the third, and this is really under this administration, the as anand role created technology in a 21st-century government. >> the british house of commons is currently in recess. prime minister's questions will not be shown tonight. topics range from foreign policy to domestic issues in the u.k..

♪ >> please welcome the leader of the labour party, ed miliband.♪ ♪

[applause] >> i want to start by thanking somebody from the bottom of my heart. a round of applause for justine, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] not my mum, but a woman called ella phillips.

she rode past me on her bike. she fell off. i helped her off, and she called me something i had never been called before. she said i was an action hero. why are you laughing? she said i was an action hero who mysteriously appeared out of nowhere. she said ed was not geeky at all. she said even the way he appeared was suave.

i don't know why you find this so funny. he was dressed casually but had style. sounds like me, doesn't it? i was pretty pleased with this, as you can tell, until something dawned on me. ella said, i was seeing things because i was in quite a daze. you are not kidding, but let me say, if you are watching today, thank you. you have made my year. [applause] i want to start today with the simplest of thoughts. an idea that has inspired change for generations, the belief that helped drive us into the great reforming government of 1945, and ambition that is more important now than it has been for decades.

and emotion felt across this country at kitchen tables every night. a feeling so threatening and words so modest yet hard to believe. words that say britain can be better than this. we are britain. we are better than that in this. are you satisfied with a country where people are working harder for less year after year? are you satisfied with a country which shuts out the voices of millions of ordinary people and listens only to the powerful? are you satisfied with a country standing apart? i am not satisfied. we are britain.

we are better than this. we have to rebuild. and economy built on your success. a society based on your values. rich and poor alike, accepting your responsibility we are going to make it happen. today i am going to tell you how. i want to start with leadership.

it is about those lonely moments when you have to peer deep into your soul. i believed labor needed to turn the page and i was the best person to do it. when i became leader i faced a decision about whether we should stand up to rupert murdoch. it wasn't what had been done in the past, but it was the right right thing to do. [applause] together we faced him down. the other week i faced a different decision about whether the country should go to war. the biggest decision any leader faces. the biggest decision any party faces. all of us were horrified by the appalling chemical weapons attacks in syria. when i became your leader, i

said we would learn the lesson of iraq. it would have been a rush to war. i said no, it was the right thing to do. [applause] you see, the real test of leadership is not whether you stand up to the weak. it's when you stand up to the strong. i remember a woman called molly. molly was in her 70s. she was in her front room, sipping tea, and she said to me, how can you possibly understand the lives of people here, their hopes, and their struggles? it was the right question, and

here is the answer. to me it has to do with the values i have been brought up with. in my house, it was my mum who taught me about values. she is the most patient, generous person i have met in my life. she taught me never to be contemptuous of others. she was teaching me a lesson in life. you have got to leave -- some people say you have to leave

these and see behind, but i have to say they are wrong. [applause] only if you reach out and listen can you do the most important thing a leader can do, the most important qualification for being prime minister. only then will you have the possibility to know who to fight for. guided by the only thing that matters, your sense of what is right. this is what i believe. this is where i stand. this is the leadership britain needs. when i think about who we need to fight for, i think about all the people i have met over the last year. i think of the people of written and their enormous and

extraordinary spirit. i think of our troops serving bravely all around the world. let us pay tribute today. i've seen in afghanistan those young men and women who are young enough to be my son or daughter. serving our country. it is a truly humbling experience. doesn't see events in the last two or three days in can you remind us of the importance of being vigilant against terrorism at home and around the world? i think of the brave men and women of our police force who serve with so little credit each and every day in our country. let's thank them for what they do. [applause]

then i think of all the people i have met over the last year. i did something unusual. i went to town squares and talk to people about their lives. i remember the town meeting i had. it was just coming to the end of the meeting, and this bloke wandered up. he was angry. he was so angry he would not give me his name, but he did tell me his story about how he spent the last 10 years looking after his disabled wife and another four years looking for a job and not finding one. he was angry about immigration, and some people booed him,.

i think of the traders out in all weather, working at all hours, and they said, this country doesn't seem to be rewarding our hard efforts. this society is losing touch with our values. i think of this beautiful spring day and this face in the crowd, this young woman who said she was an ambulance controller, so proud to be working for our national health service. and so proud of her young son, because she was a single parent, 19 years old, and she said, why does everyone portray me as a word in on the system? i am going out there. i am doing the right wing for our country. why doesn't anyone listen to my voice? [applause] then i think of someone i met

just around the corner from where i live. he stopped me in the street. he said, where is your bodyguard? i said, i don't have one. he told me his story. i go out, i do the work. i go all around the country. i earn a decent wage, but i still cannot make ends meet. he said, is anyone going to do anything about those gas and electric bills that go up faster than i can earn a living. he wanted somebody to fight for him. what do you learn? all these people love britain.

they embody it, but all of them believe britain can do better than this. they are right. written will do better than this with the government that fight for you. [applause] for britain to do better than this, we have got to understand why we got here, why things are so tough at the moment. unless we put things right it

will only be a recovery for the few. what i am about to tell you is the only important thing about what needs to change. for generations when the economy grew, the majority got better off, and somewhere along the way that vital link between growing wealth of the country and your family finances was broken. this goes beyond one party or one government. it's more important than which party is in power. when i grew up i saw the

benefits. people were able to go on a holiday their grandparents didn't even dream of, to have a secure pension in retirement and also believe their kids would have a better life than them. that feels a long way away from where britain is today, and that's because it is. somewhere along the way the link was broken. they used to say a rising tide lifts all boats. now it just seems to lift the yachts. [applause] i say this to the people of britain. if i were you i would not even take a second look at a political party unless they made it their central defining

purpose, because your future depends upon it. your children's future depends on it. britain's future depends on it. i say we can do better than this. [applause] now i've got a question for you. do the tories get it? >> no. >> they don't get it, do they? i understand why three and a half years ago some people might have thought david cameron did get it, and that's why people voted for him in the last general election. they voted for change, but i don't believe they got the change they were looking for. next week you are going to see david cameron resuming his lap of honor for how brilliant he has done, laming credit for his enormous achievements, how he saved the economy. he will even be taking off his shirt and flinging it into the

crowd, expecting adoration from the people. maybe i should promise if i become prime minister, i will not ache my shirt off in public. it's just not necessary, is it? i will try to keep us honest. [applause] back to david cameron, he is going on this lap of honor. george osborne as well. aren't they brilliant? come on, one million young people looking for work, more people working part-time who want full-time work. more people working longer, the lowest living standards since 1870. that is worthy of a lap of shame.

[applause] he does have one record. he has been prime minister for 39 months, and in 38 of those months wages have risen more slowly than prices. that means your living standard is following year after year. you will be asking, am i better off now than i was five years ago? we already know the answer will be know?-- be no. you have made the sacrifices,

but you have not gotten the reward. we knew it would take time, whomever was in power, but when the tories tell you the pain will be worth the gain, don't believe them. they can't solve the cost of living crisis, and here's why. the cost of living crisis isn't an accident of david cameron's economic policy. it is his economic policy. [applause] let me explain why. he believes in this thing called the global race, but what he doesn't tell you is he thinks for britain to win the global race you have to lose, lower wages, fewer rights at work, but

britain can't win a race for the lowest wages against countries where wage rate our pennies an hour, and the more we try, the worse things will get for you. britain can't win a race against the sweatshops of the world, and the more we try, the worse it will get for you. written can't win a race against countries where kids leave school at the age of 11. the more we try, the worst things will get for you. it's a race to the bottom. britain cannot and should not win that race. [applause] you see, it's not the achievements of the stories that

really gets me. if they're low aspirations for you but their high hopes of those at the top. the bonuses are back, up 82% takes to the millionaire's tax cut, so when they tell you the economy is better, remember they are not talking about your life. they are talking about your friends at the top. it's high hope for them, and ever so often, the mask slips. a man they call lord howell, he was the advisor on fracking. he said it was wrong to frack in some areas but not in others. he said it was ok in desolate

areas. in one casual aside, dismissing the whole region of the country. let's tell the stories about the northeast of england and every other part of britain. people go to work. they look out for each other. they are proud. [applause] they are proud of their communities.

the tories call them desolate areas. we call them the heroes of our country. [applause] they are fed up with a government that doesn't understand their lies and a prime minister who cannot walk in their shoes. we are britain. we are better than this. [applause] to make britain better, we have got to win a race to the top, not a race to the bottom. other countries will buy our goods. countries will invest. we aren't going to be able to do

it easily. it's going to be tough. let me just say this. you think opposition is tough? you should try government. it's going to be tough. we are going to have to stick to strict spending limits to get the deficit down. we aren't going to be able to spend money we don't have. we can win a race to the top. let me tell you how. it's about the talents we nurture. it's about the vested interest as we take on. let me talk about the future. when i think about my kids who

they're not that interested in the environment, they are more interested in the autobots. they will say, were you the first generation to get climata? that is the question they will be asking. it is not just about environmental care. it is about the future. we cannot afford to have environmental commitments at a time like this -- he is dead wrong, we cannot not afford to have environmental commitments at this time. that is why labor has a leading role in government, to take all

the carbon out. a map towards one million new green jobs in our country. to win that race the top, we have to do something else. we have the support businesses of the future. a small number of large businesses. if you think 15 years ahead, the change and dynamism is so great. most of the new jobs being done will be done by companies that do not yet exist. when this government came to office, since they have come to office, they have cut taxes by 6 billion pounds and raised taxes on small businesses. i do not think that is the right

priority. frankly, they have sure changed small business and i will put it right. the next labor government, in 2015, we will use the money that this government will use to cut taxes for large businesses to cut rates for one point 5 million businesses across our country. that is the way you win the race to the top. [applause] one nation, labor, the party of small business. when we come to office, we will benefit as mrs. -- businesses and we will win the race to the top.

to win that race to the top, we have to nurture the talent of the next generation and the skills of people. there are so many brilliant businesses in our country that provide training to the workforce. business leaders say this to me, there are not enough of them. if you want a government contract, you must provide apprenticeships to the next generation. [applause] we will say, if you want to bring in a skilled worker, then you have a legal duty to provide for the next generation.

i will say that companies doing the right thing, training the workforce, they will have the power over competitors who refused to do the same and that is how we win the race to the top. it is not just business has a responsibility. we have a tragedy in this country. hundreds of thousands of young people on the dole. behind the short word is a tragedy of hundreds of thousands of young lives. our young people should be in education or training and getting back on the road to a proper career. that requires government to check our responsibility for the

next generation in written. and that is what we will two.-- will do. to win the race the top, we had to take advantage of our talent. i took my sunday meal to his first day of school. he was nervous. pretty soon, he started having fun. it's like joining the labour party. it is not exactly like being the leader of the labour party. the demands of the daily school are like a daily -- and we have to understand that. we have to change that. in last century, it was ok because one pair could stay home.

it is not ok now. that is why we want every primary school to have afterschool care that parents need. that is what the next labor government will do. two when the race to the top -- to win the race to the top, we have to focus on minimum wage. [applause] we have to face facts.

there are millions of people in this country going out to work and coming home at night, unable to afford to bring up their families and that is wrong in one of the richest countries in the world. the next labor government must deal with the scourge of low pay. to do that, we have to learn lessons. it is about business and unions working together in the right way to keep the minimum wage at the right level. the minimum wage has been falling in value. i do not often say anything nice about the banks, but there are some sectors that can afford to pay a higher wage and they are. we have to look at sectors that can afford higher minimums. we have to do it on the right basis. that is what we will do. the next labor government will

strengthen the minimum wage to make work pay for millions in our country. that is how you win the race to the top. to win that race to the top, we have to hold the race to the bottom. i'm the son of two immigrants. i'm proud of the welcome that britain gave me and my family. we welcome people who contribute and are part of our community. let me say this, if people want a path to cutting themselves off, labor is not your party. if people -- if people want a party that will set the right rules for working people, labor is your party.

the only party that will do it. employers not paying the right wage and government turning a blind eye. it is a race to the bottom. not under my government. as a race to the bottom, not under my government. shady people exploiting people. that is a race to the bottom. not under my government. rogue landlords putting 15 people in housing. that is a race to the bottom. not under my government. in our country, in our country, in our country. shady and dubious employment practices are a race the bottom. not under my government.

[applause] in case anyone asks whether we are pandering, let's tell them that we stand where labor has always stood emma countering exploitation, wherever they come from. we have never believed a race to the bottom and we have always believed a race to the top. in a race to the top, we had to take on the vested interests that hold our economy back. in the 1990s, we commit to a dynamic market economy. think of those words.

dynamic market economy. think about this. what happens when competition fails? what happens when it fails again and again and again? somebody has to act. trade companies. payday lenders who force people into unpayable debts. putting prices up and up. that is not good for the economy. that is not dynamic market economy. when one sector does well at the expense of others. that is bad for business and for britain. ultimately, i do not think these companies are where the blame lies.

i think it lies of government. i think it lies with government. not standing up with -- to the powerful interests and not standing up for the small. we need to just will energy companies in britain. many to invest in the future. we need to get a fair deal. frankly, there will never be public consent for bad investment on less we get a fair deal. the system is broken and we can fix it. if we win the election in 2015, the next labor government will freeze gas and electricity prices until 2017. [applause] [applause]

your bill will not rise. it will benefit businesses. that is what i mean by government that fights for you. that's what i mean i saying that britain can be better. companies are not going to like this. it will cost them more. they have been over charging people for too long with the market that does not work. it is time to reset the market. we'll pass legislation in our first year in office to do that. we'll have a regulator that is genuinely on the customer's side and enabling the investment that we need. that will be better than this. [applause]

so, making britain better than this starts with our economy. your economic success is the foundation for britain's economic success. it does not stop there. people feel that society has lost touch with values. what they're saying is, they do hard work and effort to bring up their kids in the right way and they feel that their kids are going have a worse life than them. never has that been more true than when it comes to renting or buying a home. many renters want to buy. 9 million people. we don't just have a cost of living crisis. we have a housing crisis. in 2010, there was a problem. if we carry on as we are, by 2020 emma there'll be 2 million

to few homes in britain. we had to do something about it all stop -- by 2020, there will be 2 million too few homes in britain. we have to do something about it. that is what the next labor government will do. [applause] we will take a local authority. neighboring authorities cannot to stop it. -- just stop it. and we will have an aim that britain will be building homes. that is how we will make britain better than this. [applause] nowhere do we need to put the reddish dye use back into our country more than in our -- nowhere do we need to put the british values back into our country more than in our health care.

a 17-year-old girl was suffering from depression and anxiety and told me a heartbreaking story about how she had ended up in hospital for 10 weeks. mental health affects rich and poor, north and south, young and old. we have swept it under the carpet for too long. it is a british thing. we don't like to talk about it. if you have a bad back, or suffering from cancer, you'll

talk about that. if you have depression, you don't want to talk about it because it does not seem right. we have to change that. we have to change that it is to that. it is too -- [applause] it is important for national health. you might say that it will be tough. there will be difficult decisions in government. here's the thing, the 17-year- old said, and that letter, if somebody has identified the problem, i would have ended up in hospital and costing the state thousands of pounds. it is about that early identification. if that is true of mental health, you can do that for care with the elderly. [applause]

there is so much more that our country could be doing for our grandmothers and grandfathers. it is the same story. a grab rail in the home stops people from falling over. and, all the money that that costs. in really tough times, we have raised our site and create the national health service. i want this government do the same. even in tough times. bringing together physical health, mental health, and the care of the elderly. to create the greatest national health service. that is the goal. [applause]

we do not just need to improve the health service, we have to do it. and, the liberals to. -- liberals, too. i really speeches by david cameron. he said that the three most important letters were nhs. he has a funny way of showing it. he was still ship -- saying how great everything was. have you noticed that they have changed their tune? now they say that everything is bad in the national health service. a majority of nurses do a good job.

when things go wrong, we should be the first to say so. the reason david cameron is running down the nhs is not because of doctors and nurses aren't doing as good a job as they were. they have come to a realization that the health service is getting worse on their watch and they are trying to find some the else to blame. when the doctors, blame the nurses, when the last labour government, that is what they are doing. let me tell you about the record of the last labour government. when we came to office, they were targets that were not being

met. when we left office, waiting time targets were being met. only came to office, when we came to office -- when we came to office, when we came to office, people had service that they can rely on. when we came to office, people had fewer services. when we left office, they had more services than before. people said that they did not think it would be there in the next generation. we left them with the highest satisfaction in history. we did rescue the national health service. [applause] when you hear david cameron -- when you hear david cameron talking about what is happening in the nhs, remember it is not complicated.

it is as simple as abc. it is anyone but cameron. we know was responsible. -- who is responsible. the top-down organization that nobody voted for and nobody wanted. the fragmentation of services, we know who is responsible. window was responsible for fewer nurses -- we know who is responsible for fewer nurses. it is this prime minister who is responsible. it is the same old story. we rescued the nhs and they wrecked the nhs. we have to rescue it all over again. that is what the next labour government will do. [applause]

[applause] [applause] ok. right. now, i've explained to you how we can make britain better at changing our economy. i want to talk about how we can change the politics. here's the bit you are looking for two, party reform. -- here is the data that you are

looking forward to. change is difficult. change is uncomfortable. i know people are uncomfortable about some of the changes. the mix like you white is so important. all of the forces rage against us and we cannot just be a party of 200,000 people. we have to be a party of 500, 600, that 500,000, 600,000, or many more. -- 500,000, 600,000, or many more. we have a unique link with trade unions. i want to mend that link. i wanted to hear the voices of working people in our party. not written before. you see, our history, it is you who have been telling us that we have not been rooted enough in the workplaces of our country. that is going to change. that is part of my reform. my reforms are about hearing the voices of people. from people and small businesses

to people working in supermarkets and people at the heart of our party. it is about my politics. leaders matter. of course they do. in the end, little change happens because people make it happen. you cannot beat it party for working people unless you have working people at the core of your party up and down this country. thus the point of my reforms. we can make ourselves a mass membership party. let us make ourselves the people upon party again. -- people's party again.

to change our politics, to change our politics, we have to do more than that. i think about our young people. their energy and their voices. the voices of young people demanding a job in the voices of young people demanding that we shoulder and do not shirk our responsibility to the environment. the young people who have led the fight and won the battle for equal marriage in britain. [applause] and -- and the voices of young people, particularly young women, who say that the title for equality is not one -- battle for inequality is not won. they want 50% of mps to be women. they are right. they are not satisfied.

that not satisfied. -- they are not satisfied. we still do not have equal pay for equal value. they are not satisfied and they are right. and they are not satisfied. and they are not satisfied that britain, it 2013, women are still subject to violence in everyday sexism. they are not satisfied. they are right. friends, friends, let's give a voice to these people in our party. let's give a voice to these people in our democracy. let's make these people part of our democracy. you know, we have to win the battle. the most important institution

of all is our united kingdom. [applause] friends, evolution works. our first minister of wales shows that evolution works. let's praise the leadership of our scottish leadership for the brilliant job that they are doing. now, that referendum is going to be conducted on facts and

figures and arguments and counter arguments -- counterarguments. i the story of kathy. she living glasco. she worked in local supermarket. in 2010, she was diagnosed with a serious heart problem. she came in 2011 as a delegate. she bill ill -- fell ill. the doctors said that they would have to give her a long and kathy pulledon.

through. she went back to glasgow. she came back after six months, and she said to me, the nurses and doctors don't ask whether she is english or scottish. the hospital doesn't care where she lives. they care about her because she a citizen of our united kingdom. [applause] friends, cathy is with us toda.,

where is she? [applause] friends, i don't want cap the to become a foreigner. let's win the battle for the united kingdom. [applause] i've talk to you today about policy and what the labor government would do, how it would make britain better in the race to the top, to change our politics and let new voices in. the next election isn't going to be just about policy. it's going to be about how we lead and the are we show.

i've got a message for the tories. they want to have a debate about leadership and character. be my guest. [applause] and if you want to know the difference between me and david cameron, here is an easy way to remember it. versus was murdoch mccann, he took the side of murdoch. he took the side of the tobacco lobbyist. whether it was millionaires or the people take -- paying the tax, he took the side of the millionaires. david cameron was the prime thester who introduced bedroom tax. i will be the prime minister who repeals it.

[applause] [applause] you see, here's the thing about david cameron -- he may be strong at standing up to the weak, but he's always weak when it comes to standing up against the strong. that's the difference between me and david cameron. so let's have that debate about leadership and character. and i relish that debate. [applause]

we'll see the tories in the next election. people on benefits versus those in work. people in unions against those outside of unions, people in the private sector versus the public sector. people in the north against those in the south. it's the worst form of politics. like sending vans into areas of britain and telling people to go home. i stay with brit -- britain, we're better than this. telling anyone, telling anyone

who's looking for a job, that they're a scrounger, however hard they're working, even if work were available, i say we're britain, we're better than this. so come on. i have a message -- you can tell your linten crosby, it might work elsewhere, but it won't work here with britain. we're better than this. friends, the easy path for politics is to divide. you need to know this about me. i believe in seeing the best in people, not the worst. that's what i'm about. that's how we create one nation. that's how we make britain better than this. that's how we have a government that fights for you.

prepare yourself for that fight. when you think of that fight, don't think about our party, think about our country. i don't want to win this fight for labour. i want to win it for britain. throughout our history, the voices of hope have been raised against the voices of fear, the voices of hope have won through. those who said at the dawn of the industrial revolution that working people needed the vote and they wouldn't wait. they knew britain could be

better than this. and we were. those that said at the birth of the new century. for those with the birth of a new century that working people needed a party to fight for them and the old order wouldn't do. they knew britain could do better than this and we were. those who said after the second world war that britain could rebuild after the war and said never again, they knew britain could do better than this. we did. those who said as the 20th century grew old and the battle for equality is still young, they knew britain could do better than this. and we did. so now it's to us to build one nation, the country for all, a britain we rebuild together. britain's best days lie ahead.

britain can do better than this. we're britain, we're better than this. i'll lead a government that fights for you. thank you very much. [ applause ] [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

>> the british house of commons is in recess next week. prime ministers questions returned wednesday, october 9 with live coverage on c-span two at 7:00 a.m. eastern and later in the week at 9:00 eastern on c-span. now, remarks from u.k. independent party leader nigel farish -- farage. topics include britain's addition within the european union, the parties recent stance on syria. the u.k. independence party

currently holds 11 seats in the european parliament but has no members in the british house of commons. this is 40 minutes. >> well. good morning everybody. we have been on the march for 20 long years. there have been many failures, many disappointments, many ups and downs. we have beens, roundly abused and left that and mocked and derided. despite that, over the past 18 months, something remarkable is happening and we are now changing the face of british politics. [applause] jane collins coming second in the election with our percentage a tremor sent

through westminster into downing street. then secondd, and in south shields. they way the labor both inched up shields but they must be using imperial measurements. richard's share of the vote went from zero percent to 25% in the space of three weeks. truly remarkable. [applause] then, the election where again, diane james secured over 11,000 votes. our vote share was up by 24%, had it gone on for another week, we would have overtaken but i am quite sure that in 2015, when you stand there in the general election, you will win that seat. [applause]

i said at the time, we would be established as the third party in british politics. we now have over 30,000 members and are rising fast. by the time of the next general election, we will have the third highest membership of any party in this country. we are going up at a time when all the rest are going down. we are pleased with what is going on. they are appalled and the commentators are simply stunned and amazed. [applause] in eight months, we have the european elections and we have many council elections. we are going to be building cabinets in both. we intend to put thousands of candidates for those local elections with a big emphasis

and a big push here in london where the local seats are up for grabs. i am not going to take anything for granted. but i think we might do quite well next year. in fact, my conviction is that we can come first in those european elections and cause an earthquake in british politics. [applause] i also believe that in a funny way, the council elections on that day are even more important than the european elections themselves. this year, we made a great breakthrough on may 2, getting 23% of the vote across english counties and we now hold 227 council seats. i think we have every opportunity on may next year to

win hundreds and hundreds of council seats up and down this country and to build the kind of support we will need to go on and win seats in the general election of 2015. it is a big day for us next year. [applause] we are changing the political agenda in this country. cameronthis year, david said he believed there should be a referendum on our membership with the european union. that wouldn't have happened without us. i think you would also see our influence in the debate on immigration. perhaps significantly, something i am very proud of, we made our position on syria absolutely clear. we are sick to death of this country getting involved in endless foreign wars without object. we made it clear that we thought voting no, against war in syria,

was the right thing to do. many of the backbench politicians in westminster are more scared of the constituencies than they are the whips and their own parties. [applause] this change has been gradually building over the years. it is partly fear, partly disillusionment and partly mass engagement. when we launched this party, only 17% thought we should leave the european union. today, that figure is 67%. the survey shows that britain is moving. it is not just doing that on the question of the european union. it is doing it on many areas of our national life. welfare.

the benefits system should be there for the needy and not there for the lifestyle choice. on education -- [applause] we are the only party that believes in social mobility. to all the rest of them, they have effectively pulled the ladder out. people who come from poor backgrounds -- we are championing the idea that we need them or schools. we are changing national debates. [applause] and, on immigration. we certainly change to the debate on immigration. this is a debate that i think is vital. it is the single most important, biggest question that is urgently facing our country. it everything. it affects the national health

service, our economy, primary school placement, public the establishment have done everything they can to close down debate on this issue and to decry anybody that there is to discuss the issue somehow as being bad and racist. we will not have that -- this issue must be debated. [applause] i say that -- we are a nation that has always been open-minded to immigration. of all the countries in europe, we have been the most open to people from different countries coming here from around the world. it is a question of scale. more people settled in this country in 2010 then came here for the previous 1000 years. totally and utterly out of

control. i am not against immigration. there are many people that come to britain who we look up to and admire. they come here, they work hard, they pay taxes. they obey the law. andourse, we welcome understand why people want to come into this country. but, we have got to control it. i think i am speaking here as much for the settled ethnic minorities in this country as i am the families who have been here forever and i say that half a million new arrivals every year is totally unsustainable and not good for our way of life. [applause] you really haven't got to be a rocket scientist. we talk about it directly.

we have taken some stink for it. many of the commentators in london are bewildered by this. and -- it isere all a long way from london. actually, every time i go out and speak, we now get audiences of 500 or 600 people coming along. this debate is filling theaters up and down the land. when i ask for a show of hands, over 80% of those audiences are not members of u.k.. they are members of the great british public who are interested and want to be here and listen. the idea that people are disconnected from politics is wrong. people aren't disconnected from politics. they are disconnected from the current class of politicians who will not have an open honest debate. [applause]

who is the typical u.k. voter? define the u.k. voter. i have to say, when you look into those audiences, it is very difficult to do. we have a range in that room. we have workers, employers, self-employed, big businesses, shop owners, rich people, people in the middle, people who are struggling, people young, old, unemployed, people -- few of whom have left or right-wing opinions. as to them are roughly in the middle. very few of them are political activists. some of them haven't voted for anybody for the last 20 years. they are good, decent, patriotic, hard-working, law- abiding british people. frankly, i feel we are the only party which stands up and speaks for them. [applause]

and certainly what brings this a collective -- eclectic mix of people together, they are fed up of the careerists in westminster who looked the same, sound the same and are never prepared to put the interests of the british people first. [applause] just look at them. it is like a game. spot the difference between the politicians. they are all desperately fighting to hold the men around which they can't even -- middle ground which they can't even find.

politicians who don't say what they really mean. we are different from that. we are unafraid to stand up and say it as it is. we don't go around the country saying, are you thinking what we're thinking? [laughter] we don't need to do that. we stand up and we tell it how it is. people agree with us or not. at least they know where we stand. i am proud of that. [applause] that is why ukip is the most independent minded body of men and women who have come together in the name of british politics. of that i have no doubt. but that does present occasional difficulties. [laughter] withve got some people overactive facebook accounts that cause difficulty. we have some who make public

pronouncements that i would not necessarily have chosen to make myself. i had a blistering row the other evening. i'd don't think i will be invited back. he wants to fight for his beliefs and i was arguing about the big messages. that is not uncommon. i have policy disagreements sometimes. the essence of our recent success is our ability to push the boundaries of debate. we succeeded in changing the national debate on many issues. so, if the choice is between our being browbeaten through political correctness or to be a party of free debate, then there is no doubt we must be a party of radical alternatives and of free speech. [applause]

there is one important qualification. we firmly oppose racism, extremism and the secretary and is him of the left or right. -- sectarianism of the left or right. we know where we stand. we know exactly where we stand. [applause] it is not all going to be easy. i have no doubt that we are worrying and shaking the establishment to such an extent that they really don't quite know what to do about us. what they do know is if they take us on on the big issues and debate them openly with us, they will lose. they will lose. what they have decided to do is not to go for the bowl but to go

-- the bull but to go for the player. know that while that is tough for the individual in some ways, it is even tougher for the wives, husbands, and children and families. this is a tough game and i would ask you as our party faithful, our loyalists, to remember that those up at the front leading the charge for ukip need a lot of strong physical and moral support as well. i ask for that, please. [applause] we have been here for 20 years. some people keep asking, what is ukip now? first tummy tuck about the european question, then immigration, then grammar schools. i will attempt to redefine what

ukip is with this card. ukip is a freethinking egalitarian party opposed to ism and sectarian extremism. we are dedicated to liberty and equality under the law and the aspirations of the british people. we will always act in the interest of the british nation especially on immigration, employment, energy supply. we know that only by leaving the european union can we regain control of our borders, our parliament, our democracy and our ability to trade freely with the fastest-growing economies in the world. a referendum to allow the country to decide this matter will create the greatest opportunity for national renewal in our lifetimes. that is my definition of ukip. [applause]

it is all the things our detractors want you not to believe. it is optimistic, open to the world. it is the opposite of being insular. we want to be out there, trading with countries that have growth rates of five percent, six percent, seven percent, eight to 10, 9%, 10%. we need to open ourselves up. [applause] we need to open ourselves up. particularly to english-speaking countries within the commonwealth. wouldn't that make sense? [applause] these are our real friends in the world. many of those countries have as their head of states, the queen. i don't want to hear any more people talking about, we need to have a european future. britain does not need a european

future. written needs a -- britain needs a global future and we can only have that as an independent country. that is the positive looking forward message of this party. [applause] the truth is we should never have joined this union in the first place. frankly, we are different. our geography, our history, our institutions make us look and think differently. actually"ot the "love speech but it is a recognition of things that were right 20 years ago. common law,gives us civil rights, habeas corpus, the production of innocence before guilt. the right to a trial by jury. on the continent, we have an entirely different system where

confession is the mother of all evidence. four years ago, i fought hard for a lead from north london who was charged with manslaughter. taken on a european arrest warrant. he was held for 10 months in the most appalling conditions in a greek jail. he was detained in greece on bail. he walked free when the prosecutor dropped the case without charge. government ande of lawion -- what part and order and social justice should be up into? i want to make our position absolutely clear. we say the european arrest isen't is a total -- warrant a total abomination to those who

care about freedom and justice. [applause] we have much to be proud of. we are a country that has had this great tradition of free speech. throughout europe, england was known as the land of liberty. you could dissent, you could think freely. independent minds and voices and ukip is not an oddity. we are in the mainstream of british local life through the centuries. i was first elected in 1999 to the european parliament believing that we were a square peg in a round hole for all the reasons i have just given. i thought we shouldn't be part of it but if the rest of europe wanted it, that was fine by me. i now believe that the european commission has hijacked the very concept of europe. they've adopted a flag, an anthem, a president -- not that

you've heard of them, but never mind. through their mad euro project, they have driven tens of millions of people into poverty. through their climate change obsession, they have did -- destroyed much of industry across europe. their refusal to listen to people or offer alternatives is beginning to lead to the kind of extreme nationalisms that the project was supposed to stop in the first place. i can declare today that we of ukip are actually the true europeans. we want to live and work and ofef -- breathe in a europe free, democratic sovereign states. just want the u.k. out of the european union. i want europe out of the european union too. [laughter] = -- [applause]

if we had been told the truth, we would never have joined. we would never join something to give away the supremacy of law. we -- what a shower of directives. we finished up with process, inspection and regulation. they have taken over from production, leadership and enterprise. we have got to reverse that culture. we have got to free rich business. we have to get european law off their backs. [applause] i spent 20 years working in the financial services industry. yes i had a job before doing

this. it is britain's biggest industry. it is not all about the city of london. it is about birmingham, newcastle, all these different places that operate. it is not all about the bankers. it is about insurance, stocks and shares, pensions, commodities, a whole range of industries in which britain is a world leader. but i am afraid it is now irrelevant to that industry whether we have a conservative government, a coalition government or a labor government. we have transferred management of britain's biggest industry over to a very charming frenchman who doesn't wish our industry well. we have got to take back control of managing britain's biggest industry. these are the things we have to do to move on. [applause]

we've given up control of our economy. we are giving up our own concept of civil rights. we have got to stand up and defend those rights. it is very interesting that europe now has supplanted our system that we have had for all the centuries. it has supplanted it with a human rights charter. under the charter, they can hold andrew in greece on a jumped up -- trumped up charge for years. can't.can't -- yet we we need to throw this in the bin. [applause] our own politics frankly has become a charade. 2, all the parties now talk tough on immigration. it is like a bidding war that

has been going on between miliband.legg and some of their right-wing rhetoric worries me. it is a charade. all of this talk from david cameron, that he would bring immigration down to tens of thousands. the recent cries -- the figures are that last year 497,000 people settled in this country. i am not sure even the commentators understand this. about europe and the rights of entry and .esidence robertson stopped me he said, this debate is about immigration. it is not about europe. but it is, isn't it? it is one and the same thing. we have 10,000 people a week

coming into britain. half a million coming in every year. maybe 5 million economic migrants in the space of the last 10 years. it is unprecedented. it has never happened before. the effects are obvious in every single part of our national life. massive strain on the nhs and primary schools. shortage of social housing. a driving up of house prices. i feel very sorry for the one million youngsters in this country who are currently without work and yet we have a massive oversupply in the unskilled labor market coming into this country from eastern europe and elsewhere. it doesn't make sense and yet, from the first of january next year, the risks are going to increase first or -- further. the seven year transition. period is finished. we open the doors to up to 28 million people who if they wish to come to this country, can. they can access not just the workplace, but they can access

our welfare system to. how many will come, we don't know. the foreign office think it will be about 13,000 but their track record isn't terribly good. migration watch think there will be 50,000 a year for the first five years. i don't know, it could be many times that. none of us knows. why on earth would you take the risk? let's be clear. fromn't blame people romania and bulgaria for wanting to come here. i would be packing my bags now. money, isn't it? is is about opportunity. the wage here is worth five or six times what it is in romania and bulgaria. just think of it. a family and bulgaria, if the father comes to britain to work, not only can he earned money and send some money home, but he can claim child benefits for the children. that in terms of purchasing

power, is very great. anti-'t want to be people from those countries wanting to better their life, but how can it be right? people can come into britain and effectively claim jobseekers allowance and housing benefits within a couple of weeks of arriving here. how can that make sense and how can that be fair? to our own people. they have paid into the social security system for generations. i don't think it is right and i don't think it is fair at all. i think this is the issue of the biggest disconnect for the ordinary people in this country. they can't do anything about it. they are tied through a series of european commitments that we have to have the open door. they are not prepared to do anything about it. i have no doubt that i shall get severely criticized for this but i have to say, there is an even darker side to the opening of

the door in january. london is already experiencing a romanian crime wave. there have been an astounding 28,000 arrests in the metropolitan area of the romanians in the last five years alone. 92% of atm crime in the capital is already being committed by romanian gangs. this surely gets to the heart of the kind of immigration policy that we want to run. we should not be opening our doors on january 1 two romanian criminal gangs. we need to get back the power to deport those who come here and commit offenses and mr. cameron, mr. clegg, mr. miller band, are you listening? band, are you listening? [applause] we are the only people with a solution.

the only way we can take back andcontrol of our borders decide who comes to this country is by divorcing ourselves amicably from this european union and taking back control. i don't want to prolong the agony. as far as i can concern, the sooner we do it, the better. we know we have 67% of the public already on our side. i think -- life outside the european union -- it is a very attractive prospect. 55er all, we will save billion pounds a day in terms of our contribution. that is not about start -- a bad start. we could do also to things. we could reduce the deficit, reduce corporation tax to 10% making us the most competitive place in the world. there are lots of things we could do with that money to make written better. what i am certain of it that we will get our money and our borders back. we will get our parliament back. we will get our parliament --

we will get our seatback on the global bodies that make an influence and run the world. we will have the ability to strike free-trade deals with whoever we choose. we could be a force of good in the world. we could do far more to raise living standards than giving away a billion pounds a month. [applause] now, there are some out there who say we can't go it alone. our global influence will decline if we are to small. you know the sort of people. ashdown, kenneth, we quite like him really. it is just his policies we can bear. are the voice of

little england. we are the voice of great britain. [applause] let's be ambitious. are bound by the -- no longer bound by the aging structures of the european union where growth rates are only a dream. let's get out and engage with the world. the up-and-coming countries in asia where growth rates are running double digits. let's not rely on a debt fueled boom to get the economy giving -- moving. let's trade our way to national prosperity by being a global trading nation. i have no doubt we will be told, if you are not part of brussels, they won't trade with you.

well, there are nearly 10,000 trucks everyday that come up through the tunnel carrying foreign goods into the british marketplace. i think it is a fair assumption to say that they won't stop coming. after all, they sell us 40 billion pounds worth of food a are their most important export market in the world. the idea that the eu would attempt to trade more with britain is incredible and it isn't realistic. there is a real reason. will be no trade reprisals against britain. it is this. industryn motorcar simply won't allow it. can you imagine angela merkel going to mr. mercedes, i am very sorry but we are entering a trade war with britain. it simply won't happen. economic logic says we will go on trading freely with the

states of the european union without being member of the local union. -- political union. [applause] so it is a positive, forward- looking vision. has started telling people what it is for. what it is for on the big constitutional questions. through this conference, you are being told what we are for in terms of energy, national health service, housing and a whole range of other policies. it is only by leaving the european union that we can actually regain the kind of national self-confidence that we need to do the right thing. i said earlier that we are changing the face of british policy and it is true. all of our arguments are now gaining traction.

in terms of rhetoric, the other parties are attempting to move into our territory. of course, without the slightest intention of actually delivering . mr. cameron wants a referendum. we have held it all before. is sincerelieve he this time. he is using a word, a trick word. the same word that wilson used in the 70's. he is using the word "renegotiation." more than ait is no cynical tactic to kick the issue beyond the next general election. how i look for this afternoon to hearing lord digby jones on this , the former british trade minister under the last labor government, tell us what the sheer futility of renegotiation really is. i look forward to hearing that this afternoon. i really do. [applause]

we are being told that the tories now believe in a referendum. if we were to split the tory , there won't be a referendum. let me make you a promise. i have no doubt that the time the next general election comes around, the labor and liberal democrats will promise a referendum as well. all do, don't they? they all promise a referendum. they have done it in every general election since 1997 and none of them have really have the slightest intention of ever carrying it through. so much talk in britain at the moment about the next election. of course, you would believe the next election is in 2015. i remind everybody, the next election is on may 22, 2014.

the next national elections are the european elections. they offer voters a real chance to express their views without worrying who does or does not get into downing street. the campaign next year is going to be dominated by the issue of open-door immigration to eastern europe. if the coalition wants to save their skins in that election, they must before january 1, tell brussels that we will not unconditionally open our doors to the whole of bulgaria and the rest. if they ignore it, then what i turn thee do is european elections on may 22 into the referendum that we have never had so that we can express our opinion on the european union and on open borders. [applause]

let's make may 22 next year, let's make it that referendum and use it as an opportunity to send an earthquake through westminster politics. let's stand up collectively as a nation and say, we won't -- want our country back. thank you very much indeed. [applause] >> last week, a panel of climate experts released a report that said humans were to blame for the underlying effects of climate change. to greenhousented gas emissions as one of the main factors in the earth's changing temperatures. british deputy prime minister nick clegg spoke about his report. he talked about the u n regarding syria's chemical still awaitingas approval by the full un security council at the time of his remarks. this is 20 minutes.

>> mr. president, deputy terry -- deputy secretary-general, ladies and gentlemen, in my lifetime the world has been sliced up and labeled in many different ways. east and west. communism and capitalism. north and south. christian and muslim. developed and developing. as we meet today, the most important fall line is not one of geography or ideology or religion or wealth. it is the divide between societies which are open and those which are closed. open societies choose democracy and freedom at home, engagement and response ability abroad. closed societies suppress the liberty of their citizens, draw

a veil across their actions and withdraw from our shared international life. we must be honest. isolationism of have gained momentum in recent years. discrediting democracy feels easier. authoritarian states point enthusiastically at the ongoing fallout of the 2008 financial crisis. proof, they say, of a broken western model. they feel vindicated. their citizens may be less free, but their birthright outstripped those in the west. at the same time, in many of the states affected by the financial crash, austerity has given rise to a period of introspection. the impulse is to turn in rather than face out. a crisis of confidence has threatened to take hold in parts

of the developed world. it is not surprising to hear some argue that liberal democracy has had its day and that our multilateral system is becoming obsolete. those who make these claims are wrong. they are drawing the wrong conclusions from recent events. the real lesson of the last five years has been the remarkable andlience of open societies the acute need for international cooperation in today's world. liberal democracies in europe and across the atlantic have weathered profound economic difficulty. the eurozone did not fall over as many said it would. by working together, disaster was averted. the sovereign debt crisis is being managed. in europe, we have maintained stability at a time of great upheaval because for the most part, our citizens have expressed their frustration

peacefully and through the ballot box. where there has been an arrest -- unrest, democracies have managed it with relative success. just as the events of recent years have revealed the weaknesses of some western economies, they have also underscored the great strength of open societies. the ability to evolve and adapt. open societies do not fear change. in the 21st century, this openness to reform is critical to lasting stability and success. democracy, free speech, participation, equality before the law, the right to peaceful protest. the right to be educated, the chance to work, these are not western values. they are the political and economic freedoms sought by citizens everywhere and they are gaining force in every country around the globe. governments who ignore them are

fighting a losing battle. democracy didn't fail in egypt. a single set of elections failed. egypt needs to return to the path of inclusive democracy. the democratic urge remains as strong as when they first square. in tahrir important progress has been made. in libya, the national congress is working towards elections in early 2014. although difficult challenges --ain, yemen has church and chosen reconciliation over violence. tunisia is also focused on and furtherocracy elections are expected in 2014. these nations will undergo more

turbulence. that is certain. well functioning democracy cannot emerge overnight. it cannot be exported from the west or dropped on a country from a thousand feet. that much we have learned from the failures of the past. developing the culture and institutions needed, the rule of law, human rights, this is a painstaking process for every country involved. it requires strategic patience from the rest of the world. while the road to democracy is difficult, the direction of travel is set. look, people are standing together against discrimination, for equality. against oppression, for liberty. a wave of openness has emerged. transcending borders and cultures, men and women of every creed, faith and color calling

for fair opportunities and demanding to be heard. the united kingdom is clear. we are on the side of all those who support political freedom and economic empowerment. there will be no pulling out of the drawbridge from us. no heading into retreat. we will resist any impulse to turn our back on the world. and the middle east, we are helping states put in place the building blocks for their democracies. whether by training libyan officials to survive their collections or supporting a free media by training journalists in morocco. these are the nuts and bolts of successful democratic transition. we are also supporting these countries' economies through our stewardship of the g8 partnership. helping small and medium-size enterprises and crucially promoting greater participation

by women. we have kept a political spotlight on the need to return assets stolen by the former regime's in these countries. , our priority is to help bring about a political settlement. the foundations for a settlement were agreed in geneva last year. establishing on the basis of mutual consent, a transitional governing body with full executive power. we are in close touch about convening a second geneva conference as soon as possible. no meaningful political solution can occur without the moderate syrian opposition. we recognize the syrian national coalition as the legitimate representatives of the syrian people. we recognize their commitment to the geneva process and to building a secular democratic and pluralist syria that ensures equal rights for all.

on the issue of chemical weapons in syria, the assad regime committed a war crime under international humanitarian law on the 21st of august. launching a large-scale chemical weapons attack on its own people. the first attack on this scale for 25 years. 88 years after such weapons were universally banned. as president obama said here on tuesday, it is an insult to human reason to suggest that the regime was not responsible for this worker and. the international community -- war crime. the international community must react in unison. we hope to adopt a security council resolution establishing binding legal obligations on the syrian regime for the removal and destruction of syria's vast chemical weapons arsenal. on wednesday, i announced that the and i -- united kingdom will

provide humanitarian support for the syrian people ringing total u.k. funding to $800 million, half a million pounds. our biggest ever response to a humanitarian crisis. much of it is aimed at helping the children caught up in this tragic conflict. has raised close to $1 billion of humanitarian support this month. i hope others will step up and contribute. -- i call on all parties to operate without hindrance or the threat of violence. unless this urgent humanitarian accident is given, no amount of money can alleviate the suffering. i welcome president rouhani's comments on tuesday that he wanted constructive engagement between iran and the rest of the world and to engage immediately in talks on the nuclear issue.

encouraging words which i very much hope are matched with genuine action. i am pleased that negotiations will restart in october. if iran's words are followed by concrete steps, then there is a real opportunity to make progress in resolving the international concerns about iran's nuclear program. constructive more approach and we have made clear to iran that we are ready to improve our relationship through step-by-step and reciprocal basis. one thing that would fundamentally transform the middle east is a conclusive two state agreement to end the israeli-palestinian conflict. an agreement based on 1967 borders with agreed and swaps that lead to a sovereign palestinian state living in

peace alongside a safe and secure israel. the universally recognized palestine alexei commanded the dedicated efforts of secretary kerry and the courageous leadership of prime minister netanyahu and president abbas which enabled peace talks to resume. i sincerely hope both parties will make every effort to keep talks going, including a halt in new settlement building. the international community must fully support the parties as a make to difficult decisions necessary to achieve a lasting peace. and britain stands ready to play .ts part mr. president, as we wind up our military operations in afghanistan, the uk continues to work with the afghan government to ensure its successful transition. the afghan national security forces are now leading on security and continuing to grow in