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the decisions we have taken it is our refusal to take decisions and to those who say we cannot be ready i say do not underestimate this country do not underestimate our powers of organization and our determination because we know the enormous strengths of this economy in life sciences in tech in academia in music the arts culture financial services it is here in britain that we are using gene therapy for the 1st time to treat the most common form of blindness here in britain they were leading the world in battery technology that will help cut c o 2 and tackle climate change and produce green jobs for the next generation and as we prepare for a post prexy future it is time we look not at the wrists but at the opportunities that are upon us so let us begin work now to create free ports that will drive
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growth and thousands of high skilled jobs in left behind areas that start not deliberate you case extraordinary by is science sector and genetic modification rules and let's develop the blight resistant crops that will feed the world let's get going now on our own position navigation and timing satellite and earth observation systems u.k. assets orbiting in space with all the long term strategic and commercial benefits for this country let's change the tax rules to provide extra incentives to invest in capital and research and let's promote the welfare of animals there's always been so close to the hearts of the british people. and yes let's start now on those free trade deals because it is free trade that is done more than anything else to the billions out of poverty. all this and more we can do now
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and only now at this extraordinary moment in our history and after 3 years of unfounded self doubt it is time to change the record to recover a natural and historic role as an enterprise an outward looking and truly global britain generous intent and engaged with the world no one in the last few centuries has succeeded in breaking against the clock of and ambition of this country they will not succeed today we in this government will work flat out to give this country the leadership it deserves and that work begins not. thank you very much.
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thank you. thank you thank you. thank you thank you. boris johnson speaking there outside of 10 downing street you have been watching the new british prime minister on this day where we saw this transfer of power taking place some big some bold promise is now from the new prime minister. and let's get more on that we're joined by barbara vai's all who is standing by outside of 10 downing street charlie potts has the very latest from buckingham palace barbara i will turn to you and wow what a speech. yeah it's a difficult. difficult. brand bling on what it
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is really is a big bag off shiny goodies and the point behind that is off in his backyard here in the garden of 10 downing street archons now has very secretly grown and money tree quite clear because what promise was what other prime ministers before him have promised david cameron has done so 1st treason may have done so when she came in to fix all the ills of great britain as problems with the n.h.s. problems with social care was education was poverty was an ailing and aged infrastructure me. just fix it and he will do it by the sheer force of optimism if we don't have. the speech there was one concrete in it that.
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well as you can hear there we're having trouble connecting with our correspondent there outside of 10 downing street but luckily enough for us we have charlie potts who is also there a fuckin palace where we know that he was speaking with the queen a bit earlier sharlet you know we we did see these really big promises we have to say impassioned promises now from boris johnson he wants to hit the ground running that is very clear can he do it. well he is the 1st 100 days that is going to be in a very immediate tests for boris johnson he has to see bricks that through that is what he campaigned on that the u.k. would leave the european union by october 31st so that is going to be his top priority he struck a very conciliatory tone there in his speech saying we want to work with our european friends and partners but he also didn't rule out the possibility of a no deal leaving the european union crashing out in an orderly manner on october 31st which of course could have potentially catastrophic consequences so he
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did not rule that out but struck a rather conciliatory tone so we just don't know which direction he is going to go for now and which plan he's going to present to brussels to renegotiate that controversial withdrawal agreement and you know it's worth mentioning and noting also that you know he's taking over from theresa may who really had a sort of a different philosophy toward bright said i mean she was she was sort of a lukewarm remainer to start off with who then you know adopted the leave position and we've seen boris johnson now come in one of the chief breaks the tears incredibly passionate about the cause and he has these words never mind the backstop the buck stops here he's really promised to deliver charlotte how could we see this strategy change especially toward brussels going forward with boris johnson at the home. well i mean it's going to be difficult to see how boris
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johnson just wants to change the minds and brussels brussels have said no matter who is in power in the united kingdom we are not going to renegotiate that withdrawal agreement so that part of the deal that divorce paper that he recently has negotiated over 2 years and that has 3 times failed to pass and palm and she ran against walls with this withdrawal agreement so why would boris johnson now go to brussels and make them change their minds it's going to be very tricky for him i think and he's leaving that back door open of course saying if we if we can renegotiate the deal then we have better off as a nation to deliver breakfasted and just crash out of the you take the immediate consequences. after october 31st there was potentially economic catastrophe that could be happening there and just see what happens afterwards rebuilt that is kind of this idea for the moment so we don't know any details of
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how he's going to change those minds and minds in brussels ok and we're looking at these pictures from just a short while ago when he was giving his speech and barbara i understand that hopefully we have a line back with you now because you were actually at a town 10 downing street and i'm just curious to know from your perspective what the reception was like. we don't know because what we have here is in 10 downing street is just the international press and they were just waiting for him to finish and sort of listening of course what he had to say in front of the door is i would side in the street though we hear we heard people jeering i'm super he does of course have anime in great britain and that is of course the opposition that is for instance climate activist was whom he sort of picked a battle in a little while ago there is a lot of young people. so it is not that boris johnson comes in here says let's opt
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to be optimistic together we can do it and everybody soon that will definitely not be the case so it will be an uphill struggle for a particularly with regard to correct i mean he talks. about i will be negotiate his role agreement the answer to that might very well be no he won't because brussels has again after yesterday he was elected as a new leader has again reiterated there will be no renewed negotiation after withdrawal agreement full stop and there might be invalid there might be some ed ons the basics thing is on the table so he is sort of promising things that in a way he already knows he will not be able to keep and we have to mention of course bribes that really an issue which has certainly polarized the nation it has polarized the parliament barbara you know in terms of of of building unity and
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building consensus on the way forward because that is also something that the process has really requested of the u.k. for the u.k. really to decide in which direction it will go how do you see the prospects for boris johnson to build some sort of unified position. that is very hard to tell from the moment because this was not a speech that would deliver unity it appealed to everybody who believes in bracks it and he sort of said again britain is going to wonderful be wonderful all serious economists here is say that it's going to be a serious hit for the british economy to the chuen of many billions baht he sort of clings on to this optimism we can do it and many more possibilities he talks about free trade he has free trade being a member of the european union of course and i would sign free trade is going to be much more difficult so of course he's fucked. you know all these issues because
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like a preacher he is preaching to the converted but others saw it was really nothing on offer for them there was nothing on offer called the remainders of the country and for the many who don't believe that to a glorious future certainly is something worth noting and charlotte i'd like to get you to weigh in there certainly on the mood in the country generally speaking as boris johnson takes over leadership today. yet the mood in the country is divided this country is polarized and opinions up polarized i think on boris johnson himself and his fans and supporters saying that he does bring the right optimism and energy to the job that finally things are moving after months of standstill and after being tired of to resume a prime minister but his critics are also saying that he's unfocused that he's not detail oriented man and that he's generally unfit for office and i think this
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reflects the views of the british society we haven't seen much excitement about this premiership the mood seems to be keep calm and carry on so a very british mood but we know that on bricks it says the society is basically tired and fed up and you can see that in the latest polls where you see the opinion shifting towards the extremes so you have on the one hand people that are saying let's just crash out let's get it over with and finally not talk about it anymore it's a kind of a destructive mood and on the other hand people that are saying let's revoke article 50 which would mean basically forgetting about bricks at all to the about that referendum pretend this has never happened so very very extreme opinions there and very little middle ground at the moment barbara what do you think we're going to see in terms of style of leadership from boris johnson because i mean he's very much a leader who is known as being big on promises bold promises relatively light on
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the details do we do anything more about you know what sort of what sort of team infrastructure is going to put in place going forward. we've seen some 1st nominations we've seen that he has appointed the director the director of the leave campaign dominic cummings as his personal advisor now that is a very contentious appointment because we have known about the dark arts using the internet and data mining and many other things that cummings used to during the leave campaign he has been in parliament in t. was reprimanded by parliament because he wouldn't answer questions in a investigative committee there is so already parliamentarians have said we don't like this at all this man being out there so we already understand that he wants to use the dark arts while in office so his opponents know that to very carefully
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watch what so many come during the comings of course what his advisors and what boris johnson are going to do while being in downing street number 10 here and this is one appointment we know that. it is probably going to be the finance minister he is a middle of the road brakes a cheer loyalist we know that pretty cut shell is supposed to be a big come home minister as she is a hard line break secure and very hard and uncompromising lady so that's a difficult appointment so all in lot of this is going to be contentious this is not a mild middle of the road let's all be friends and brothers cabinet if he carries on like that maybe some other appointments will make good ground but at the moment this is sort of quite harsh. and how do you think he's going to be received in brussels barbara i mean you know brussels quite well you you spent many years there you really know the dynamics he's coming in with quite a different style from theresa may what are leaders likely to make of that.
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they're likely going to be slightly enervated because these kinds of big speeches you know let's all be friends and let's be very optimistic but please give me what i want because otherwise i'm going to slam the door and it's not going to go down so well you know people have been down that road before i mean just remember sarah we've we've had negotiations for more than 2 years and right that we've watched this whole rigmarole here in london as throughout since the last fall release throughout the winter in the spring and now it's back to back to 0 let's just start all over again just because his name is bars johnson now and he has big demands so yes they're going to be wary of course he'll be received politely but they will not be just sort of be falling. give him a helping hand no way so they will stick to their guidelines and rules and red lines and then we'll see what happens once the 2 sides clash ok and by the way
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boris johnson speaking earlier for just under 12 minutes and pharms it was really quite a speech and you know barbara when we compare it to you know past transfers of power just just compare and contrast for us what we've seen transpiring there today. we've seen certainly a big change in style i mean questions that is really different very different from david cameron when he came into office here i mean he was the new young face he was the more liberal conservative he was the good stories so to speak and he made lots of promises but completely different tone it was much more measured it was much more conciliatory and he really tried to sort of embrace the country and say come on we're good middle of the road people everybody can vote for us and birds johnson might turn out to be much more divisive he will probably split the country even more because the rhetoric we just now heard from him it will appeal to people it
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will appeal to one part of people but the other part of people the other side are go. i hate him all the more because it is it is still somehow cuts down the middle and he doesn't leave a lot of ground for compromise and for people to sort of come together and say this is a big and we can all be here so it might even aggravate the current situation the country that the country is really very divided barbara hazel outside of 10 downing street charlotte potts outside buckingham palace what a day there in london a transition of power thank you so much to both of you. for now let's get more and now on this big day in the u.k. we are joined here in the studio by derek scally berlin correspondent for the irish times and political correspondent kate brady welcome to both of you we were watching that speech as it transpired. go to you 1st what do you make of it. this
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is churchill moment he's always been fascinated by winston churchill so this was him in the rhetoric was just pure churchill you know he declared war on founded self doubt was the term you know he basically said we will we will fight the defeats on the beaches you know we will tackle the e.u. all that's been lacking has been high hopes. i was the result of optimistic rhetoric was mutually acceptable policy brags that has just been solved but of course that isn't so he's had his moment in front of 10 downing street tony blair said 2 days ago what will happen after those in the door is civil servants to cover themselves were given a memo saying by the way everything you've just said kind of we don't we don't think it can be done the night he said it won't even need 99 days all the people have needed almost 3 years. and he's print perfect you know he's proposing more generous social spending and more liberal tax rules so we'll see how left plays out on the back self which has been basically the the break the lock on the whole break the process for the last 3 years he said he would refuse under any circumstances
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border checks because the e.u. . will be 2 different customs regimes and he will do everything to stop this democratic backstop the trouble is that the whole backstop is part of ensuring that the good friday agreement the peace treaty in northern ireland for 20 years will be retained and this is an international treaty and you don't it is not a bargaining chip in talks and maybe he will be informed by the civil service but often he goes in the door and not surprisingly one of the 1st thing that he addressed really was burgers and in his speech i just want a quick listen to what he had to say and then get your reaction after. and so i'm standing before you today to tell you the british people that those critics are wrong the doubt is the do still has the glooms does they are going to get it wrong again the people who bet against britain again to lose their shirts because when the restore trust in our democracy. and we're going to fulfill the repeated
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promises of politicians to the people and come out of the e.u. a long table the 31st no ifs or buts. come out on october the 31st no ifs or buts and mean his european counterparts will have been watching this most certainly what do you think their reaction is kate i think now it will be they'll be certainly looking ahead to when they actually come face to face with boris johnson will be interesting to see whether he makes any tactical wins will he be making any trips to the european continent to the mainland in the next few days will he go paris berlin brussels well he'll be inviting them to check this to the provinces country house or will he be waiting of course sooner or later at the end of august we have the g. 7 summit as well where he will come face to face with something the european leaders and the point is that the european union has made it clear until there is something back on the table to discuss again they don't really interest in holding
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any more meetings because at the moment you know as you say there's a 99 days now taking until the 31st of october and it sounds like at the moment the u.k. at least if they can't get any adjustments to these deals he's. promised a new deal a better deal he said but right now he has the deal of the reason they came back to the u.k. with and the e.u. wasn't budging on that so be interesting to see exactly how he actually intends on getting the ownership of it i mean he said himself never mind the backstop the buck stops here presumably that means with himself i mean what do you make of that statement can the boris johnson personality really make the difference in the negotiations with the e u k it seems to think no well have been so many boris johnson over the years you know these this is a guy who grew up very early years in brussels it seems from a very traumatic experience from a 3rd country returning as an adult and it could be an equally traumatic experience but he's you know as a mayor of london he appears to be more popular and he seemed quite a delegator he had experts around took charge of various projects the olympics or
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crossrail the railing. as foreign minister it seemed to be less he seemed to want to be in charge and officials i know in the foreign income went off so it was an. shambles you want to know if you knew nothing and he wasn't aware of what he didn't know so you have boris johnson who can delegate and knows you know i need experts and then there's boris johnson who wants to do everything this boris johnson seem to be saying i will do it all and i will do it in 99 days and you know the list will lose their shirts well if you turn it around in $1009.00 days will boris johnson be standing tough lesson from downing street that will be interesting but he won't do it without building consensus we know that the parliament is deeply divided kate isn't it yeah not only poem but also this comes back down to party politics again which as overshadow this entire bracks that person this is the end of the day was to reserve may called an early election and that was one of her huge mistakes are boris johnson goes into. parliament now with a minority government and parliament and that's going to be difficult he's still
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propping up his his government with basically the. who are putting themselves in the way time time again when it comes to the border issue as well with northern ireland and the republic of ireland and already there's reports of discussions going on between labor ministers the opposition labor ministers and also potential tory rebels as to whether there might eventually even be a vote of no confidence and say that could still be on the table he said in his during his campaign that that would not be an early election but if that fight of no confidence is cold and has enough support of it could before the year is out even as early as autumn is full there could be a general election again. i'm curious to know what you thought in terms of the placement of the issues in his speech because i mean he opened up starting to talk about drugs that he very quickly went to talk about the n.h.s. actually talked about a number of other things and then kind of at the bottom mentioned that the u.k. would be engaged with the world. do you have any indications in terms of you know
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really what his priorities are going to be going forward well i mean i'm sure he would love to be i think this term is generous and temper and engage with the. i mean it sounded like a lion entre father squared start to speak. he would love to of course be doing all these wonderful trade deals with the rest of the world and if they leave the e.u. on the 31st of october you know it's trick or treat time i don't know if it's great friend in the white house is that interested in giving him a generous trade deal you know is mr trump generous in temper and engage with the world he so he would love to be doing the world states and what unfortunately has this rather tiresome issue of bragg's that that he wanted he claimed he wanted. you know was building up in his journalism all over the years so he is now inherited this is his baby and he before he gets on to the good stuff of being the statesman he has to do this tarzan business of trying to decide what's going to happen from the 1st one when. we know that not only e.u. leaders will have been watching this speech very closely but of course also ireland
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as well people watching there what do you think that they will have made of what he said today well mr johnson is best known for an expression about our prime minister of iraq or who has a german indian father and mr johnson said why isn't he just called murphy like the rest of them so that gives you an intention an idea of how we feel towards mr johnson during his time as foreign minister he seemed to think that the northern ireland issue could be just dealt with like the london congestion charge but a few cameras and we can just clocked things and people are again people are being defeatist about it as well as eve quite calmly put all that back and said will you tell us what technology you think will make what you want to happen and you know britain has been trying to square the circle. breaks it for last years it wants this and it doesn't in the us is how do you propose that fit together. and particularly northern ireland and mr johnson has never really been quite clear on that so we will see i mean are there and we have no option but to work with them
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but i think in britain there's a perception that on this desperate to be dependent on the u.k. i mean trade with exports to the u.k. i mean it's you know 11 percent used to be. 10 years ago those double dots on this decoupling from the u.k. and coke focusing on. you 40 percent of our trade goes there because the lower goes through britain on trucks so we have to work with britain regardless of who's in number 10 but things have just gotten probably a lot more difficult a lot of different interests at play here as we know boris johnson takes over now as the new prime minister of the u.k. derek scally berlin correspondent for the irish times and kate brady thank you so much to both of you. a quick reminder now the top stories we're following for you here on d.w. news boris johnson has officially begun britain's a new process become britain's new prime minister after being invited by queen elizabeth to form a government in his 1st speech in front of 10 downing street he promised to take the u.k. out of the e.u. on october 31st no if so or buts.
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