Words and little action. That is part of the reason we are where we are. You know that i will take a stand. You saw me take a stand last year. And frankly, it is the only reason why i won my seat at the general election against all the polls and the pundits. The only seat that our party won in the whole of nottinghamshire and derbyshire, because my constituents, to whom i owe so much, knew that i took a stand. Forthem, owe so much, knew that i took a stand. For them, for the country, for the change we need. So, today, let me set out five changes that this new Conservative Party must make. Five stands that this new Conservative Party will take. And let me begin with this one. We must take a stand to secure our borders. We must secure our borders. Applause 120,000 people have entered our country on small boats on our watch. 99 of them are still here costing us billions. Frankly, there is no future for this party unless we take a stand to answer this problem. And the way to do that, we al
The case of the gentleman we heard from in the Report Isjust the case of the gentleman we heard from in the report is just how much he was willing to share with us, that level of detail is rare to come across because most people in this situation dont want to talk to journalists about their experience. They find it very difficult to actually communicate with their families, how do they do it . That is an interesting point, why cant a uyghur in the uk picked up a phone and call his family . That is because uyghurs in china are under intense surveillance. They assume their calls and Text Messages will be monitored by the state. One expert told us if a call comes in from a Family Member overseas, they wont pick up because they fear communicating free like that will put them at risk in some way. They feel at risk and hugely isolated as well. Sir geofrey nice kc is chair of the Uyghur Tribunal and we can talk to him now. Iam sure i am sure you heard that response to the bbc from the Chinese
The EU approved Monday a 900-million-euro German state subsidy for electric vehicle battery firm Northvolt to build a plant in Germany that might have otherwise been lured to the United States. The EU has been scrambling to stop investment in key green technologies from going to the United States as the IRA funnels some $370 billion into subsidies, including tax breaks for US-made electric vehicles and batteries.