But the NHS saved me and our wonderful nurses pulled my chestnuts out of that Tartarian pit. An official in Johnson's Downing Street office confirmed the prime minister would announce his resignation later. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, his office said Thursday, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future that has paralyzed Britain's government. "She very sweetly asked me how I was, being clearly sympathetic about what had happened. Because that is what counts, the spirit of our Olympians. And I know there has been a certain raucus caucus from the anti-AUKUS caucus, but AUKUS is simply a recognition of the reality that the world is tilting on its axis, on its economic axis. A UK phenomenon, the magic potion invented in Oxford University, bottled in Wales, distributed at incredible speed to vaccination centers everywhere. We really are at risk of a kind of no nothing cancel culture iconoclasm. To level up, on top of the extra 14 billion were putting into education, on top of the increase that means every teacher starts with a salary of 30,000 pounds, were announcing today a leveling up premium of up to 3,000 pounds to send the best maths and science teachers to the places that need the most. And there is no happiness like taking a set of keys and knowing the place is yours. Boris Johnson: ( 09:37) In the years since Paris, the world has slowly, and with great effort and pain, built a life boat for humanity. Boris Johnson Interviewed by Bloomberg News: Transcript And let me say now, to the people of Ukraine, that I know that we in the U.K. will continue to back your fight for freedom for as long as it takes. As we come out of COVID, our towns and cities are going to be buzzing with life because we know that a productive workforce needs the spur that only comes with face-to-face meetings and water cooler gossip. And this is the priority of the British people. Not just, by the way, because we took the precaution of locking up the public for much of the last 18 months, but because you have a Conservative government that understands the Broken Windows theory of fighting crime. Lets be clear that there is a huge philosophical difference between us and Labour, because in their souls, they dont like leveling up. We must break the gangsters business model. And this government is helping young people to afford a home. Boris Johnson: (30:19) By Ben Riley-Smith, Political Editor 9 September 2022 6:37pm. And thats the difference between this radical and optimistic conservatism and a tired, old Labour. I want to thank the wonderful staff here at No. It is good to be back. Anyone can read what you share. Boris Johnson: (41:43) What royal jelly are they eating, that they live seven years longer than the people of Blackpool, only 33 miles away? From Jan 1 we are outside the customs union, and outside the single market. It means certainty for the police and the border forces and the security services and all those that we rely on across Europe to keep us safe. Or in the machinery, the facilities they need do their jobs. The challenge the whole of humanity faces is now even more existential for our way of life. A special gathering of Parliament began on Friday and will continue in a rare Saturday sitting - one of just a handful since the Second World War. Vast, untouched moorland, hills, and broad-leafed forests. Boris Johnson: (20:11) We are doing the right and responsible thing. And the answer to the present stresses and strains, which are mainly a function of growth and economic revival, is not to reach for that same old lever of uncontrolled immigration to keep wages low. Though the beavers may sometimes build without local authority permission, you can also see how much room there is to build the homes that young families need in this country. I think many of you will remember that on 12 January, the Conference on Cyprus first convened here in the Palais des Nations in Geneva, and it had its first opening day at political level. Boris Johnson: (26:27) And I should stress this deal was done by a huge negotiating team from every part of the UK, and it will benefit every part of our United Kingdom, helping to unite and level up across the country. Good afternoon. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds arrive at 10 Downing Street on the morning after the general election in London, Britain, December 13, 2019 [Thomas Mukoya . But opportunity is not, and thats why we must keep levelling up, keep unleashing the potential ever every part of the United Kingdom. I can tell you something, Margaret Thatcher would not have ignored the meteorite that has just crashed through the public finances. Since that time we have been getting on with our agenda: enacting the points based immigration system that you voted for and that will come into force on Jan 1 and doing free trade deals with 58 countries around the world and preparing the new relationship with the EU. Boris Johnson's unrepentant resignation speech was delivered with trademark bullishness, and shot through with resentment . Thats why leveling up means fighting crime, putting more police out on the beat, as we are, toughening sentences, rolling up the county lines, drugs networks, as we are, 1,100 of them gone already, giving the police the power they need to fight these dealers in death and misery. Extend your content reach and maximize your engagement rates. Their leader like a seriously rattled bus conductor, pushed this way and that by not that they have bus conductors anymore, unfortunately. Every Labour government has left office with unemployment higher than when it came in, every single one, ever since the party was invented. And they had the same excitement at working amid winds and waves, and be able to see whales and dolphins from the office window. "The hampers came from the castle, and we all mucked in to put the food and drink out on the table. And Ive today appointed a Cabinet to serve, as I will, until a new leader is in place. Under Title 17 U.S.C. Did you watch them last week in Brighton, hopelessly divided, I thought they looked? Boris Johnson: (35:33) Its because for months we have had one of the most open economies and societies. And by making neighborhoods safer, by putting in the gigabit broadband, by putting in the roads and the schools and the healthcare, we will enable more young people everywhere to share the dream of home ownership. Get the next 10 weeks from 10 plus a free commemorative coronation mug. And it is our mission as Conservatives to promote opportunity with every tool we have. 22 September 2021 UN Affairs. Last modified on Tue 23 Nov 2021 09.49 EST. Boris Johnson: (23:41) You made each other safer. They are the United States, China and the United Kingdom. Election results 2019: Boris Johnson's victory speech in full Create a better, more engaging experience for every student. Those people gluing themselves to roads, I dont call them legitimate protestors, like some Labour counselors do. It wasnt brewed in the alembics of the Department of Health. So perhaps we should all thank each other. 7%. And he ended with the observation, Man is spirit. I think he was right there, dont you? When Thomas Gray stood in that country churchyard in 1750 and wrote his famous elegy as the curfew toll the knell of parting day, he lamented the wasted talents of those buried around him, the flowers born to blush unseen, the mute inglorious Miltons, who never wrote a poem because they never got to read. Boris Johnson's coronavirus speech: Full text of his broadcast Not only the achievement of those elite athletes, but a country that is proud to be a trailblazer to judge people, not by where they come from, but by their spirit and by what is inside them. I remember one picnic at Balmoral that was taking place in one of the bothies on the estate. Boris Johnson: (23:32) Churchills last word to his cabinet Actually, his whole ministers, but nevermind, his cabinet were there. And it is right that this party that has looked after the NHS for most of its history should be the one to rise to the challenge. After a minutes silence at noon, MPs rose one-by-one to describe what Queen Elizabeth meant to the nation, the public and the wider world, as well as give their own recollections. And my friends in politics, no-one is remotely indispensable and our brilliant and Darwinian system will produce another leader, equally committed to taking this country forward through tough times. Were planting tens of millions of trees. Mr Johnson said: "I believe she would regard it as her own highest achievement that her son - Charles III - will clearly and amply follow her own extraordinary standards of duty and service. We will fight these gangs at home in abroad because their victims are invariably the poorest and the neediest. Good morning. LONDON (AP) Here is the full text of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's resignation speech, delivered Thursday outside 10 Downing St: "It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. Sir Iain closed his remarks by reading out a reworked poem by WH Auden, edited to pay tribute to the late Queen. Lets hear it. Ive traveled to every part of the United Kingdom and in addition to the beauty of our natural world, I found so many people possessed of such boundless British originality and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways that I know that even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden. Boris Johnson: (10:46) Resignation statement in full -- Boris Johnson | CNN Our universities are world beating. "My point is that the relationship between our Queen and Parliament, and our Queen and Government, was never just on paper, but was always active and always encouraging.". But as time has gone by, its become clear to me that this isnt just a joke. That school is Brampton Manor Academy, and it now sends more kids to Oxbridge than Eton. Her single bar electric fire, Tupperware-using refusal to be grand, and unlike us politicians with our outriders and our armour-plated convoys. Boris Johnson's resignation speech: what he said, and what he meant the roll-out of gigabit broadband up over the last three years, since you were kind enough to elect me, up from 7 per cent of our countrys premises having gigabit broadband to 70 per cent today. Its a tech company worth more than a billion dollars each. We can do it. Seven. Its good old Michel Barnier. That is the spirit that is the same across this country in every town and village and city that can be found in the hearts and minds of kids growing up everywhere and that is the spirit we are going to unleash. Add English on-screen subtitles for videos. "She was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Thats right, folks, if we listened to Captain Hindsight today, wed still be in lockdown. 10 Downing Street. I read a learned article by some lawyer saying we shouldnt bother about pet theft. We spent 407 billion pounds on COVID support and our debt now stands at over 2 trillion pounds. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. And after decades of bewildering refusal, we have persuaded the Americans to import prime British beef, a market already worth 66 million pounds. Boris Johnson: (09:52) Conservative conference: We have the guts to change the UK, claims Johnson And that is the symmetry represented by these giant windmills, massive and innovative private sector investment, and a government taking the tough decisions to make it possible. 'The adolescence of humanity is coming to an end', declares UK Prime Boris Johnson: (43:43) You have rejected additional cookies. Full text: Boris Johnson's Brexit deal speech. He plans to stay on as prime minister until a successor is in place. Seve. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to media next to 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, July 7, 2022. And you ask yourself, how have the Americans been able to survive without British beef for so long? Boris Johnson Resignation Speech - Full Transcript - Just Access Were led by our values, by the things we stand for. And thats what brings AUKUS together. ", The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. When I was lying in St. Thomas Hospital last year, I looked blearily out of my window at a hole in the ground between the ICU and another much older Victorian section. Since Gray eulogized, Buckinghamshire has leveled up to be among the most productive regions in the whole of Europe. Were already number one, look at the Nissan investment in Sunderland, the Pfizer vaccine manufacturing center thats coming to Swindon, and with these productivity gains, we will turbocharge that advantage and help businesses to start and grow everywhere. Let me ask you, maybe you know, where was he standing when he chewed his pensive quill? Living proof that we, you all represent the most jiving, hip, happening and generally funkapolitan party in the world. Boris Johnson has delivered his first speech in Downing Street after becoming the UK's new prime minister. In Fermanagh I saw the needles go in like a collective sewing machine. And to that new leader, I say, wherever he or she may be, I say I will give you as much support as I can. That is not just a question of social justice, it is an appalling waste of potential. Thank you. Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to make a statement outside 10 Downing Street in London on Thursday. Above all I want to thank you, the British public, for the immense privilege that you have given me. And if you dont have to go far to work and your commute isnt too dreadful, and if the job suits your skills and your wifi is fast and reliable, Ill tell you something else, that housing in the right place and at an affordable price will add massively, not just to your general joie de vivre, but to your productivity. The funny thing was that she then paused and looked at me, not sure whether I had actually made a joke. With freeports and new green industrial zones. And that was the change that people voted for again, powerfully in 2019. The Labour leader attacked the Vaccine Task Force for spending money on outreach to vaccine-hesitant minority groups, when its hard to think of any better use of public money. And we need the spirit of the NHS nurses and the entrepreneurs, because each enables the other. Remember? I have no hesitation in saying that of all the Heads of State and Government, the most impressive person I met was Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/world/europe/boris-johnson-resignation-speech.html. Build with the best speech-to-text APIs around. And those three countries, have you been paying attention? Fantastic to see you all here. That is why leveling up works for the whole country, and it is the right and responsible policy because it helps to take the pressure off parts of the overheating Southeast while simultaneously offering hope and opportunity to those areas that have felt left behind. And fixing those backlogs with real change, because the pandemic not only put colossal pressure on the NHS, it was a lightning flash illumination of a problem we have failed to address for decades. They are the means of leveling up. And you, all of you and everybody watching, you made this roll out possible. And we are of course providing the short and the long term solutions for our energy needs, and not just using more of our own domestic hydrocarbons but going up by 2030 to 50 GW of wind power, that is half this countrys energy electricity needs from offshore wind. Ill tell you what leveling up is. Im really proud to be part of a Conservative government that will welcome 20,000 Afghans, people who risked their lives to guide and translate for us. We will restore those sinews of the union that have been allowed to atrophy: The A1 north of Berwick and on into Scotland, the A75 in Scotland that is so vital for the links with Northern Ireland and the rest of the country, the North Wales corridor. I remember her innocent joy more than 10 years ago after the opening ceremony of the London Olympics when I told her that a leader of a friendly Middle Eastern country seemed actually to believe that she had jumped out of a helicopter in a pink dress and parachuted into the stadium," he said. Go on, try it. Anybody know? Speaking as the great grandson of a Turk who fled in fear of his life, I know that this country is a beacon of light and hope for people around the world, provided they come here legally. You need deep pools of liquidity, that are to be found in the city of London. Speaker 1: (13:03) And I rejected that approach precisely because beating Covid is our number one national priority and I wanted to end any extra uncertainty and to give this country the best possible chance of bouncing back strongly next year. A deal which will if anything should allow our companies and our exporters to do even more business with our European friends. Boris Johnson UK Conservative Party Conference 2021 Speech Transcript Because although we want the UK to be a science superpower, we also want to be a collaborative science superpower. Because of the speed and urgency of what you did, everybody involved in this government, to get this economy moving again from July last year in spite of all the opposition, all the naysayers, we have and will continue to have that economic strength to give people the . I want to thank the peerless British civil service for all the help and support that you have given our police, our emergency services and, of course, our fantastic NHS, who at critical moment, helped to extend my own period in office, as well as our armed services and our agencies that are so admired around the world. To decriminalize hard drugs, apparently, to let the gangsters off with a caution. And so I say again directly to our EU friends and partners: I think this deal means a new stability and a new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship, We will be your friend, your ally, your supporter and indeed never let it be forgotten your number one market. Harriet Harman, the former acting Labour leader, described the days after she was once sacked as a Cabinet minister. Boris Johnson: (31:57) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's resignation speech Only 7%. And you can paint the front door any color you like. Convert your audio or video into 99% accurate text by a professional. Thank you. Boris Johnson: ( 02:54) I urge you all to get your jabs, because every day our vaccine defenses are getting stronger and stronger. Good morning, everyone. Boris Johnson's speech in full: 'first, careful steps' to ease Covid-19 Thats the good news from Brussels now for the sprouts. The Crown endures. Can we keep alive the ambition of Paris, to stop the planet heating by more than one and a half degrees? The transcript of Boris Johnson's remarks at the UN General - Wired Delivered on: 23 March . Boris Johnson said it was the depth of the public's grief at Queen Elizabeth II's passing that revealed how much she was loved . Boris Johnson: (19:25) If you want a supreme example of global Britain in action, of something daring and brilliant, that would simply not have happened if wed remained in the EU, I give you AUKUS. I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, the British prime minister said in announcing that he was stepping down. I owe everything to my tutors. Build back beaver. And I have agreed with the Graham Brady, the chairman . Boris Johnson: (23:19) 'This is it folks': Boris Johnson delivers farewell speech as PM but Thats what we want to do. And we cannot, and we will not stand for it. "And when I call her that - Elizabeth the Great - I should add one final quality: her humility. They wouldve kept us and the European medicines agents and slammed the brakes on the vaccine rollout. And how have we managed to open up ahead of so many of our friends? thanks to all of . And in fact, its the first time since the general election of 2019, when we finally sent that corduroy communist cosmonaut into orbit, where he belongs. Dont worry we wont send you spam or share your email address with anyone. Above all, I want to thank you, the British public, for the immense privilege that you have given me and I want you to know that from now on until the new prime minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on. Is Wrexhams Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending? But thems the breaks. With the UKs share of fish in our waters rising substantially, from roughly half today to closer to 2/3 in five and a half years time after which there is no theoretical limit beyond those placed by science or conservation on the quantity of our own fish that we can fish in our waters. And the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice will come to an end. And our indefatigable Conservative Party members and supporters whose selfless campaigning makes our democracy possible. But what will it be by the new year? Skills, folks. Boris Johnson: (26:03) Boris Johnson: (28:19) And at the same time in this country, weve been pushing forward a vast program of investment in infrastructure and skills and technology the biggest in a century. And as a responsible Conservative government, we must recognize the sheer scale of their achievement, but also the scale of the challenge ahead. Thank you. Above all, were investing in our skills. Because if I have one insight into human beings, it is that genius and talent and enthusiasm and imagination are evenly distributed throughout the population but opportunity is not. And I dont think it will be a bad thing if we in the UK do things differently, or a take a different approach to legislation. We will be able to set our own standards, to innovate in the way that we want, to originate new frameworks for the sectors in which this country leads the world, from biosciences to financial services, artificial intelligence and beyond. It is still a grim fact that in this country Thats right. Boris Johnson: (28:56) The Guardian thinks of itself as Britains fearless liberal conscience, trigger-sensitive to racist dog whistles in the language and editorial judgements of everyone except itself. He helped to defeat a regime after all that was defined by one of the most vicious racisms the world has ever seen. We wouldnt have the fastest growth in the G7. And its a betrayal of our childrens education. Ms. Brianna Fruean, Ms. Txai Suru, Ms. Elizabeth Wathuti. And we will make this country an even more attractive destination for foreign direct investment. A tide of anxiety washing into every A&E and every GP. You know the answer, its because of the rollout of that vaccine. Its not just that theres a gap between London and the Southeast and the rest of the country, there are aching gaps within the regions themselves. Industry-leading accurate legal transcription to ensure you dont miss a statement. Boris Johnson: (35:00) Gene editing, data management, AI, cyber, quantum, and were going to be ever more global in our outlook. Actually, Im told tonight its 68% by the new year. Published. The great ambition of the human race, that the left always privately share but publicly disparage. Thats what happens if you spend a year trying to argue with Lord Frost, the greatest Frost since the great frost of 1709. Its a disgrace that you still cant swiftly cross the Pennines by rail, a disgrace that Leeds is the largest city in Europe with no proper Metro system, a waste of human potential that so many places are not served by decent bus routes. The Commonwealth is the family of nations it is today because of her.". This is the full text of Boris Johnson's televised speech, as he announced an extension of lockdown with a loosening of some of the guidelines. It was not the government that made the wonder drug. You can change your cookie settings at any time. And now is the time to give that life boat a mighty shove into the water, like some great liner . Boris Johnson: (39:56) From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP. The prime minister . Look at this country from the air, go on Google Maps. Here's his statement in full. Very few countries could have pulled off the Kabul airlift, an astonishing feat by our brave Armed Forces. Thank you. They dont like leveling up. And I have to tell you I don't believe that is a good preparation for life, let alone for the Olympic games. I want to thank Carrie and our children, and all the members of my family who have had to put up with so much for so long. There is absolutely no reason why the kids of this country should lag behind and why so many should be unable to read or write or do basic mathematics at 11. And the answer therefore is not to attack the wealth creators, its to encourage them, because they are responsible for the aggregate increase in the countrys wealth that enables us to make those parieto improvements, and to level up everywhere, and to rub home my point, to rub home my point, it is not just that vaccination has saved more than 120,000 lives. And those unicorns are now dispersed around the United Kingdom in a way that is new to our country. So isnt it amazing to be back here in person? I laughed too, and then she laughed again - whether at me or with me, I could not figure out," he said. Mrs May recalled: "Her Majesty loved the countryside. "She was our north, our south, our east and west, our working week and our Sunday rest, our noon, our midnight, our talk, our song. Its fantastic to see that leveling up. Boris Johnson: (17:18) It is four and a half years since the British people voted to take back control of their money, their borders, their laws, and their waters and to leave the European Union. LONDON (AP) Here is the full text of British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons resignation speech, delivered Thursday outside 10 Downing St: It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. Boris Johnson's Brexit Victory Speech: Full Transcript - Newsweek And we in turn thank the volunteers, the public health workers, the council workers, the pharmacists, but above all, our untiring, unbeatable, unbelievable NHS. Boris Johnson: (27:00) Your hip replacement, your mothers surgery. Below is a transcript of the in-person interview in London. Boris Johnson: (08:19) Were putting on 4,000 more clean, green buses made in this country, some of them running on hydrogen. Thank you. If young people are to learn on the job in the way that they always have and must, we will and must see people back in the office.