine in less than a year. The Guardian thinks of itself as Britains fearless liberal conscience, trigger-sensitive to racist dog whistles in the language and editorial judgements of everyone except itself. By today we have vaccinated almost 800,000 people and we have also today resolved a question that has bedevilled our politics for decades and it is up to us all together, as a newly and truly independent nation to realise the immensity of this moment and to make the most of it. Boris Johnson pledged his "fervent support" to Tory Party successor Liz Truss as he said farewell to No10 on Tuesday morning. And of course, Im immensely proud of the achievements of this government: from getting Brexit done to settling our relations with the continent for over half a century, reclaiming the power for this country to make its own laws in Parliament, getting us all through the pandemic, delivering the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe, the fastest exit from lockdown, and in the last few months, leading the West in standing up to Putins aggression in Ukraine. But they had that extra satisfaction that goes with knowing youre doing something to save the planet, and get Britain to net zero by 2050. And that was the change that people voted for again, powerfully in 2019. In which everyone can take pride in their work and in the quality of their work. I want to thank the peerless British civil service for all the help and support that you have given our police, our emergency services, and of course, our fantastic N.H.S. And amid the rubble of brick, they seemed to be digging a hole for someone or something, or indeed someone, possibly me. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Look at this country from the air, go on Google Maps.