With voting to begin at 7am on Thursday, opinion polls say the
election is too close to call - the Conservatives need 9 more seats
for a majority, but opposition parties only need to make 12 gains
to prolong the chaos and uncertainty of a hung parliament.
But the only poll that matters is the vote on 12th December
and today the Prime Minister will set out his pledges to the
British people. Starting the day bright and early in Yorkshire
with a milk round, he will prove his ability to deliver. He will
end the day canvassing in Essex, taking his message directly to
the people.
Boris Johnson's Pledges
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Get Brexit Done by 31 January 2020
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Invest record sums in our NHS, with 50,000 more
nurses and 40 new hospitals
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20,000 more police and tougher sentences.
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An Australian-style points-based immigration
system
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Investment in science, education, infrastructure and
action to reach Net Zero by 2050
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All without raising the rate of income tax, VAT or
National Insurance.
Ahead of his final day of campaigning said:
“It is understandable that the 17.4 million people who
voted to leave feel ignored.
“In 2016 politicians said the referendum would be once in a
generation.
“In 2017 politicians said they would respect the
result.
“But we have spent the last three years arguing about it.
Rerunning the arguments around leave or remain, rather than
accepting that there was a clear result and implementing the will
of the people.
“This is not just about those who voted leave. However you
voted in the EU Referendum, your priorities have been ignored
over the last three years whilst parliament has been in gridlock
– unable to focus on the issues that matter to you, because it
was so busy arguing with itself about Brexit.
“That is why we are having this election. So we can deliver
on the result of 3 years ago and then move on, focus on the
people’s priorities.
“Whilst my six pledges to the people start with getting
Brexit done, they don’t end there. We want to invest in the NHS,
crack down on crime, tackle climate change and keep taxes low –
our priorities are your priorities.
“But Brexit is the key to unlocking this action – because
unless we get out of this quicksand of a Brexit argument, our
future as a country remains uncertain.
“We are the only party with a plan for the future, and the
only party whose plan you can trust.
“How can you trust when he said he would respect
the result of the referendum, only to want to prolong the
uncertainty and chaos by rerunning it?
“This election is the most important in a lifetime. The
result will define the next decade – will we go forward, grow as
a country, unleash our potential? Or will we remain stuck, stood
still, unable to make any progress?
“Tomorrow at the ballot box you have the opportunity to
tell politicians that you want Brexit done.
“Tell them that the people of this great country will no
longer be ignored.
“Tell them that in this country we believe in and treasure
our democracy and that politicians don’t get to choose which
votes they respect.
“Tell them that you want them to stop going round in
circles and refocus on our schools, hospitals and keeping our
streets safe.
“Tell them that they need to stop squabbling, move the
country forward and unleash our potential.
“There’s only one way to tell them that. And that’s by
voting Conservative.
“Whatever else anyone is offering, what you’ll get is more
of the same. A hung parliament delivering nothing but delay,
deadlock and more divisive referendums. A lost decade of
division, delay and deadlock.
“Let’s make 2020 about the people of this country and not
its politicians.
“Let’s get out of the rut of the last three years and get
on with our work of making this the greatest place to live and to
start a family and the greatest place to send your kids to
school, to start a business, the place that leads the world in
clean green technology and tackling greenhouse gases.
“A country where everybody has the opportunity to make the
most of their lives and where we work as a government to give
them that opportunity from the moment they are born.
“Let’s get Brexit done and get on with spreading
opportunity and hope across the whole UK and let’s unleash the
potential of this country.
“We have one more day. Make sure you have your voice heard.
Vote to honour the promises of the past and for a brighter vision
of the future. Vote Conservative tomorrow.”
