our commonwealth, and a poignant celebration of values we hold dear. patriotism, compassion, service. values embodied by her majesty. we thank her yet again. and we welcome her son, thank her yet again. and we welcome herson, king thank her yet again. and we welcome her son, king charles iii, to the throne. the speech was of course already scheduled for september in brighton, but we rightly cancelled our confidence so we could properly mourn her majesty. that does of course mean i have had to postpone the speech for 47 days, or to use the speech for 47 days, or to use the modern unit of measurement, approximately one liz truss. and that says it all, doesn t it? the chaos and incompetence that these conservatives have inflicted on our great united kingdom, all their squabbling, their scandals, their sleaze, it is shameful. this would be unacceptable at any time, but when our country is in the grip of a cost of living crisis, when local health services, when war ravages our con
retirement, access to high quality local health services without waiting for weeks, good schools for your children, where your child s needs are met. so communities where you and your neighbours are free from the threat of frame. clean local environments where you and yourfamily can enjoy local environments where you and your family can enjoy open green spaces and blue rivers. conservative mps had utterly failed to stand up for their constituents. they have let water companies make vast profits while getting away with dumping their filthy sewage. and the regulator has been at the accomplice in their crime. so i am calling on the government to abolish it, set up a proper watchdog with real teeth, to do whatever it takes to stop the sewage. steal the liberal democrat
idea first, sewage tax, borrow our ban on bonuses for water bosses, and make them finally clean up our rivers. that is the sort of fair deal i am talking about, the sort of deal you expect and deserve, and that is the fair deal we liberal democrats are fighting for. so let me tell you why this fight matters so much to me personally. like so many of us, my life has taught me about care and the importance of our nhs. i come from nottinghamshire, the youngest of three brothers. both of our parents were ta ken of three brothers. both of our parents were taken from us when we were still young. my dad died when i