speaking today at
Conservative Party Conference at The ICC, Birmingham
said:
My fellow Conservatives. My friends.
Hello and welcome!
Welcome to Conference, welcome to this great city of Birmingham.
It is great to see so many of you here today, friends and
colleagues from all over the country.
I see friends from Scotland!
from Wales!
from Northern Ireland!
Friends from the South and of course friends from the North of
England!
I want to reassure you
I know I may look like Mick Lynch,
but I’m happy to report that despite his best efforts to derail
conference, we have all arrived safely in Birmingham.
My friends WE KNOW, it will take more than the union barons to
stop the Conservative Party delivering.
Because
When I look around this room, I don’t just see friends, I see the
people that went out there on those in the wind, the rain, the
snow and the Ice in December 2019.
Knocking on those doors and delivering those leaflets.
WE KNOW, it wasn’t only CCHQ that won that election
It wasn’t only , fine conservative that he
is…
It was YOU. You who won that election in 2019
You cut a swath of blue from Murray to Maldon, St Ives to
Scarborough.
It was a decision by millions of people around the country to
ignore historical tribal loyalties.
They didn’t just vote Conservative; they voted for change. They
voted for action. They voted for delivery.
But, my friends, it would be a mistake to believe that 2019 was
an unconditional vote for our party, the Conservative Party.
If we are to hold our gains. If we are to build on our gains. If
we are to win the next election.
We know we must deliver, deliver, deliver!
And let me tell you, our new Prime Minister knows more than
anyone how to deliver.
is woman of action.
Conference,
as Margaret Thatcher told us,
in politics
if you want something said ask a man.
If you want something done, ask a woman.
And you can only level up by getting things done.
People who voted Conservative to get things done
They want us to want us to prove them right.
They want to stand in the pub and tell their friends their town
is getting better.
But we can only deliver levelling up if go for growth.
As Conservatives we know you can only go for growth by letting
people keep more of the money they earn…
DRIVE DOWN TAX - - to LEVEL UP THE COUNTRY!
And that is exactly what we are delivering.
If we are to win that historic 5th term in Government, it is
going to take a lot of hard graft.
On the streets.
In the neighbourhoods.
In towns, in cities.
In fact, in every corner of this great country.
I know we can do it.
NO
I know YOU can do it!
But,
ladies and gentlemen, as Conservatives, we get it.
Levelling up is a team game government cannot do it on its own.
It’s a partnership between civic leaders and business and that’s
why I am so pleased to see so many local conservative councillors
here today.
We are going to work with those strong local leaders that will
deliver levelling up.
And there is one man who exemplifies that.
One man who has delivered time and time again.
He is the embodiment of a civic minded Conservative who is in
politics to improve lives.
It is my great pleasure to introduce…
!
