you're watching beyond one hundred days... the top stories on bbc news. boris johnson and jeremy hunt begin their final hustings event in the race to become the next conservative leader and prime minister. this is the scene live at the excel centre in london where the candidates will ta ke to london where the candidates will take to the stage shortly. in her last major speech as pm, theresa may says she is worried about the state of politics and public debate here and abroad. the brother of the manchester arena suicide bomber is extradited to the uk to face multiple charges in connection with the attack. a student from birmingham is found guilty of attempted murder after

driving his ford fiesta into cyclist and police outside parliament. —— cyclists. the conservative leadership candidates boris johnson and jeremy huntare candidates boris johnson and jeremy hunt are due to take their place in their final hustings before one of them becomes the country's next prime minister. we can take you to the scene live at the excel centre which is in east london. the audience are eagerly awaiting this final hustings. we are told by the conservative press office that there are around 2500 people in the audience. so this is a big gathering of this last hustings. the format is that boris johnson of this last hustings. the format is that borisjohnson will of this last hustings. the format is that boris johnson will appear first, followed by jeremy that boris johnson will appear first, followed byjeremy hunt, and each candidate is expected to speak and take questions for 45 minutes. there is a video and introduction first, but proceedings proper should get under way at about 7:45pm. we

will be bringing you both of the leadership contenders‘ speeches and q and leadership contenders‘ speeches and qanda leadership contenders‘ speeches and q and a lie. for the time being, let‘s go to ian watson, our political correspondent, who is at the event. —— political correspondent, who is at the event. -- q&a live. what will they eat to be wanting to achieve tonight? from boris johnson's point of view, he will not want to slip up. —— each be wanting to achieve. this is his sixth event. this centre is famous for boxing matches and for holding martial arts contests during the olympics. it is a rather odd thing. you would expect opponents to be in the same ring normally but these opponents will be talking to their audience quite separately. they even arrive separately. boris johnson arrived first, he will be up first, and he said what he wanted to

achieve on his way in as prime minister... deliver brexit by october the 315t. to unite the party. then we are going to get ready in due time to beatjeremy corbyn and the labour party. we asked borisjohnson was he confident of the victory, he said he wasn‘t counting his chickens, but it sounded like he was counting the paltry, because he was making very clear what he wanted to do as prime minister. the supporters are signing a pledge for them to come out of the eu out of october 31. jeremy hunt is on second. some of his supporters we re on second. some of his supporters were coming herejust on second. some of his supporters were coming here just a little while ago. but he was arriving after boris johnson. that should not be taken as any measure of their status, jeremy hunt‘s supporters have said he will run boris johnson close.

hunt‘s supporters have said he will run borisjohnson close. but many people here are talking about what the margin of victory might be for borisjohnson the margin of victory might be for boris johnson rather than a last—minute upset because this time next week a new prime minister will be in place. so it‘s probably late in the day forjeremy hunt to make up in the day forjeremy hunt to make up any lost ground. as you say, a new prime minister by this time next week. but the outgoing prime minister, theresa may, had a few words for her successor, didn‘t she, in her big speech earlier today? that‘s right. she didn‘t say who she had in mind, but she left us to fill in the banks. not that difficult. she denounced the state of british politics and indeed international politics and indeed international politics and indeed international politics and then she said for her successor that it perhaps wasn‘t advisable to make aggressive assertions, backed by the fact that people were looking for real solutions rather than just populist politics. i suspect that was probably aimed more at the front runner than the underdog, jeremy

hunt. she was asked specifically. she adopted a diplomatic silence. nonetheless, she certainly feels that so far there has been too much open quote tribal bitterness close quote so i think she wanted boris johnson to live up to the slogan rather than the things he‘s done in the course of the campaign. —— too much in her own words tribal bitterness. lets see if boris johnson will be more considered to re—rather than combative when he ta kes to re—rather than combative when he takes to the stage in about ten minutes‘ time. takes to the stage in about ten minutes' time. indeed and we will hear more from you throughout the evening but for the time being thanks very much. —— let‘s see if borisjohnson will be more considered this is andrew sharp speaking at the moment. the event will be moderated

by iain dale, thejournalist and commentator. but we will take you back to this eventjust commentator. but we will take you back to this event just as commentator. but we will take you back to this eventjust as we see borisjohnson being back to this eventjust as we see boris johnson being introduced. back to this eventjust as we see borisjohnson being introduced. for the moment let‘s take a look at the main stories. hashem abedi, the brother of the manchester arena bomber, was extradited to britain, flown from libya on a government jet. the atrocity left 22 people dead. more than 100 injured. in may 2017. greater manchester police say hashem abedi will be at the court for charges to murder, and the conspiracy to cause an explosion. he left the country a few weeks before his brother carried out the attack. a high—security convoy sweeping through south london, carrying the brother of the manchester bomber salman abedi, who killed 22 people at a pop concert two years ago. hashem abedi had been held in libya since the time of the attack, but has now been flown

back to britain. today, he has been extradited for offences relating to the manchester arena attack. he was handed over by libyan authorities to british police officers this morning. they escorted him on the flight back and they landed in the united kingdom a short while ago. the bomb, which killed 22 and seriously injured many more, was detonated by salman abedi. police believe he‘d stored the parts for making the bomb in this car, in plastic barrels. he was caught on cctv moving the bomb parts in a suitcase in the days before the attack. at this time, his brother was out of the country, but hashem abedi has been detained on an arrest warrant for the murder of 22 people, the attempted murder of those injured in the bombing and conspiracy to cause an explosion. today‘s extradition is the result of a big cross—government push by, among others, the home office, the foreign office, the crown

prosecution service and, of course, counterterrorism policing. it‘s also involved delicate and painstaking negotiations with both the government in tripoli and also military factions there. the prime minister thanked all those involved in getting it to this point. this is clearly an important moment in the investigation. i hope it is a welcome step for the loved ones of all of the victims, those people who have commanded themselves with such dignity through what has been a deeply distressing and difficult time for them. it‘s all the more remarkable because he was extradited from a country still wracked by civil war, with a government that is only partly in control. it is two years and two months since the manchester arena bombing, which was the worst attack in the uk for 12 years. this evening, for the first time, there is a suspect in custody facing charges. daniel sandford, bbc news.

a student from birmingham has been found guilty of trying to kill cyclists and police officers outside the houses of parliament. the 30—year—old drove his car into pedestrians and a group of cyclists before crashing into police barricades last august. the old bailey heard he wanted to cause maximum carnage and it was miraculous nobody was killed. sarah campbell reports. it‘s the morning rush hour, next to the houses of parliament. watch the circled car. it starts to speed up, then goes the wrong way, hitting a pedestrian and a group of cyclists. the car carries on, accelerating towards two police officers who just managed to jump out of the way. the driver, salih khater, is helped from the car by armed officers. get him out. get on the floor.

a few metres away, paramedics tend to the injured. in court it was described as miraculous that no one was killed. khater crashed into barriers in place to stop terrorists using vehicles as weapons. he did so less than a year—and—a—half after the attacks on london bridge in westminster. salih khater wasn‘t on trial for terrorism offences, but the prosecution argued that because the attack happened here, in a high profile location, and both the public and police were targeted, he might have had a terrorist motive. what's happened, sir? born in sudan, khater came to the uk in 2010. what's happened? in court, he said he‘d travelled to london to find the sudanese embassy and get a passport, but he got lost, panicked, and was in fact trying to pull over when he crashed into the barriers. khater, what's happened?

premeditated and deliberate is how the prosecution described khater‘s actions. found guilty of attempted murder, he‘ll be sentenced in october. sarah campbell, bbc news, westminster. 12 people have been arrested after an assault on a british woman in cyprus. the foreign office said it is supporting the woman and is in contact with the local police. the suspects are due to appear in court tomorrow morning in the south—east of the island near the popular tourist destination in napa. israeli officials have confirmed that 12 of its citizens have been arrested. —— ayia napa. in america the house of representatives has formally condemned president donald trump after a series of attacks aimed at four after a series of attacks aimed at foui’ congresswomen after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen in which he told them to go back to their own countries. the resolution, which is very rarely used, denounced the comment as racist. this afternoon the president went on the offensive

again, calling the politicians the four horsewomen of the apocalypse. nick bryant reports from washington. on capitol hill, fierce words of condemnation for the president‘s racist tweets. i know racism when i see it. i know racism when i feel it. and at the highest level of government, there is no room for racism. these comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting, and these comments are racist. the republicans tried and failed to get nancy pelosi‘s rebuke scrubbed from the record. can i ask for the words to be taken down? i make the point of order that the gentlewoman's words are unparliamentary and ought to be taken down. and such was the mood of acrimony that the acting chairman of the house put down his gavel and left. because we want to just fight, i abandon the chair. the vote went along party lines — only four republicans voted

to condemn donald trump. these are the four democratic congresswoman the president targeted. they call themselves the squad. there is no bottom to the barrel of vitriol that will be used and weaponised to stifle those who want to advance rights for all people in the united states. what did you think when you heard of the tweet? this is a distraction. this is a person that really wants to vilify, demonise not only immigrants, but even communities of colour. donald trump described them today as "vicious young socialist congresswomen" and then quoted a republican senator who called him the "four horsewomen of the apocalypse" and "wackjobs". donald, donald, donald...! all this as the us network nbc released footage of him partying at his florida mansion in 1992. it shows him grabbing a woman and patting her behind. and here he greeted fellow billionairejeffrey epstein, who more than a decade later was registered as a sex offender and whoo this month was charged with sex trafficking — allegations epstein denies.

the thinking in washington ten days ago was that the charges againstjeffrey epstein and his one—time friendship with donald trump would be the summer blockbuster of a new story. but instead of that potential scandal, the president has kept us talking all week about race. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. we can go back to the excel centre in east london where borisjohnson and jeremy hunt are due to take their place in their final hustings before one of them becomes the country‘s next prime minister. we can now go to our political correspondent ian watson. it isa it is a pretty bland backdrop behind me that you can see but there is a lot of activity going on. they are actually moving more seats into the main arena. i am told the turnout is 4500, the biggest of these hustings

events, 16 events, the previous biggest was 1800 conservative members in kent. one of the members who has turned up is none other than robert butlins, a long—standing support of boris johnson. robert butlins, a long—standing support of borisjohnson. no get out ofjail support of borisjohnson. no get out of jail free card tonight forjeremy hunt because lots of people here have said borisjohnson has already won, and a lot of your colleagues have said by a dumping won, and a lot of your colleagues have said bya dumping margin, is that a bit optimistic?” have said bya dumping margin, is that a bit optimistic? i agree, nobody should talk about victory until we see the result. i have been in many election fights, i‘ve won them and lost them, the one thing i‘ve learnt is never to take the electorate for granted. the conservative party is a varied and complex animal. you are not telling me he has lost it? i don't know, i'm hoping he will win, but his fighting for every vote up until it counts. theresa may had a few words aimed, i‘m assuming at her potential

successor. see if you agree. she said it would be unwise for politicians to put forward aggressive assertions without hard evidence. she also said people are looking for real solutions to their problems, not populist policies. was that advice aimed at boris?|j problems, not populist policies. was that advice aimed at boris? i think it is advice saying that there is a zeitgeist existing now in the political body. not just zeitgeist existing now in the political body. notjust here but across the world. we have particular demagogues in british politics. do you think boris johnson? certainly not, i think borisjohnson‘s record as an executive, as a mayor shows he isa man as an executive, as a mayor shows he is a man of the centre—right. he wa nts to is a man of the centre—right. he wants to pursue policies which unite the country and not divide it. yes, he has a particular style you might describe as charismatic, as different, as non—managerial. frankly, that is what i think we need. we need an antidote to the

populism that has affected our politics. boris provides that in spades. that‘s why i‘m supporting him. some say the antidote, but others might say the virus.|j disagree. i know his politics is very much the mainstream of our country. he wants to bring the country. he wants to bring the country together. he is talking about brexit on october the 31st. people say that leaves him no wiggle room. i think boris has delivered clarity on it. i think he is right to talk about a date which was set and agreed by our european colleagues. it‘s a real date. it‘s a real deadline. to ignore it or pretend it doesn‘t exist is fantasy politics. he wants a deal. the party wa nts a politics. he wants a deal. the party

wants a deal. the country wants a deal. we‘ve got to work with that given the chance but we need to prepare for the other eventuality, as well. this is not about threats oi’ as well. this is not about threats or demands to europe, this is about a negotiation, completing a mature negotiation, and that means we need to set out our stall as clearly as possible ahead of that important date. i was speaking to some jeremy hunt supporters early and they said they were desperately worried about a borisjohnson victory. they don‘t think we will get mature negotiation that we will get populist rhetoric. it will throw out any idea of a deal. some say he might be the shortest lived prime minister in british history. this is members of his own party. i have seen the slogans about him uniting the party but he has a long way to travel. it might be take one of these big boris bridges he‘s been talking about to get there. predicting the future is

not a profitable thing to do. it‘s all very well... we need to remember that our best days lie ahead. if we don‘t have that self belief then we are not worthy of the leadership of oui’ are not worthy of the leadership of our country. it's not about the party, it‘s about the country. our country. it's not about the party, it's about the country. some of the people have said that people who are backing borisjohnson isn‘t because they share your rose tinted view of him, they say quite simply he‘s the man to win a snap election. i think talk about election timing is frankly ideal speculation. boris is frankly ideal speculation. boris is an effective campaigner. thanks very much. boris johnson is an effective campaigner. thanks very much. borisjohnson is now taking to the stage to great cheers from an audience of 4500 people to

see both candidates slog it out for the last time. borisjohnson, who is seen as a leading candidate, is taking to the stage to make his final pitch to the conservative members. an exciting election campaign. it has done huge credit to oui’ campaign. it has done huge credit to our conservative party. thanks to everybody who has helped organise it. thanks to iain dale who has done 15 of these amazing interrogations so far. and my opponentjeremy. i know people are down in the dumps about our party at the moment. you wouldn‘t believe it after the reception in this hall. the last election we held in this country we managed to get a staggering 8.8%. we saw our wonderful councillors lose their seats in the may council elections. more than 1300 brilliant conservative councillors went down. and i know there are some people who are gloomy about our prospects. but i want to tell you all tonight, here

in this fantastic excel centre, that the hour is darkest before the dawn. they are going to turn this thing around. we are going to come back and we are going to win. we need to get brexit done. by october 31. to do that we need to do some essential things. we need to do, first of all, ta ke things. we need to do, first of all, take the provisions of our european friends who are living and working in this country. the 3.2 million. we need to pass those protections into law, don‘t we? we should have done it years ago. let‘s do it, let‘s put it years ago. let‘s do it, let‘s put it into law. second, we need to take the £39 billion we are proposing to send to brussels and place it above the talks in a state of creative ambiguity until we get the answer that we need. and then, of course,

we ta ke that we need. and then, of course, we take the complex issues, well, not that complex, there are ready solutions to all of them, but we ta ke solutions to all of them, but we take the questions raised by frictionless trade across the irish border and indeed every other border between the uk and the eu. and we remit them. lose and to the place where they properly belong in the context of the free trade agreement that we will strike with our new european friends and partners after we have come out on october 31. doesn‘t that make sense? it certainly does. that‘s the way forward. at the same time, we‘ve got to get ready, as in any negotiation, everybody has done, everybody knows what it is all about, you have to be prepared to walk away if you must on different terms, don‘t you? it makes sense. this is a great country. we can do it, can‘t we? yes, we certainly can. and i have heard some gloomy populists saying the planes will not fly if we come out of wt0

terms, there won‘t be clean drinking water, i even think i heard it said that there won‘t be adequate supplies of milk solids and glucose, and whey to make mars bars in slough on which our children depend! laughter i even heard it said that somebody in tesco said there would not be christmas dinner if we came out without an agreement on october the sist. without an agreement on october the 31st. do you really think this great country of ours is incapable of making christmas dinner and... i tell you, the planes will fly, whatever deal we do, and it‘ll be a great deal, whatever we do, the planes will fly. and there will be clea n planes will fly. and there will be clean drinking water, my friends, and adequate supplies of glucose and milk solids and whey to make the mars bars that we need. because when there is a will there‘s a way! as you will have heard several times before in the course of this campaign. applause it is then after that that...

actually, before then, if i‘m lucky enough to be elected, as soon as we get on immediately with a programme of revitalising and reinvigorating oui’ of revitalising and reinvigorating our great conservative party and our great conservative plan. it can be summed up as uniting our country in the way i was able, i think, over the way i was able, i think, over the eight years i ran london... 11 yea rs the eight years i ran london... 11 years ago, when i became a macro, we had four of the six poorest boroughs anywhere in the uk. —— when i became mayor. when i finished we had none. the regeneration in this area has been absolutely staggering. we did it by some simple things. we drove down crime. i‘m delighted to see my colleague kit malthouse and others, all of whom played a huge part in this. we drove down crime in london by about 20%. .. we this. we drove down crime in london by about 20%... we got this. we drove down crime in london by about 20%. .. we got the this. we drove down crime in london by about 20%... we got the murder rate down 50%, you cannot fudge that statistic. we got the murder rate

down. fewer than 100 for five years whilst i was mayor. incredible for a city of eight, nine million people. we did that with sound conservative policies, and by backing the police. we put in fantastic transport infrastructure. we encouraged all sorts of ways by which people on modest incomes were able to take opportunities in this extraordinary city. as a result, in the end, it was the people in the poorest quartile of londoners who had seen the biggest increase in their prosperity and life expectancy. that is what modern conservativism is all about. that‘s what we believe in. we believe in the symmetry between a dynamic market economy, and great public service, i want to be the pm who does for the northern powerhouse what we did for crossrail. i want to level up education funding across this country. every conservative surely believes that all of the

children in this country should have the same basic access to a great education. let‘s lift up education funding in this country. raise the cap ata funding in this country. raise the cap at a minimum around the uk. and i will make one more point, it‘s about education, it‘s about transport infrastructure, and of course it‘s about technology of all kinds and i will single out fibre broadband. isn‘t it about time people in this country had access to fibre broadband. the people of spain have about 90% coverage, whereas we have about 90% coverage, whereas we have only 7%. how pathetic! absolutely pathetic. in spain, in pueblos in andalusia, they have superfast connection. we don‘t have that. that‘s not right. it‘s not fairon that. that‘s not right. it‘s not fair on people in towns and communities, in rural britain, which believe you me will be left behind on current tame —— on current

timetables $2033 at we will speed that up, give people fibre broadband in the next five years. —— current timetables by 2033. you level up and unleash the talents of the country. people say how will you commit to that? i‘ve already said how, we conservatives believe in supporting the wealth creators of our country. we believe in enterprise. we understand enterprise. we support the business and the industries of our country. we support what they are doing. notjust in creating health but helping to improve the environment. because it is the breakthroughs in technology, battery technology, wind turbines, all the rest, all of those things helping to improve the environment in this

country and reduce carbon dioxide. whilst creating hundreds and thousands of green collarjobs. that‘s the future of our country. supporting infrastructure and enterprise as a way of protecting the environment and producing jobs at the same time. there is one group of people who do not get that symmetry and that balance at all. who don‘t understand the vital importance of wealth creation. you know who i am talking about, he has an allotment, a string vest, a collection of unsavoury views about all sorts of subjects, i‘m talking aboutjeremy all sorts of subjects, i‘m talking about jeremy corbyn and all sorts of subjects, i‘m talking aboutjeremy corbyn and the labour party. it‘s not just aboutjeremy corbyn and the labour party. it‘s notjust that he supports hamas and the ira, and he backs things like that, it is far worse than that, as well. his economic programme would be absolutely catastrophic for this country. applause he will put up... he would put up

taxes on inheritance, on pensions, corporation tax up to the highest in europe. income tax up by 50 p. a tax not just europe. income tax up by 50 p. a tax notjust on homes but gardens. i revealed to the people of sevenoaks the other day that they have to change their name to three oaks afterjeremy corbyn had finished with them. all to finance, by the way, his chaotic £300 billion programme of renationalisation. absolutely disastrous economic programme for this country. we cannot letjeremy programme for this country. we cannot let jeremy corbyn anywhere near the government of this country, can we? absolutely not. we are not going to do it. we are going to beat him. applause we need to get our mojo back as a party. we need to get on and get out of the eu. on october the 31st...

well done, i‘m glad to say one thing has cut through over the course of this election campaign. if you want to understand, i will conclude with this. if you want to understand why it is that we must leave the eu, and the advantages of coming out of the eu, and the ability to take back control of our own democracy, and our own regulatory framework, i want you to consider this... kipper. this kipper which has been produced to me by the editor of a national newspaper. who received it from a kipper smoker in the isle of man. who is utterly furious because after decades of sending kippers like this through the post, he has had his costs massively increased by brussels bureaucrats who have insisted that each kipper must be accompanied by a... this, a plastic

ice pillow. pointless, pointless expensive environmentally damaging health and safety, ladies and gentlemen. when we come out, therefore, we will not only be able to ta ke therefore, we will not only be able to take back control of our regulatory framework and end this damaging regulatory overkill, but we will also be able to do things, to boost britain plus macroeconomy, which leads the world in so many sectors, bioscience, academia, arts, culture, media, sport, you name it, we lead the world... and we will be able to establish our identity as a truly global britain and get our mojo back. and... by coming out finally we will do the most important thing of all, we will restore trust in politics and restore trust in politics and restore trust in democracy. and... applause we will... we will prick the twin

puffballs, the twin puffballs of the brexit party and the liberal democrat party that are both sprouting so prophetically as puffballs do and feeding on the sense of decay and trust in politics. when we come out on october 31 we will prick those two puffballs, bring the liberal voters back, bring the brexit party vote is back, bring the brexit party vote is back, and we will bring the kippers back, and we will bring the kippers back, as well! i have been working up back, as well! i have been working up to that punch line, as you can tell! laughter and we will send, and by so doing, by so doing, we will send jeremy corbyn packing, and send him into orbit. in conclusion, the last time i was called upon, the last time i was called upon to stop the labour left, we came from behind and defeated them when our conservative party was 17 points behind labour in london. we did it then, we can do it again, we can win, we must win, and

with your help we will win, and i hope i can count on your support. thank you very much. applause so for the year is justjoining us, this is the final hustings taking place for the conservative leadership contest. the man who winds, borisjohnson leadership contest. the man who winds, boris johnson orjeremy leadership contest. the man who winds, borisjohnson orjeremy hunt, they will become not only tory leader by prime minister, said that with a typically spiky performance by borisjohnson, with a typically spiky performance by boris johnson, he with a typically spiky performance by borisjohnson, he spoke there for about 13 minutes and we are expecting them to take questions from the audience and very shortly. that is injail who is moderating the session so let‘s listen in. that is injail who is moderating the session so let's listen in. when we introduce a clean speech into parliament? i will not comment on our programme except to say, we will obviously have a great programme, we will be looking to do all sorts of things i mentioned. but our priority

is to get brexit done. on october 31. and... applause. and i think that's what the country wants to focus on. this is going on for two yea rs, focus on. this is going on for two years, it‘s the longest, it‘s normal to have a clean speech at the beginning of november which would be a kind of convenient timing, would it not? -- queen? your brilliant and a good journalist and i canjoin you on this point, i will not descend from you, that's the point. but you know that my point is, to lisa for a clea n know that my point is, to lisa for a clean speech, you prorogue probably think that this tradition and its president. i thought you are working to that one. what your question is concealing is, you know, ithink mps are now psychologically ready to get this thing over the line. do i think our great party is going to come

together and deliver brexit and restore trust and confidence a democracy? yes, i do. itell you restore trust and confidence a democracy? yes, i do. i tell you why because we are staring down a barrel and we seen thousands of votes haemorrhage away to the liberal democrats and brexit party, and the same goes for labour. with heroic and superego same goes for labour. with heroic and super ego problems, they are following us in the polls, their 18% or something. they will want to get there... they are actually beating you in the latest polls at the moment. i saw them put 18% but maybe... when you see the new head of... someone help me here, i thought it was recent. when you say the new head of the european commission promoting european army in integration and etc, and making it clear yet again with the withdrawal agreement not for reopening, so how do you think you will get a deal over the line by the of october? i think you have with

huge eloquence he and characteristic, youth made the point for me. that the eu is proceeding in the direction for themselves that they had chosen, with further integration, moves towards what is described as european army, in fact it will be bad, they want to deal much, much more integration federalist programme. that is not right for his country. the british people were asked a question, on june 23 2016, did they want to remain part of that programme at ever close union creating effectively a single policy out of 28 countries, a federal programme. and they thought about it very deeply, and they decided on balance, they did not want to do so. and a site different teacher for the uk, global future, we friendships and partnerships around the world as we

carl. partnerships around the world as we can. and we will. and the british people were confident and optimistic about the fate of their country and what it could achieve and they had been slightly dismayed by the gloom and negativity. that may be... i think that's why mps are getting the message and why we will get it done. but you are not getting the message, that‘s my point they will not reopen it. why do you think you‘re in a better place to get them to do it dandy opponent? they regard you suspiciously whereas they regard and that someone who can get business with? i am not, i have a great many friends in the eu council of ministers, you want to know about my abilities negotiating, look what we got them to agree to do after the russians place and it does for people in salisbury. we had the french and germans and many other countries immediately coming to the support of the uk. and agreeing to

expel russian diplomats, russian spies from their own countries. thereby incurring spies from their own countries. there by incurring the spies from their own countries. thereby incurring the wrath and reprisal of the kremlin to show their support and solidarity with their support and solidarity with the uk. we have friends in brussels and we had plenty of people who want to negotiate with us throughout the summer, but as i say, if there is a refusal to be flexible, if there is a refusal to compromise and do what i think everybody can see a sensible, which is protract the existing arrangement until such time we can get free trade deal, if they absolutely will not do it at any price and won't change a doctor, that's in the agreement and i think asi that's in the agreement and i think as i said that's data needs to be junked, then obviously we had no choice that needs to get ready to come out on different terms and that's what we would do. applause.

if they agreed to abolish the backstop, would it be a math intensive withdrawal agreement or are there other demands you want to make? i think the whole agreement is effectively defunct, but that backstop is certainly that that i find most difficult. is that a redline for you? i don't know how everyone else feels but the problem with that backstop is everyone understands that now in this country, and it poses a dilemma for the uk post—op you either have to acce pt the uk post—op you either have to accept that you remain forever in the eu customs union and regulatory alignment with brussels, even though you have no say in setting the tariffs or regulations. 0r you have no say in setting the tariffs or regulations. or else, you have to accept that if the uk wanted to do things differently, we have to

lose control of northern ireland and i think that's an utterly intolerable that night greasy division between the union and great britain and northern ireland and that's an horrible choice. no democratic country could submit to that kind of choice. we will not do it. applause. so it won't work. you said it‘s possible to do an initial deal with the united states before the deadline, the international trade secretary says is impossible. you said you could do it on goods.|j don't know i said that that way you can certainly do, it is you can begin after we come out on october 31, you can begin the work notjust with the us but plenty of other countries around the world. you can once again, the uk will be able to offer tariff schedule is in geneva, and begin work doing free—trade

deals and that's interesting and exciting moment after 45 years. we'll be able to champion free—trade around the world to renew old friendships and partnerships in the way we had not been able to do for a long time, sol way we had not been able to do for a long time, so i think that's a great thing. i will pretend, it's important to people understand, a free trade deal with the bash will not pretend, with the usa will be done with the trice, it's not going to be done with something that's overnight that's presented points to gdp. it don't substantially boost ourgdpa return, gdp. it don't substantially boost our gdp a return, but not something that will be done —— it will substantially. it's important to bearin substantially. it's important to bear in mind, at the us are tough negotiators and we will have to be typed as well. there are huge opportunities and doing free—trade deal with the us, believe me. they will also make very robust demands. and we have to be prepared to be robust and exchange and we certainly will be. would you describe yourself

as feminist? yes, absolutely. a feminist to somebody who believes a fundamentally it be equality of human beings and the equality of the sexes, that's what i believe. applause. 2096 of the conservative parliamentary party is made up of female mps, and i think 30% are in the cabinet. is it 21? would you consider introducing when a short list to get that number up?|j consider introducing when a short list to get that number up? i think that the, i do not want to do anything that discourages women from getting into politics. i want to encourage young women to get into our politics and join our party and needed. that's the way it should be. but i am not certain that introducing quotas, which after all

by nature are discriminatory, is the way to solve the problem. i think... applause. the answer is to show what you mean by doing and when you look at that team i had in city hall when basically, it was 50—50 the top table and city hall, and we did a huge number of things to promote, and i'm proudest of, that thing we did in the foreign office is that we champion this is proof of my feminism by the way, a vital point. all tories should think about this. we champion at 12 years of quality education for every girl in the world. and there is... i did not bring people in this country realise quite how bad the position is and so

many other countries around the world. whether it's sub—saharan africa or south asia, you had female literacy rates running at 60% sometimes 80% in some african countries. and that is the core reason for so many of other problems we are seeing in those countries. whether it's political tension or whatever. if there is a single sort of swiss army net policy to solve the problems of the world, believe me, it is insisting on equality in education between boys and girls cloud around the world. and 12 years... applause. final question, you used the phrase do or die about leaving the eu. i didn't mean it literally. i asked senior political journalist what to ask you tonight and they said there‘s one question on the lips of the lobby today, does borisjohnson died on the lips of the lobby today, does

boris johnson died his on the lips of the lobby today, does borisjohnson died his hair?|j on the lips of the lobby today, does boris johnson died his hair? i don't normally answer personal questions but no, but since you outrageous suggestion. i had no idea said that for now. it looks natural to me. who has to that? shows it's in long election campaign and they really have run out of things to ask me. they know what they would lead the eu and how to do it, they have reduced to asking things... there you go. let's leave the audience has better questions. i‘m going to stand up better questions. i‘m going to stand up so better questions. i‘m going to stand upsoi better questions. i‘m going to stand up so i can see properly and the start of the year. let‘s go to the quy start of the year. let‘s go to the guy standing up in the corner, as he had a microphone? i don‘t know. you, sir. and this block, the lady bear. with the height. in of her. ——

there. go ahead. hi, boris. there is a fear mongering from your opponent about prospects of general election, do you not think an actual fact it's essential to have one for whoever is the next minister to mandate to go for it and take a out of the eu? thank you, i think actually the people of the country really feel they had quite a lot of electoral advance in the last few years. there was an advance in the last few years. there was an election 2015 and my in 2016 and another in 2017, i think what they want is to get on and deliver brexit and that's what we will do. applause. that is what we're going to deliver and then we should get on with revitalising our party pushing out with the new power and conviction of our vision of modern conservativism. which is a great cell and they will

get what we are talking about, we are talking about believing in business and enterprise, precisely because that generates public service. apartment stops you on the 3ist service. apartment stops you on the 31st of october, you may say i‘m being a pessimist, but you will have no alternative but to call a general election. i have talked to friends in the labour benches and they do not show any particular enthusiasm for going to the country with the current leader, let me put it that way. and i do not think anyone in the conservative party wants an election because he felt that the public has had enough. let's get on, get brexit done and come forward with a fantastic programme but this country, which is what we're going to do. (applause) the lady with the blue jacket and then we will come to the gentleman there. do we have a microphone to

there. do we have a microphone to the lady in the blue jacket? thank you. my name is maxine and one of the questions that has been burning all my heart for quite some time now is the hashtag ban abortion in 2019, boris, what are you going to do about the 9 million babies that sadly lost their lives for the past 52 years, that is what i want to ask you. as well as mr hunt as well.|j believe, i have to believe firmly and a woman's right to choose and this is a matter of conscience and our parliament and mp5 should decide according to their conscience and thatis according to their conscience and that is where i am. that gentleman

there and then we will go to the gentleman there in the middle. the grey shirt, is that a grey shirt? good evening. the court have power to deal with 95% of crime at the moment. the prison justice secretary, over here, the present justice secretary has plans to abolish sentencing plans for most magistrates. on the statute books, there will be double sentencing. where do you sit with this? generally, i think the sentencing has become too soft. (applause) particularly in respect to, serious and violent sexual offences that you have seen time after time, people

serving half the sentence in open court or less. and absolutely overwhelming reasons to the contrary, serious sexual and violent offenders should serve the sentence that they have received. i feel that too many people are coming out on licence and then actually committing new offences. i think there have been, i think, new offences. i think there have been, ithink, 12 new offences. i think there have been, i think, 12 murders committed since 2010 by people out on, who have been released early, murderers we re have been released early, murderers were released early and to say nothing of serious sexual offences of all kinds, too many people are coming out early, the public have spotted it and we need to do something about it. gentleman over there, can we get a microphone to him, please. back, back. gentleman.

and then the lady down the front ear. good evening. my name is darren and although you are refusing to acce pt and although you are refusing to accept the possibility of a general election, if that were to become apparent and you have not put national and the brexit party in the box as you wish to do, is there a nyway box as you wish to do, is there anyway you could envisage any form of election working with the brexit party to help stop a jeremy corbin government? by 25 years ago or more that i met nigel farage and a pub for a historic, cold war meeting batch had to recruit him and he tried to recruit me and we both left and went our separate ways and actually, i don't believe that we should do deals with any party. we are the conservative party, where a

great party and we are going to get this thing done, we're going to get this thing done, we're going to get this thing done, we're going to get this thing done, we are going to start trusting confidence in our democracy and then get on with selling our conservative agenda again. why would you even meet him? i will rule it out. yes. i will rule it out. why did you meet him though? thank you for allowing me that important clarification. why did i meet him? because i think i was then, iwas meet him? because i think i was then, i was a journalist and i think he was a metals dealer, he was a metals dealer. let's go to the lady in the front row there. and then the gentleman and the white shirt. good evening, everyone. stand up. wow,

0k. evening, everyone. stand up. wow, ok. good evening. good evening, boris. i want to speak on behalf of the parents who do not know what to do when it comes to teaching children about money management. six out of ten children go to school without the essential skills and their is so much, can you tell me exactly what their plans are to help children from primary school age seven to how to manage money better? it is so interesting, if you do a long election campaign you start to realise what is on peoples minds. it is so interesting how often this question has come up and clearly, we are not doing enough in our schools to teach kids about money management of their finances, of course it is critical for people because their lives can go off the rails simply by

making a few elementary mistakes and they can come up the question is better education as you rightly say both in primary school and we are going to put more money into primary school and we're going to lift up, level up the funding to a minimum of 4004 people and 5000 per pupil and secondary and i will listen to this campaign very carefully and what we can do, if i'm lucky enough to become leader, i will consider the next education secretary or whatever the education secretary, i consider but we will do to better understand the finances among young people because it has been raised so often and it is something we need to address. (applause) are you good at managing money?” think it was hannah that asked me

about my money. what can i say, i am certainly spent a lot, yes. yes. are you going to be first lord of the treasury, came manage the money? yes. followed by the lady there will stop following from the question of managing money, increased public spending and cutting taxes, how will you spending and cutting taxes, how will you pay spending and cutting taxes, how will you pay for this without increasing the deficit? because it was the grey to newsy and sage, in the 14th century that there are some taxes that you can cut that actually stimulate economic growth. and i think he can be observed that when he came to, i think it was the harvest of olives in the 14th century tunisia where they cut the

tax on, which was too high and the farmers grew more olives and the tax yield went up accordingly. and that is an approach, whenever corporation taxes cut, it yields more money. we should be cutting business taxes, now, we should be stimulating growth and stimulate the economy, that, as isaid, and stimulate the economy, that, as i said, that would take the other burdens of business end of businesses obliged to send plastic ice pellets of the post window and send a temper before and suddenly that profit margins were destroyed, there are things that we will be able to do will become out of the eu that we were not able to do before. but the most important thing to do is to use fiscal measures to stimulate economic growth and champion business and that is all we will do. and just to come back to my crucial point, the reason why our mission here today is so important is that there is another political

party that has a diametrically opposite philosophy and thinks that they can continue to pluck, pluck they can continue to pluck, pluck the feathers of, if you imagine the uk economy of having a beautiful two wind bird, but most beautiful birds have two wings, if this bird, one of them is the free market, and the other one is gay public services, you need both to propel the other. but labour —— the other is public service. and the wealth of the economy, that we will go into kind ofa economy, that we will go into kind of a death spiral and that is what we have to avoid. and that is the danger. it is notjustjeremy

corbyn, isjohn mcdonald, john mcdonald so left—wing that he was actually sex by ken livingston for a budget —— sacked by ken livingston for forging a budget, a budget —— sacked by ken livingston forforging a budget, he is a budget —— sacked by ken livingston for forging a budget, he is a marxist, basically and he is doing colossal damage. he said he would cut, would you commit to the tax cut? i will cut corporation tax and my spending commitments so far in this election campaign have been extremely modest by comparison to the other candidate. i would just point that out. very fiscally prudent, we will do great things, but that spending on infrastructure and education and another will be...

will you cut corporation tax? we will turn certainly cut corporation tax. the gentleman in the back. hello, everyone. we live in a world of instant gratification, sense of entitlement, hashtag instant outrage, how are you going to champion a return to common sense and civil debate? thank you so much. ido agree. and civil debate? thank you so much. i do agree. (applause) we have in this country and it is absolutely vital, we have a very important laws against hate speech, xenophobia, against discrimination and racial prejudice of all kinds and racial prejudice of all kinds and it is right that we should enshrine those protections and law. we can be very proud of what we have

achieved, but we also have a history of robust debate in free speech and sometimes we need to be prepared to see things that we think without necessarily getting our heads been off by absolutely everybody. but without inciting any of the prejudices and hatred i described, it can be done. do you think donald trump she did that? do what? tone it down a little bit. i think! said something the other night that made it clear, if you are talking about what... yes, iwill it clear, if you are talking about what... yes, i will repeat it in case you missed it. ithink what... yes, i will repeat it in case you missed it. i think it's totally u na cce pta ble for case you missed it. i think it's totally unacceptable for the leader ofa totally unacceptable for the leader of a great multiracial cultural society to start using the language

of sending people back home. pat we nt of sending people back home. pat went out a long time ago. it's not on. and i am incredibly proud of having having many investors around the world before becoming foreign secretary the people i was married —— mayor of the diverse city on earth. we can be very proud of that because it shows what a amazing magnet we offer talent. there are 300 languages spoken on the streets of london, so yes, i deprecate that kind of language. but if you use that language and send people home type of language, that‘s racist, why won‘t you orjeremy hunt colette out for what it is? i think i made won‘t you orjeremy hunt colette out for what it is? i think! made my position clear on that, and i think the president of the united states use language that's unacceptable. and that is my view. that gentleman

there, and then the press and waiting right at the back there.” would like to start with a greeting... but now i have a serious question, it's regarding british citizens detained and tortured abroad. there is one in india, for 621 days. and then in iran, so what's your commitment when you become prime minister to release them and bring them back to the uk? thank you so much, and i had as you know, i have lobbied on behalf of both individuals and if i am lucky to be elected i will continue to lobby for that. but i want to pay tribute to the amazing work that's done by our foreign office around the world, we had a huge number of other really tragic cases around the

world and the foreign office is doing and amazing and i'm just —— i'm some job doing and amazing and i'm just —— i'm somejob in doing and amazing and i'm just —— i'm some job in helping those people and many of them to get home. right, gentleman in the back waiting again do you have a microphone? and then we will go to the gentleman there who is doing an unfortunate salute. i bet it was accidental. good evening, i hope you can hear me. i just want to ask, how will we ensure the government's housing policies don't lend themselves in creating get is an incredibly? —— ghettos inadvertently. you build fantastic housing in the right place and superb transport infrastructure way you can have mixed communities with high qualityjobs

you can have mixed communities with high quality jobs and you can have mixed communities with high qualityjobs and if you look at disasters that planning and 705 where monocultural di5a5ter5 that planning and 705 where monocultural e5tate5 were built because template there wasn't any tran5port built because template there wasn't any transport infrastructure look around london and states out5ide, you can see what went wrong. so what we should do, is we should immediately get rid of that current u5e5 mayor of london, siddique khan, who is doing nothing. applause he'5 he's not a patch on the old guy, we 5hould he's not a patch on the old guy, we should get rid of and he's doing nothing, we should get rid of them. we should get on with fantastic project5 we should get on with fantastic projects like extending the lines they can build load5 projects like extending the lines they can build loads of homes, and across they can build loads of homes, and acr055 rail a5 they can build loads of homes, and acr055 rail as well, fanta5tic scheme. it across rail as well, fantastic scheme. it would liberate brownfield sites in northeast london enabling to deliver about 200,000 homes within reach of the central

activities and of london. all the dynamism and metropolis you could get mixed communities there and huge numbers of affordable homes and homes for low income people and everybody would be there that's what you need to do, it's a fantastic transport infrastructure, liberating brownfield sites that's what we would do and that's why i made such an emphasis in the speech early on about what i want to do with high quality mass transit, it's a great liberator an equaliser of society. it people on modest incomes can get to the place of work, then cheaply and conveniently, you can transport their lives. and the problem with this estates in the past as there was no easy way to get two jobs so that's what we have to do. we have three minutes left said to my questions can be fit and subject to keep your answer is relatively short. the gentleman over there. do you have a microphone? and then...

you pointed so nicely, so why not. ifi you pointed so nicely, so why not. if i asked my question if i may, and will be here waiting. necessary to was that gentleman over there. you. —— no sir. was that gentleman over there. you. -- no sir. can we come to him next? sigh. —— sorry. -- no sir. can we come to him next? sigh. -- sorry. good evening, i'm a farmer presents counsellor, and when you become our pm, how would you and positive relationships of conservative parties with the british muslims living in the uk, as a large majority of them did not vote for our party? although, the values and principles are closer and closely aligned to our conservative party. it could be crucial for our

next general election, as a muslim but banks could swing over the majority of the constituencies. absolutely right, and if i am lucky to be elected i will of christ lead an immediate programme at engagement notjust an immediate programme at engagement not just what the muslim community, but with all communities that make up but with all communities that make up our incredible society i will get into the mosques and do everything expected to do and i will remind them in the tedious repetitive way i always do. i'm the only reason i am here is because my muslim great—grandfather came in 1912 to wimbledon of all places, in fear of his life and there you go. without which, if it hadn't been for the generosity in helping us that our society, even in 1912, he would not have come to london and to the uk, so what i want is a country that

breeds that spirit of generosity to everyone. that's what i want i want the spirit of generosity and inclusion to everybody. applause. final question comes to our youngest questionnaire, to the whole hustings. hello. when you are prime minister, how will you stop climate change? thank you, listen, everyone heard the question? i salute to reason they and what she has done —— theresa may, particularly that carbon neutral target, it sounds ambitious and crazy and like we are chucking it too far down the pitch but we can deal it. we can reduce

climate change causing gases about client and we do it with new technology and that's what we did. a5 technology and that's what we did. asi technology and that's what we did. as i was saying early, this is the country that is pioneering revolutionary technology, and revolutionary technology, and revolutionary wind turbines, it's our technological, he pointed that out to me, while back. it's revolutionary battery technology thatis revolutionary battery technology that is enabling this country and all sorts of green technology that's enabling this country to take the lead in tackling climate change. when i art —— when i was mayor, the population increased by 200,000. there you go. what happened at the same time of course, is that gdp we nt same time of course, is that gdp went up massively, economic growth was phenomenal, look at the building and construction going on in the city. and yet, in that period, we

cut c02 by 2%. we cut i think by about 20% particulates and 16%. that's because we used fantastic new technology. we improved broyles across the country and elementary things to reduce c02 emissions, you should be very, i know you are very young and that's fantastic to see her, but be optimistic about the future and our country. because we can and the whole planet, because he can and the whole planet, because he can do it. there are technological changes that we can make and they country is in the lead. a5 for everyone else, i'm optimistic about notjust our country everyone else, i'm optimistic about not just our country but also our party, i think you probably want me to leave now on the stage. we are kind of getting there, yeah. boris johnson, thank you very much. applause. so, that is boris

johnson‘s final paycheque to the conservative membership in this spinal hustings. final pitch. 49,000 people listening to what he had to say and we go to our political correspondent ian watson was outside, but he was also listening to what he had to say. they covered a lot of ground of course, i wonder ifi a lot of ground of course, i wonder if i can ask you first about his comments about the clean speech when he said, he would not distinct from the view that november is a good time for a queen speech. can you dissect that? was asked about that which is interesting as a way of meeting and into whether he would prorogue parliament and he effectively said yes, they had it last for a few years and therefore reasonable time for a queen speech setting out the legislation, was it like to tell us what would be in it though, but in november, normally you would therefore suspend to a

more popular language and before having it, it‘s a question is whether he could do that during the debate at brexit, whether could he do that to get a no deal and we know many of his own supporters do not wa nt many of his own supporters do not want that to happen. he has distanced some —— and suffer my suggestion before, but if you saw the clean speech in november than you could see is preferably possible for it to happen but he wasn‘t suggesting explicitly tonight that was going to be the case. i think the other thing people are asking questions about, and some people are saying privately, the reason they are supporting hand is because they think he‘ll be the best campaigner that there is a snap election. he was asked about the prospect that i do snap election he said he felt the british public was subjected to a lot of electoral advances recently and we should get brexit down is what he said. he was also then asked if there were such an election,

could he do any kind of deal or arrangement with nigel farage, at bag which he then went into a long anecdote about meeting them 25 years ago, but he was pushed and a high quality explicitly with a ruling out any kind of deal arrangement with the brexit party and he said i relate out. in terms of other issues he covered, he talked about the brexit party, a general election, i did he get more of a sentence at prime minister that he might be, should he win this contest? i think we got a little bit about, he repeated his off repeated pitch about getting infrastructure and broadband speed, some of that pitch is making it all 16 of these events. but when i thought was particularly interesting tonight, i wife that he was saying hang on, a trade deal

with america, but i after brexit. but he was warning people in the room they could take time. national income wouldn‘t be immediately boosted. he was moving into managing expectation though you might expect from future prime minister, rather than purely a campaigner. also interestingly, i asked a question about whether he could afford tax because he‘s offering and he was saying actually what he was offering was more prudent than his opponent and he would commit himself to specific reduction in corporation tax, so i again i think is beginning to cut his... rather than make policies which are solely designed to appeal to the conservative numbers in the room. we are still waiting now forjeremy hunt, at the second of the two contenders to speak this evening. we will get

something that‘s very different style i think, what we. have you had a chance to gauge any reaction to boris johnson‘s keep a chance to gauge any reaction to borisjohnson‘s keep pitch at there or is it too early? i‘m going to get some reaction in a minute. wejust i‘m going to get some reaction in a minute. we just saw i‘m going to get some reaction in a minute. we just saneremy hunt arrive and set out what he is going to do tonight. my message is, if we're going to deliver that referendum result, we are all democrats, we have to think with their heads and believe that our hearts. i think you. thank you. what an introduction and ladies and gentlemen, just 21 years old, she is giving a speech, she is giving a speech to nearly 5000 people in the centre. i speech to nearly 5000 people in the centre. lam

speech to nearly 5000 people in the centre. i am humbled speech to nearly 5000 people in the centre. lam humbled by what speech to nearly 5000 people in the centre. i am humbled by what she said and! centre. i am humbled by what she said and i am also proud that she wants to be a conservative mp and aren't we lucky. i want her to know that she has been here, done that and got the t—shirt. here you are, eleanor. and while we are talking about t—shirts and slogans, i want to thank the genius in my campaign team who came up with the slogan, it has to be hunt, because of the surname like mine, you think about what it rhymes with, coming up with the slogan is a very important thing to get right and we had some great suggestions from the internet. we had hashtag take a punt on hunt, hashtag but i'm not quite so keen

on, hunt hunt face. just be careful how you say that because you're the party of the family. ladies and gentlemen but a fantastic contest we have had as a draws to a close. i am standing here with the privilege of telling you the things that i want to change as prime minister in our amazing country. and to govern is to choose and i have chosen four priorities and i will tell you all of those priorities. but we cannot deliver any of them until we solve brexit. and i want to answer a question that may be on some people's minds. how can you trust someone who voted remain to deliver brexit and i want to answer that question very directly. a5 foreign secretary, i go around the world and

the most striking thing when i am representing our country, is that wherever you go, other countries have a whole lot more respect for us and we sometimes seem to have for ourselves. (applause) and the reason is, we are one of the oldest and greatest democracies in the world. we have done more to fight for our freedoms and the freedoms of other people and other people's democracies than nearly anyone else and it is notjust world war ii, it is the magna carta, the great reform act, the suffragettes and the reason that i am going to deliver brexit for our country as prime minister is because i want to send a message to people at home and people abroad that we are still that great democracy that does what the people tell us to do. (applause)

no matter the obstacles parliaments may put another way, the hurdles that our european colleagues may throw in front of us, this is a country where people like me do what people like you, the people, tell us to do because democracy is in our dna and you cannot put a price on it. (applause) and there is something else that is incredible about our country is at at crucial moments in our history, we have been bold. the american writer once said, do not go with the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. and that is what we have always done. the boldness of abolishing the slave trade, the boldness of banning

children from going up chimneys and making them go to school, the boldness of the suffragette movement, the boldness of setting up the nhs which countries considered was a conservative minister in 1944, let's hear for sir henry! (applause) but we have notjust been bold, we have been smart. we fought with their heads as well as believing with our hearts and that is what we have to do with brexit because if we do this in a gung ho way, and go about it the wrong way the europeans will block any changes to the deal, parliament will block no deal and we will get into a general election long before we get to october the 315t and we are going to overcome those hurdles by telling the europeans politely, but firmly, and if we do not get a deal they can get

to parliament, there will not be a deal but we are still leaving and he will tell parliament that just like them, we will leave no stone unturned to find the deal because the quickest way to leave the european union is to send a prime minister to brussels who can negotiate a deal that will get through parliament and that is what i'm going to do as foreign secretary, as an entrepreneur, that's why other brexiteers are supporting me because i will deliver that for britain. (applause) did ijust that for britain. (applause) did i just mentioned that for britain. (applause) did ijust mentioned that i was an entrepreneur? have you heard that one before? i entrepreneur? have you heard that one before? lam entrepreneur? have you heard that one before? i am glad that you have been paying attention. i want to do something that i have done at every hustings, just because it says something about our incredible party. i want you to put your hands

up party. i want you to put your hands up if you started your own business. just look around. would you find this at a labour party gathering? would you find it with the lib dems? we are the party of wealth creators and that send a message from the conservative party to every other entrepreneur in the country, thank you for the brilliant things you do for our country! (applause) and this is the first of my full priorities. i want to do what i did when i was in my 205, help other people do the same. i want to fire up people do the same. i want to fire up our economy to be the pro—enterprise, pro—business, high—tech economy in europe. in our big opportunity with the top universities in the world and our country, more tech entrepreneurs, more medicines being development, our opportunity to be the next

silicon valley and i'm going to take a giant step towards that by the most radical cuts in business taxation that we have ever seen. can corporation tax to 12 and a half percent, irish levels. (applause) 90% of high street businesses out of business rates which is a curse for all of them. (applause) and other tax cuts too, because i wa nt and other tax cuts too, because i want to land and economicjumbojet, there is one up there now. perfect timing. it has to be hunt. i want to land an economic... (applause) ajumbojet on land an economic... (applause) a jumbo jet on the land an economic... (applause) ajumbojet on the doorstep so land an economic... (applause) a jumbo jet on the doorstep so when it comes to those trade negotiations, they need us every bit as we need them. and that is my first objective. the second, i am

the foreign secretary who wants our great country to walk tall in the world. and hasn't our navy been brilliant in the last week protecting british shipping. (applause) and i am going to increase the proportion that we spend on defence to two and a half percent and i'm going to do it because the threats are rising in the gulf and with russia, but i'm going to do it for another reason. the point of brexit, i want the world to see that britain, our country has always fought for democratic values and britain is here, bring this back, our voice is strong in the world and we will fight for the things we believe in. (applause) and as conservatives, we have to have a social mission. people know

that we are wealth creators, but they do not always know about our compassion conservative values. i ran the nhs for six years, our social mission should be in education. in our great country, this great city, sadly, still nearly a quarter of primary school levers do not end up being able to read properly. and we are the party that believes and opportunities for everyone , a believes and opportunities for everyone, a letter of opportunity for every single young person and whether they climb that ladder is up to them, but the first run of that latter is to be out or read properly. the conservative government that abolishes the scourge of illiteracy in our society and that is what i'm going to do. (applause) and then finally, your statement is a political promise, to my friends

in the conservative party, i will not take us into a general election and until we have got more young people voting conservative. (applause) we cannot be the party of aspiration if the most aspirational people in our country are not supporting us. sol our country are not supporting us. so i will deal with the unfairness of 6% interest rates on student loans. (applause) just as margaret thatcher put 1 million council tenants, i'm going to put one half million young people on on the housing ladder. i am going to tackle climate change because i wa nt to tackle climate change because i want pollution free cities in our country within ten years, but i'm going to do all of this for another reason which is the heart of

corbyn's success in the last election was his ability to attract young people with fate and bogus promises, we want them back and we are not going ignore labour party under corbin. which is the most ruthless, dangerous, anti—british, anti—western, anti—somatic, group that we had in our history! (applause) get this wrong and there will be no conservative government, no brexit, may even no conservative party. but get this right, get this right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party, unleash the potential of our great country and send jeremy corbyn packing. (applause)

and one final thing, ladies and gentlemen. i have noticed the odd backboards poster, give yourself a cheer. i have noticed a lot of it has to be hunt, give yourself a cheer! bruce forsyth once said, remember only half the audience ever going to like you, but when it comes to the conservative party, bruce was wrong because after this contest, we are going to unite the back boris's and behind, we will come together. because that is what our party wants and that is what our country deserves. thank you very much!

that was jeremy hunt trying to invigorate the cloud and succeeding with quite a few cheers for him. he talked about his previous life as an entrepreneur, which has become something of a recurring theme in these hustings. saying that he was a good negotiator if you got, if he winds the race and were to become prime minister. the question and a nswer prime minister. the question and answer session, let‘s listen in. prime minister. the question and answer session, let's listen in. in answer session, let's listen in. in a way that unites our party. (applause) . and (applause) .and| (applause) . and i know boris would say the same. ido . and i know boris would say the same. i do not quite know it but i think so. i hope it. if you do win,

there is a very good question and i think perhaps this is not the moment to make that announcement if you'll forgive me and i pride myself on the question very directly but i have said that i will not have parliament forced through a no—deal brexit. i don't think you can do that in a parliamentary democracy. but this parliament has been going on for two and a half years, if the longest i can remember, there is president and tradition that before you have a queen speech, you do prorogue parliament for a few weeks and it‘s traditional to have one in the first week of november, go figure. yes, well, that first week of november is very significant because it the weekend