To deliver this, we need to get Britain moving. I want to live in a country where hard work is rewarded, where women can walk home safely at night and where our children have a better future. But I know that we can do better and I know that we must do better. I'm so proud of who we are and what we stand for. And two, that we're not making enough of it. One is that we have huge talent across the country. They taught me the value of hard work and enterprise.Īnd I stand here today as the first Prime Minister of our country to have gone to a comprehensive school. Let down by a Labour council who were more interested in political correctness than they were in school standards. But I was lucky to have been brought up in a family that cared about education. I remember growing up in Leeds, where I saw too many children being let down. Determined to change things so other people didn't feel the same way. It made me angry and it made me determined. Meanwhile, my brothers were given "Junior Pilot" badges. It wasn't the only time in my life that I have been treated differently for being female or for not fitting in. I remember as a young girl being presented on a plane with a "Junior Air Hostess" badge. I know how it feels to have your potential dismissed by those who think they know better. I have juggled my career with raising two wonderful daughters. I have fought to get where I am today. I have fought to get jobs, to get pay rises and get on the housing ladder. What I'm interested in is your hopes and fears that you feel every day.Ĭan you get a good job locally? Is it safe to walk down the high street late at night? Can you get a doctor's appointment? I know how you feel because I have the same hopes and fears. I'm not interested in just talking about things, but actually in doing things. I'm not interested in how many two-for-one offers you buy at the supermarket, how you spend your spare time, or in virtue signalling. So, I'm not going to tell you what to do, or what to think or how to live your life. It is a belief in freedom, in fair play and the great potential of the British people. My friends that is what Conservatism is about. I believe that you know best how to spend your own money, to get on in life and realise your own ambitions. I am driven in this mission by my firm belief in the British people. I am determined to get Britain moving, to get us through the tempest and put us on a stronger footing as a nation. In these tough times, we need to step up. We are dealing with the global economic crisis caused by Covid and by Putin's appalling war in Ukraine. We are now in a new era under King Charles III. Together, we have mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the rock on which modern Britain was built. We gather at a vital time for the United Kingdom. This is what modern Conservatism looks like. Let's get Tory mayors elected in London, in Manchester, in West Yorkshire and right across the country. And Andy Street is a human dynamo, delivering for the people of Birmingham.Īnd our Teesside Mayor Ben Houchen is also delivering new jobs and investment. My friends, this is what a city with a Tory Mayor looks like - it's positive, it's enterprising, it's successful. My friends, it's great to be here with you in Birmingham. It's fantastic to see the cranes across the skyline building new buildings, the busy trams coursing down the streets and the bull standing proudly at the heart of Birmingham.
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