Future. Having fun, but with a serious focus. It reminds me of our election campaign. Do you know they wanted me to wear a wet Suit Today . But i said it was abseiling or nothing. So here we are. Having a party. After winning our largest number of mps i have 100 years for over 100 Years Applause the best result in our modern partys history. 72 Liberal Democrats in the House Of Commons fighting for the freer, fairer, more open society we all want to build. How fitting it was that the final seat to declare, number 72, was the home of one of the great champions of that more liberal society, Our Dear Friends charles kennedy. Today i want to talk about the exciting opportunity, our new strength gives us. And the responsibility it places on us to. But before i get to that serious bet, i want to say thank you. To all of you. Members, volunteers, counsellors, candidates, you are all absolutely fantastic. Everybody played a part in our electing of the 72 members of parliament. 0ur largest numbe
Worse. Parents searching in vainforan nhs worse. Parents searching in vain for an Nhs Dentist for their kids. And cancer patients waiting months or even years to start treatment. The Conservative Party left office with almost 6. 5 million people languishing on hospital Waiting Lists. that is one in every nine people in england. A single astonishing statistic that encapsulates an appalling legacy of failure from the last conservative government. And a disaster for our society and our economy. Just imagine. Just imagine how much better it thinks would be now if those 6. 5 million people had already had the operational treatment they need and been able to get on with their lives. Just imagine how many people would now be back at work, earning a decent living and boosting our economy. Just imagine how much pain, Stress And Anxiety families would have been saved from, and how much more free they would feel as a result. That is, after all, why the nhs is so important to us as liberals and wh