That is just the reality of the situation. Here is some who believes Jeremy Corbyn could make a good minister of a country not once, but twice. Jeremy corbyn wanted to pull a set of metal, scrap the army. Multiple members of the government that labour would provide dont believe in a nuclear deterrent, so i dont see how you can say to the country with a straight face to say i will keep you safe to the country. It is because of that increase in Defence Spending that i can stand here and provide more support to ukraine, and notjust that, can say that that support to ukraine will be provided for as long as is necessary to repel russian aggression. Keir starmer can make that pledge. The labour party and keir starmer not matching our investment on Defence Spending and our adversaries. What you think putting things when he, that the west isnt prepared to make the tough choices to invest in their security. Russias economy has utilised for war. We need to meet that aggression with strength. With we have always led in nato. The 2014 summits in the uk we set the 2 pledge and we are doing the same again now, a new baseline for nato, 2. 5 of gdp. I hope other countries over time will come to much because investment is our inner Selective Security is the right thing. Sir keir starmer doesnt demonstrate that leadership to our allies at a time when we need it. Sky. Thank ou. Time when we need it. Sky. Thank you after time when we need it. Sky. Thank you after at time when we need it. Sky. Thank you. After at the time when we need it. Sky. Thank you. After at the local time when we need it. Sky. Thank you. After at the local elections. You. After at the local elections you. After at the local elections you said you. After at the local elections you said the results suggest we are heading you said the results suggest we are heading for a Hung Parliament with heading fora Hung Parliament with labour heading for a Hung Parliament with labour as heading for a Hung Parliament with labour as the largest party. You have labour as the largest party. You have also labour as the largest party. You have also ruled out during any deal with another party, so as you outline with another party, so as you outline these future threats why have outline these future threats why have you outline these future threats why have you openly admitted that you are not have you openly admitted that you are not going to be able to stay on as prime are not going to be able to stay on as Prime Minister . I� m are not going to be able to stay on as Prime Minister . Are not going to be able to stay on as Prime Minister . Im not entirely sure i understand as Prime Minister . Im not entirely sure i understand the as Prime Minister . Im not entirely sure i understand the question. As Prime Minister . Im not entirely. Sure i understand the question. That wasnt me who said those things, they were independent election our nests. We have had the local elections, the next election that country will face as the General Election and the choice of that General Election is clear, about future versus the past. As ive set out today we have a clear understanding of what the future entails, the most dangerous time that we have known in a long time but also the most transformational it is only mass loss, me, that has doubled plan that will deliver the clear future for the country. That is the substance of the debates that we be having at the last next election. ,. ,. ,. , election. Following on the question about what that election. Following on the question about what that sunday election. Following on the question about what that sunday times election. Following on the question i about what that Sunday Times Article said, about what that Sunday Times Article said. It about what that Sunday Times Article said. It bad about what that Sunday Times Article said, it had some pretty direct quotes said, it had some pretty direct quotes from donald trump. The suggestion was that we were encouraging him to think that a standotf encouraging him to think that a stand off between ukraine and russia would stand off between ukraine and russia would be stand off between ukraine and russia would be a stand off between ukraine and russia would be a useful position for him to inherits would be a useful position for him to inherits if he comes to the white house to inherits if he comes to the white house because that way he could put a deal house because that way he could put a deal on the table. Are we not in favour a deal on the table. Are we not in favour of a deal on the table. Are we not in favour of a a deal on the table. Are we not in favour of a deal . It sounds like we are. Favour of a deal . It sounds like we are you favour of a deal . It sounds like we are. You were asking the country to trust are. You were asking the country to trust not are. You were asking the country to Trust Notjust are. You were asking the country to Trust Notjust you but are. You were asking the country to trust not just you but the Conservative Party, it is only a few months Conservative Party, it is only a few months and Conservative Party, it is only a few months and you were saying that they were part months and you were saying that they were part of months and you were saying that they were part of the field consensus of the last were part of the field consensus of the last 30 were part of the field consensus of the last 30 years, you are not drawing the last 30 years, you are not drawing attention to a record that people drawing attention to a record that people should be proud of over the last 14 people should be proud of over the last 14 years. Do you even trust the Conservative Party . It is only a short Conservative Party . It is only a short while since she thought a bunch short while since she thought a bunch of short while since she thought a bunch of marauding people with lateral bunch of marauding people with Lateral Coming after you . | bunch of marauding people with Lateral Coming after you . Bunch of marauding people with Lateral Coming after you . I have not seen the sunday Lateral Coming after you . I have not seen the sunday times Lateral Coming after you . I have not seen the Sunday Times Article. Lateral coming after you . I have not seen the Sunday Times Article. We l seen the Sunday Times Article. We have lead when it comes to ukraine. Borisjohnson did that, i contended that. Notjust in quantum but also being the first to provide capabilities, whether it was thanks, long range weapons, the first to provide bilateral security assurances, the first to train ukrainian soldiers. We have had a track level of leadership which im very proud of. That is the right thing to do. If you want to strengthen this countrys security we need to re establish deterrence and an investment and Ukrainian Security as an investment in our security. Our nato allies are worried about if putin is able to succeed that there will be next, with all the consequences that would bring. It is our adversaries All Around The World that are looking at this moment and seeing how we react. In order to have security we do need to invest more in defence and ukraine and it is right that we talk to our allies about that. Whilst we are enormously grateful for the continued support and investment they have put into a European Security, it is not right to rely on american taxpayers to do that if we are not prepared to make sacrifices for our own security. I am. That is the decision i have met on defence are pending. When we talk to the americans we are able to say we are leading, investing more than anyone else in European Security and others need to do the same. Sir keir starmer cannot say that. He cannot say to our American Allies or others that we are leading, investing more in their own security. That is a clear contrast. On your last question, as i talked about it i will end on the same point, i am not for one second pretending everything about the last 14 years was perfect, of course not. But i am proud of the record. I am of course not. But i am proud of the record. Iam proud of course not. But i am proud of the record. I am proud of the record when i made that speech, too. Looking at our education reforms, children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are now more likely to go to university than they were before. The attending gap before covid closed, making sure that our kids are the best readers in the western world. That didnt happen by accident and certainly isnt happening in wales were labour are in charge, or in scotland for the snp are in charge, it and tear, ending long in england, underthe conservatives. If you can create a world class education system, that is how you transform peoples lies with the better, how you give people the ability to flourish, that is what this conservative government has done over the last 14 years, together with providing the Financial Security so we can respond to the shops out there and continue to the shops out there and continue to keep this country safe, so i am proud of that and always will be. The choices about the future. In a more dangerous time, you can you trust to keep you safe and it is only the conservatives who have the bold action, clear plan required to keep the country safe and give our families a secure future. Thank you. The Prime Minister there outlining his vision. I will go straight to our Political Correspondent to break down some of the key messages we heard there. We still dont have a date for the General Election but the conservatives have set out a vision. What stood out most to you, what was the central claim that you picked up on . Tline what was the central claim that you picked uo on . What was the central claim that you picked up on . Picked up on . One of the most interesting picked up on . One of the most interesting things picked up on . One of the most interesting things was picked up on . One of the most interesting things was the picked up on . One of the most interesting things was the response from the Prime Minister to a question from chris mason, are you trying to claim that the country will be less safe under keir starmer . Quite clearly he answered yes, he does believe that. That is quite a claim, one that the labour party i suspect would strongly dispute. Rishi sunak points to Defence Spending when making that claim. He has committed to raising Defence Spending to 2. 5 of National Income by 2013, the labour party have put a timeframe on it, saying they would aspire to do that when our Economic Conditions allow. If youre going to spend 2. 5 of National Income on defence, what the Prime Minister isnt saying is that means you cant spend it on other areas of policy. Recent elections also suggest, the result is that we had in the local election suggest that people are not willing to vote for the labour party under Keir Starmers leadership in a way that they werent underJeremy Corbyn and i think that that is interesting because you see rishi sunak repeatedly trying to make a link, draw a line between keir starmer, the current labour leader, he would say that he has significantly changed the labour party and the fact that he stood as part asJeremy Corbyns shadow cabinet, trying to draw that line in peoples mind between keir starmer and Jeremy Corbyn at a time when it suggested that link is less at the forefront of peoples mind when they come to voting. The other thing that really stood out to me was this was of course the whole speech about security, there was no new policy in there as such, but keir starmer spoke a lot about security at the last labour conference. Not necessarily speaking about it as a topic as such but a kind of buzzword, a that speaks to people in terms of their fears about International Security and wars overseas, but also in terms of their domestic security, that sense of personal, Financial Security and their prospects for their own individual lives. It makes me think that that is a kind of theme that is likely to come through and this years General Election when it comes because by talking about security you give yourself a way of encompassing absolutely everything in terms of how you speak to people and peoples need to feel like there is a kind of leader there who has a plan and vision for the country. {lari plan and vision for the country. Of course, we do have a live page with more analysis. Now it is time for a look at the weather. Hello again. The weather this week is going to be more unsettled than it was last week. And thats because low pressure is very much going to be with us for a lot of this week. Today, its bringing in some rain from the southwest, very slowly, pushing northwards and eastwards. Some of that rain will be heavy across parts of south west england, south wales and northern ireland. And the clouds are going to continue to build ahead of it. Therell be some harr coming offshore at times across eastern parts of scotland, but in between, a lot of dry weather, sunny and warm conditions, with temperatures feasibly up to 24 degrees somewhere in Eastern England. And as we head through the evening and overnight, the rain continues its journey, Moving Eastwards and also northwards. Further showers come into the southwest and we see a return to localised mist and murk across eastern areas. But it is going to be a mild night. In fact, for some of us it will feel warm for the time of year. So as we go through tomorrow, the low pressures still with us, the Weather Front pushing ever further east. And it will be a breezy day, perhaps not quite as breezy as today. We still will have the low cloud, mist and murk along the wast coast. Heres our rain. Follow it all the way around and you can see a plethora of showers coming in across the south and the west. But in between, therell be some sunshine, as there will be across parts of northern scotland. Temperatures through the course of tomorrow ranging from 12 in lerwick, and 20 in inverness to about 19 as we push down towards norwich. Now, on wednesday, we still do have that Weather Front affecting parts of northern and Eastern England with some increasingly patchy rain on it. On either side, for northern scotland, for northern ireland, much of wales and southern england, therell be a lot of dry weather, bar a few showers and some sunshine, with temperatures again up to 20, maybe 21 degrees. Moving from thursday and towards the end of the week, the low pressure sinks a bit further south, but we do import more showers from the near continent. So during the course of thursday, you can see how we start off with showers across the southeastern corner. But they become more widespread across england and wales through the day. Some of those heavy and thundery move further north and were looking at drier conditions with fewer showers and top temperatures, again, round about the 20 degree mark. Beyond that, it still is changeable. Were looking at sunshine. Were looking at showers. And temperatures roughly where they should be, orjust above. Am live from london. This is bbc news. 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