The idea in a nutshell is that you will find talent, genius, flare, imagination, enthusiasm everywhere in this country, all of them evenly distributed, evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. From Jan 1 we are outside the customs union, and outside the single market. So that the Oxford vaccine has been distributed at cost around the world, more than a billion low-cost vaccines invented in Britain, saving millions of lives. Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 Its a disgrace that you still cant swiftly cross the Pennines by rail, a disgrace that Leeds is the largest city in Europe with no proper Metro system, a waste of human potential that so many places are not served by decent bus routes. Full text: Boris Johnson's Conservative conference speech Mr Johnson said: "I believe she would regard it as her own highest achievement that her son - Charles III - will clearly and amply follow her own extraordinary standards of duty and service. And there you have a metaphor my friends for how we must build back better now. We will be able to set our own standards, to innovate in the way that we want, to originate new frameworks for the sectors in which this country leads the world, from biosciences to financial services, artificial intelligence and beyond. And they love the groovy new architecture and the fashion and the music and all the rest of it. B oris Johnson's speech to the CBI has been called a "mess", the "most embarrassing by a Conservative prime minister" since his most recent . 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. You can see how beautiful it is. But as time has gone by, its become clear to me that this isnt just a joke. And we need to remember how and why weve been able to back people through this pandemic at all. And just as we used our new freedoms to accelerate the vaccine rollout, were going to use Brexit freedoms to do things differently. "My diary was empty and my phone stopped ringing, [but] my office was astonished to get a call from the Palace," Ms Harman said. Boris Johnson Interviewed by Bloomberg News: Transcript And as a responsible Conservative government, we must recognize the sheer scale of their achievement, but also the scale of the challenge ahead. I am proud to have discharged the promises I made my party when you were kind enough to choose me. She bequeaths a modern, dynamic nation that has grown and flourished under her reign. Boris Johnson: (27:00) They really do want to rewrite our national story, starting with [Herowood 00:40:44] the Woke. Is Wrexhams Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending? And that is leveling up in action. So let me come now to the punchline of my sermon on the vaccine. We thought that love would last forever: we were wrong. Correct. We will use new technology so that there is a single set of electronic records as patients pass between health and social care, improving care, and ensuring that cash goes to the front line and not on needless bureaucracy. Is that really the view of responsible Conservatives? Its thanks to the vaccine rollout that we now have the most open economy and the fastest growth in the GCEP. Boris Johnson: (35:55) Not only the achievement of those elite athletes, but a country that is proud to be a trailblazer to judge people, not by where they come from, but by their spirit and by what is inside them. And earlier this year we fulfilled that promise and we left on Jan 31 with that oven-ready deal. But opportunity is not, and thats why we must keep levelling up, keep unleashing the potential ever every part of the United Kingdom. Its the news, without the news. And the reason I have fought so hard in the last few days to continue to deliver that mandate in person was not just because I wanted to do so, but because I felt it was my job, my duty, my obligation to you to continue to do what we promised in 2019. Convert your audio or video into 99% accurate text by a professional. Weve seen off the European Super League, and protected grassroots football. And thats why we must keep leveling up, keep unleashing the potential in every part of the United Kingdom. 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. Were putting on 4,000 more clean, green buses made in this country, some of them running on hydrogen. Because in so many ways our basic goals are the same. We will do northern powerhouse rail. Ian Blackford, the Scottish National Party leader in Westminster, said: "She was a monarch who reigned with compassion and integrity and established a deep connection with the public. Text settings. But this treaty explicitly envisages that such action should only happen infrequently and the concepts of uniformity and harmonisation are banished in favour of mutual respect and mutual recognition and free trade and for squaring that circle, for finding the philosophers stone thats enabled us to do this I want to thank President von der Leyen of the European Commission and our brilliant negotiators led by Lord Frost and Michel Barnier, on the EU side Stephanie Rousseau as well as Oliver Lewis, Tim Barrow, Lindsay Appleby and many others their work will be available for scrutiny, followed by a parliamentary vote I hope on Dec 30. And on beating coronavirus and rebuilding our economy. The Commonwealth is the family of nations it is today because of her.". And I want to stress that although of course the arguments with our European friends and partners were sometimes fierce this is, I believe a good deal for the whole of Europe and for our friends and partners as well. Boris Johnson: (39:56) "She was the rock on which modern Britain was built. And my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable, and our brilliant and Darwinian system will produce another leader, equally committed to taking this country forward through tough times, not just helping families to get through it but changing and improving the way we do things, cutting burdens on businesses and families and yes, cutting taxes, because that is the way to generate the growth and the income we need to pay for great public services. And why is it that we are back today for a traditional Conservative cheek by jowler? Its fantastic to see that leveling up. She was down to earth and a woman of common sense. Its good old Michel Barnier. the roll-out of gigabit broadband up over the last three years, since you were kind enough to elect me, up from 7 per cent of our countrys premises having gigabit broadband to 70 per cent today. If you want a supreme example of global Britain in action, of something daring and brilliant, that would simply not have happened if wed remained in the EU, I give you AUKUS. Read Boris Johnson's resignation speech. - New York Times Speaker 1: (13:03) A tide of anxiety washing into every A&E and every GP. Boris Johnson: (29:45) We wouldnt have the fastest growth in the G7. Sir Iain closed his remarks by reading out a reworked poem by WH Auden, edited to pay tribute to the late Queen. Translated on-screen subtitles for videos. Boris Johnson: (24:57) Boris Johnson: (23:19) And in the last few days, Ive tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to change governments when were delivering so much and when we have such a vast mandate and when were actually only a handful of points behind in the polls, even in midterm after quite a few months of pretty relentless sledging and when the economic scene is so difficult domestically and internationally. It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party, that there should be a new . 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This is a transcript of his speech, lightly edited for spelling, as reported by Reuters. ", Sir Iain added: "May God bless her and keep her, and hold her in our hands, and may we bless the Royal family.