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(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Britain's opposition Labour party meet next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, who's tipped to be the next Prime Minister with a 20 point lead in the polls - has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style.
He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV.
This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from the window at his home in the North of England.
New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coal mining pits.
It symbolises the sort of radical change that Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effect in Britain.
The change he's been striving for since 1983, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament in this constituency, is to take his party to the centre ground - appealing to a wider range of voters than the more class-based socialism that marked the Labour party under previous leaders.
Distancing Labour from its links with trade unions, not being perceived as a high-tax, high-spending party and looking to the middle class, former pro-Thatcher voters are all central to Blair's cause.
This has drawn stinging criticism from more traditional elements within his party who say he doesn't consult enough.
Speaking from his home in Sedgefield, County Durham, Blair defended his leadership style.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Firstly I believe that people want political leadership. You don't do this arrogantly - just on a sort of whimsy decide in some sort of macho way you're going to be a strong leader, but people need direction and the Labour party lost the last four elections and frankly anybody who looks at the situation there and says there's no changes needed, well I don't think of them as being a very serious person about their political beliefs. So we've had to make big change. We've been right to make it. We are now a broad based party, we're not at the behest of every pressure group that makes demands on us."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair dismisses dissenters from within his own party in a forthright fashion.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Of course there are elements that disagree with that process of change. I think, one, it is really a younger generation that's come on in the Labour party and they are with change and modernisation and that's where the centre is, and two, there's no intellectual case against what we're doing."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The election campaign could be as many as seven months away ,but already it has turned nasty with the ruling Conservative party portraying Blair as a man with demon eyes, hiding the truth as the party that wants to raise taxes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Without wishing to insult American politics in any way at all I think it would be unfortunate if our politics turned into a blast of negative campaigning because it's so destructive in the end. Nobody really believes that I am akin to the devil and if I say the same about John Major nobody really believes that. It's a very sterile and puerile form of debate."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair stresses the need for Britain to retain its strong ties with the United States and suggested Britain could play the role of mediator between America and the European Union.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
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SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
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(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Britain's Labour party meets next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, riding high with a 20 point lead in the polls, is tipped to be the country's next Prime Minister, but has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style.
He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV.
This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from his window at his home in the North of England.
New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coalmining pits.
It symbolises the sort of radical change Tony Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effect in Britain.
The change he's been striving for since 1983, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament in this constituency, is to take his party to the centre ground - appealing to a wider range of voters than the more class-based socialists that marked the Labour party under previous leaders.
Distancing Labour from its links with trade unions, not being perceived of as a high-tax, high-spend party and looking to the middle class, pro-Thatcher voters are all central to Blair's cause.
This has drawn stinging criticism from more traditional elements within the party who say he doesn't consult enough.
Speaking from his home in Sedgefield, County Durham, Blair defended his leadership style.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Firstly I believe that people want political leadership. You don't do this arrogantly - just on a sort of whimsy decide in some sort of macho way you're going to be a strong leader, but people need direction and the Labour party lost the last four elections and frankly anybody who looks at the situation there and says there's no changes needed, well I don't think of them as being a very serious person about their political beliefs. So we've had to make big change. We've been right to make it. We are now a broad based party, we're not at the behest of every pressure group that makes demands on us."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair dismisses dissenters from within his own party in a forthright fashion.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Of course there are elements that disagree with that process of change. I think, one, it is really a younger generation that's come on in the Labour party and they are with change and modernisation and that's where the centre is, and two, there's no intellectual case against what we're doing."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The election campaign could be as many as seven months away but already it has turned nasty with the Conservative party portraying Tony Blair as a man with demon eyes, hiding the truth as the party that wants to raise taxes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Without wishing to insult American politics in any way at all I think it would be unfortunate if our politics turned into a blast of negative campaigning because it's so destructive in the end. Nobody really believes that I am akin to the devil and if I say the same about John Major nobody really believes that. it's a very sterile and puerile form of debate."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The Britain Blair aspires to lead has changed too, and is well on the way
to a full multi-racial society.
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SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Next Tuesday Blair will address the party faithful at the Blackpool conference.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Reg Keys is the father of a British soldier who was killed in Iraq during 2003. He ran as an independent candidate against Tony Blair in his home constituency of Sedgefield during the 2005 general election to protest against Blair and his policies.
Apologies for the poor quality, it is the best version available that contains the entire speech.
- published: 04 Jan 2013
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Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘give Britain its mojo back’ during a trip to northern England.
Speaking in Tony Blair's old constituency - seized from Labour in the election as the Tories smashed through the 'Red Wall' in the North - the Prime Minister said he would take the country on a "wonderful adventure".
Boris was on a victory lap of the North as he thanked voters in Labour's heartland who turned staunch red seats blue - many for the first time in their history.
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- published: 14 Dec 2019
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(2 May 1997) English/Nat
Tony Blair, is Britain's new Prime Minister, following a Labour landslide victory, putting the Conservative Party in opposition for the first time in 18 years.
By 0213 G-M-T on Friday morning it was over. Labour had won 330 parliamentary seats giving it a majority in the 659 seat House of Commons.
Fourteen minutes later, the Conservative Prime Minister, John Major, conceded election defeat, after he himself was elected as the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in South East England.
On the road to a resounding victory.
Labour leader, Tony Blair arrived in his Sedgefield constituency in the early hours of Friday to await the result of the poll count to convinced his supporters had re-elected him to parliament.
Immediately the polls closed at 2100 G-M-T on Thursday, the counting of the ballot slips started.
Three hours later, the final count was complete at Blair's north of England seat.
As the prospective parliamentary candidates gathered, it was becoming evident that the Labour Party were sweeping the country, winning high numbers of seats.
And in Blair's own constituency, there was little doubt of his popularity, and was therefore no surprise when it the result returned the leader to parliament.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Anthony Charles Linton Blair, the Labour Party candidate, 33-thousand-526 (cheers)."
SUPER CAPTION: Norman Vaulks, Chief Returning Officer for Sedgefield
Smiling in triumph the Labour leader clasped his wife, Cherie's hand in jubilation.
Blair, 43, will be the youngest British Prime Minister in 185 years.
And he told the gathered audience that a vote for Labour was a vote for a new future.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"You know me, all the way through, I've been against complacency all the way through, and I'm still against it until those results finally come through. But if we have done well, then I know what this is a vote for. It is a vote for the future, it is not a vote for outdated dogma, or ideology of any kind, it is a vote for and to divisions, an end to looking backwards, a desire to apply the basic decent British values of common sense and imagination to the problems we all know we face as a country today. And it is with a real sense of pride, that we have created a Labour Party today, capable of offering that unity of purpose, that vision of renewal, that our country needs. So that with those decent values in place, we can tackle the problems our country faces - in our schools and our hospitals, the crime on our streets, the jobs for our young people, the industries of the future, the very basic things that determine whether a country succeeds or fails. We are a great country, the British people are a great people. There is no greater honour than to serve them, and serve them we will. Thank you."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Leader
Blair's father was also on hand to share in his son's success and happily posed for the media on the podium, before the Blair's left to join their supporters.
The Labour leader was given a heroes welcome at the local Labour club - the party had already started.
The Labour Party is on courser for a large majority in Westminster, having already won over the 330 seats necessary to give them a working majority.
Blair promised his supporters he would not let them or their country down.
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"My greatest pleasure would be to repay the trust that you have put in me. I believe in you and I believe that you represent all the best in this country, and the greatest pride I could ever have is to repay that trust a thousand-fold."
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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On Thursday 15 November 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May made a statement to the House of Commons on Brexit negotiations. This followed the publication of the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union the previous day.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/november/statement-on-eu-exit-negotiations/
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- published: 16 Nov 2018
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Boris Johnson has pledged to repay the trust of Northern voters after the Conservative Party's historic election win. On a visit to the North East, the prime minister thanked former Labour supporters for 'breaking the voting habits of a generations'. Speaking in Sedgefield, Tony Blair's old constituency which voted in a Tory MP for the first time since 1935, Mr Johnson told voters he was "devoted" to repaying voters' trust as their prime minister. The Tories won a landslide majority in the face of crumbling Labour support, securing an 80-strong majority while the opposition party lost seats in 59 constituencies. Many of those losses occurred in constituencies that had previously made up a Red wall of Labour strongholds across the north, the Midlands and Wales, including former mining towns like Sedgefield in County Durham. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted it had been a "very disappointing" election night as the party saw its worst result in 84 years. Addressing a crowd of supports at a local cricket club this afternoon, Mr Johnson acknowledged how difficult it would have been for lifelong Labour supporters to switch allegiance. He said: "I want to thank you, all of you, for the trust that you have placed in us in the Conservative Party and in me, and I know how difficult it was, it can be to make that kind of decision. "I can imagine people's pencils hovering over the ballot paper and wavering before coming down for us and the Conservatives, and I know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. "I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everything that I do as your Prime Minister, will be devoted to repaying that trust." Mr Johnson then asked his newly-elected MPs what the party would be doing first, which was met with a rousing call of "get Brexit done". He reiterated his previous promises that his Brexit deal would be back in Parliament before Christmas and the new January 31 departure deadline would be met. The prime minister also said his government would be addressing the north-south divide, promising to "spread opportunity across the country". "We believe that talent is evenly distributed throughout our country but opportunity is unfairly distributed," he said. "We are going to rectify that as a One Nation Conservative government, as a people's government." He added that his government would recover the country's "mojo" and lead it to "stand tall in the world".
- published: 14 Dec 2019
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Boris Johnson has held on to his seat with 25,351 votes with Labour's Ali Milani running second winning just over 18,000 votes.
And Lord Buckethead won 125 votes.
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- published: 13 Dec 2019
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield.
Boris Johnson pledged to repay the trust of former Labour voters who switched to back the Tories as he held a victory rally today deep in what was once red territory, following his landslide election victory
The Prime Minister went to Sedgefield, the former seat of Tony Blair, which was a brick in the so-called Red Wall that collapsed in the face of a blue wave on Thursday night.
Addressing supporters he acknowledged that some people had broken 'the voting habits of generations' to support him, but told them they had helped to 'change the country for the better'.
He said: 'I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everything that I do as your Prime Minister, will be devoted to repaying that trust.
'And first of all what are we going to do? We're going to get Brexit done.'
And he added that he wanted to bring the country together, saying he would also focus on the NHS, education and law and order.
He added: 'Our country has embarked on a wonderful adventure. We are going to recover our national self confidence, our mojo, self belief, and we are going to do things differently and better as a country. Because we can.
Mr Johnson is set to embark on a whirlwind 100 days which will take in Brexit and a raft of domestic changes, plus a charm offensive in Scotland designed to counter election successes by the SNP.
The triumphant procession came as Labour turned on itself after Jeremy Corbyn handed Mr Johnson an 80-seat majority in the opposition's worst defeat since 1935.
Some areas, such as Bishop Auckland and Redcar, had never elected a Tory MP before Thursday night's shock result
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell became the first big name to confirm they would follow Mr Corbyn out of the door
He announced today that he would not serve in the shadow cabinet under the new leader, due to be appointed in the new year.
Who that new leader is looks set to be to focus of a bitter ideological battle within the left-wing party. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging people to "let the healing begin" after his Conservative party's landslide election victory. The U.K. has been bitterly divided since the vote to leave the European Union three years ago, and the election result means Brexit will happen in January. But it also means Johnson will face big challenges in keeping the countries of the United Kingdom together. Ian Lee reports from London.
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- published: 14 Dec 2019
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MPs have voted to approve the new three-tier lockdown system that comes into force tonight, following an emotional appeal from Health Secretary Matt Hancock. It means the North East enters Tier 3 tonight, with households banned from mixing in any indoor setting and private gardens, while venues such as pubs and restaurants must remain closed. Mr Hancock fought back tears as he told MPs his step-grandfather caught Covid-19 in Liverpool and died on November 18. He told the Commons : “In my family, as in so many others, we’ve lost a loving husband, a father, a grandfather to this awful disease. “So from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you to everyone in Liverpool for getting this awful virus under control. “It’s down by four-fifths in Liverpool, that’s what we can do if we work together in a spirit of common humanity. We’ve got to beat this, we’ve got to beat it together.” The national lockdown ends tonight, and the House of Commons vote was needed in order to introduce a new three-tier system to replace it. MPs backed the new measures by 291 to 78. However there was a significant rebellion by Conservative MPs, with around 50 voting against the Government. This was despite an attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to win over rebels with the announcement of an additional £1,000 each in financial support for hospitality businesses. Labour leader Keir Starmer told his MPs to absain on the vote, which ensured the Government would win despite the Tory rebellion. Labour says it has many criticisms of the Government's lockdown policies, including what it says is a lack of financial support for hospitality businesses, but points out that if the Commons voted against the plan then there would simply be no restrictions at all from midnight, which would allow the virus to spread. However, some Labour MPs defied orders to abstain and voted against the measures instead. They included North Durham MP Kevan Jones, South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck, Jarrow MP Kate Osborne and Easington MP Grahame Morris. Many of the Conservative MPs that loyally voted for the Government's three-tier system nonetheless expressed concerns about it. Paul Howell, Tory MP for Sedgefield, told the House of Commons that the Government's approach meant rural areas in his constituency had the same rules as Newcastle, even though they are very different places. He said: "The North East has been grouped as a region with an edge running through the south of my constituency and all the way up to the Scottish border - a distance of 136 miles and a geographic area of 3,344 square miles. "Sedgefield as a constituency has only 140 of those square miles and a population of 85,000. Its population density of 600 per square mile reflects the County Durham figures. !However, we are also linked to towns such as Newcastle, which has a density of 6,100 per square mile. That is 10 times as much, and poses a very different risk." Pubs and other bars, such as golf clubs o
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Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)
Sedgefield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since a by-election in 2007 by Phil Wilson, a member of the Labour Party.
Labour have held Sedgefield since 1935. From 1983 to 2007, the constituency was represented by Tony Blair, who became the party's leader in 1994 and Prime Minister in 1997.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The District of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham, Broom, Chilton, Cornforth, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Old Trimdon, Sedgefield, Spennymoor, and Tudhoe, the District of Easington wards of Deaf Hill, Hutton Henry, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.
1997-2010: The District of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham, Broom, Chilton, Cornforth, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Middridge, Neville, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Old Trimdon, Sedgefield, Shafto, Simpasture, West, and Woodham, the District of Easington wards of Deaf Hill, Hutton Henry, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.
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Sedgefield
Coordinates: 54°39′N 1°27′W / 54.65°N 1.45°W / 54.65; -1.45
Sedgefield is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It has a population of 4,534, increasing to 5,211 at the 2011 census.
St Edmund's church in Sedgefield is noted for its ornate 17th century Cosin woodwork, unique to County Durham since the display in Brancepeth was destroyed in a fire.
The 18th century saw the architect James Paine commissioned by John Burdon in 1754 to design and construct a Palladian estate at nearby Hardwick Hall. The building work was never completed as Burdon went bankrupt, but sufficient landscaping was done to form the basis of the now renovated Hardwick Hall Country Park.
The 19th century South African politician and industrialist Henry Barrington was born in Sedgefield and actions by his offspring indirectly led to the South African town Sedgefield, Western Cape being named in honour of his birthplace.
In the 19th century, Sedgefield was a great hunting centre, dubbed 'the Melton of the North'. Hunter Ralph Lambton had his headquarters at Sedgefield: the humorous writer, Robert Smith Surtees, who lived at Hamsterley Hall, was a friend of his. On 23 February 1815, Lord Darlington wrote: 'Mr Ralph Lambton was out with some gentlemen from Sedgefield, and a most immense field.'
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Sedgefield (Charlotte neighborhood)
Sedgefield is a neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. It is situated between Park Rd. and South Blvd and belongs to popular South End (Charlotte neighborhood).
Sedgefield is only 3 miles away from Charlotte Douglas International Airport and within walking distance to the Bank of America Stadium. The core of the neighborhood is a mix of duplex housing and single-family homes along tree-lined streets. Property values have been increasing faster than average due to the development along South Blvd. Many of the homes in Sedgefield have been renovated or even rebuild from the ground and expanded. In 2014 Redfin real estate brokerage predicts Sedgefield to be one of the Nation's "hottest neighborhoods" in terms of price development.
Area
Sedgefield has an area of 493 acres. Sedgefield is bordering reputable Myers Park and Dilworth where Charlotte’s largest hospital, Carolinas Medical Center, is located.
Demographics
Approx. 3200 people call Sedgefield home. Median Age of its residents is 32 years. Median household income in 2012 was 70,000USD. It has a strong Neighborhood Association representation. There are many condo projects underway along its west side, spurred by the completion of the LYNX blue line of the Charlotte Light Rail. The boom in residential development is expected to double the neighborhood’s population of about 3,200 by the end of 2015. Crime rate is below the County average.
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Sedgefield (borough)
Coordinates: 54°39′14″N 1°26′53″W / 54.654°N 1.448°W / 54.654; -1.448
Sedgefield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district and borough in County Durham, in North East England. It had a population of about 87,000 (2001 UK census). It was named after Sedgefield; but its largest town was Newton Aycliffe. Other places included Shildon, Ferryhill and Spennymoor.
The borough was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Sedgefield Rural District, Spennymoor and Shildon urban districts and part of Darlington Rural District.
The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.
Electoral divisions
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(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat Britain's opposition Labour party meet next week for their last annual conference before a General Election. Their leader, Tony Blair, who's tipped to be the next Prime Minister with a 20 point lead in the polls - has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style. He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV. This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from the window at his home in the North of England. New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coal mining pits. It symbolises the sort of radical change that Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effec...
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UK: SEDGEFIELD: TONY BLAIR PROFILE UPDATE
(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat Britain's Labour party meets next week for their last annual conference before a General Election. Their leader, Tony Blair, riding high with a 20 point lead in the polls, is tipped to be the country's next Prime Minister, but has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style. He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV. This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from his window at his home in the North of England. New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coalmining pits. It symbolises the sort of radical change Tony Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wa...
published: 21 Jul 2015 -
Reg Keys 2005 Sedgefield Election Speech
Reg Keys is the father of a British soldier who was killed in Iraq during 2003. He ran as an independent candidate against Tony Blair in his home constituency of Sedgefield during the 2005 general election to protest against Blair and his policies. Apologies for the poor quality, it is the best version available that contains the entire speech.
published: 04 Jan 2013 -
Boris Johnson celebrates election win in the former Labour strongholds of northern England
Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘give Britain its mojo back’ during a trip to northern England. Speaking in Tony Blair's old constituency - seized from Labour in the election as the Tories smashed through the 'Red Wall' in the North - the Prime Minister said he would take the country on a "wonderful adventure". Boris was on a victory lap of the North as he thanked voters in Labour's heartland who turned staunch red seats blue - many for the first time in their history. Read more: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10551269/boris-johnson-visit-queens-speech-brexit/ From Brexit breaking news to HD movie trailers, The Sun newspaper brings you the latest news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world. Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Sun: ...
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UK: TONY BLAIR IS ELECTED NEW PRIME MINISTER FOLLOWING LABOUR WIN
(2 May 1997) English/Nat Tony Blair, is Britain's new Prime Minister, following a Labour landslide victory, putting the Conservative Party in opposition for the first time in 18 years. By 0213 G-M-T on Friday morning it was over. Labour had won 330 parliamentary seats giving it a majority in the 659 seat House of Commons. Fourteen minutes later, the Conservative Prime Minister, John Major, conceded election defeat, after he himself was elected as the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in South East England. On the road to a resounding victory. Labour leader, Tony Blair arrived in his Sedgefield constituency in the early hours of Friday to await the result of the poll count to convinced his supporters had re-elected him to parliament. Immediately the polls closed at 2100 ...
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Prime Minister's statement on EU exit negotiations: 15 November 2018
On Thursday 15 November 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May made a statement to the House of Commons on Brexit negotiations. This followed the publication of the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union the previous day. https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/november/statement-on-eu-exit-negotiations/ Government Ministers may make oral statements to Parliament which usually address major incidents, government policies or actions. These take place after Oral Questions and any granted urgent questions.
published: 16 Nov 2018 -
PM pledges to repay trust of Northern voters who 'broke habits of generations'
Boris Johnson has pledged to repay the trust of Northern voters after the Conservative Party's historic election win. On a visit to the North East, the prime minister thanked former Labour supporters for 'breaking the voting habits of a generations'. Speaking in Sedgefield, Tony Blair's old constituency which voted in a Tory MP for the first time since 1935, Mr Johnson told voters he was "devoted" to repaying voters' trust as their prime minister. The Tories won a landslide majority in the face of crumbling Labour support, securing an 80-strong majority while the opposition party lost seats in 59 constituencies. Many of those losses occurred in constituencies that had previously made up a Red wall of Labour strongholds across the north, the Midlands and Wales, including former mini...
published: 14 Dec 2019 -
Election results 2019: Boris Johnson holds Uxbridge seat - BBC News
Boris Johnson has held on to his seat with 25,351 votes with Labour's Ali Milani running second winning just over 18,000 votes. And Lord Buckethead won 125 votes. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield
I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield. Boris Johnson pledged to repay the trust of former Labour voters who switched to back the Tories as he held a victory rally today deep in what was once red territory, following his landslide election victory The Prime Minister went to Sedgefield, the former seat of Tony Blair, which was a brick in the so-called Red Wall that collapsed in the face of a blue wave on Thursday night. Addressing supporters he acknowledged that some people had broken 'the voting habits of generations' to support him, but told them they had helped to 'change the country for the better'. He said: 'I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everythin...
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MPs vote to approve three-tier lockdown system
MPs have voted to approve the new three-tier lockdown system that comes into force tonight, following an emotional appeal from Health Secretary Matt Hancock. It means the North East enters Tier 3 tonight, with households banned from mixing in any indoor setting and private gardens, while venues such as pubs and restaurants must remain closed. Mr Hancock fought back tears as he told MPs his step-grandfather caught Covid-19 in Liverpool and died on November 18. He told the Commons : “In my family, as in so many others, we’ve lost a loving husband, a father, a grandfather to this awful disease. “So from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you to everyone in Liverpool for getting this awful virus under control. “It’s down by four-fifths in Liverpool, that’s what we can do if we...
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UK: SEDGEFIELD: TONY BLAIR PROFILE
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(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Britain's opposition Labour party meet next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony ...
(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Britain's opposition Labour party meet next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, who's tipped to be the next Prime Minister with a 20 point lead in the polls - has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style.
He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV.
This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from the window at his home in the North of England.
New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coal mining pits.
It symbolises the sort of radical change that Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effect in Britain.
The change he's been striving for since 1983, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament in this constituency, is to take his party to the centre ground - appealing to a wider range of voters than the more class-based socialism that marked the Labour party under previous leaders.
Distancing Labour from its links with trade unions, not being perceived as a high-tax, high-spending party and looking to the middle class, former pro-Thatcher voters are all central to Blair's cause.
This has drawn stinging criticism from more traditional elements within his party who say he doesn't consult enough.
Speaking from his home in Sedgefield, County Durham, Blair defended his leadership style.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Firstly I believe that people want political leadership. You don't do this arrogantly - just on a sort of whimsy decide in some sort of macho way you're going to be a strong leader, but people need direction and the Labour party lost the last four elections and frankly anybody who looks at the situation there and says there's no changes needed, well I don't think of them as being a very serious person about their political beliefs. So we've had to make big change. We've been right to make it. We are now a broad based party, we're not at the behest of every pressure group that makes demands on us."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair dismisses dissenters from within his own party in a forthright fashion.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Of course there are elements that disagree with that process of change. I think, one, it is really a younger generation that's come on in the Labour party and they are with change and modernisation and that's where the centre is, and two, there's no intellectual case against what we're doing."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The election campaign could be as many as seven months away ,but already it has turned nasty with the ruling Conservative party portraying Blair as a man with demon eyes, hiding the truth as the party that wants to raise taxes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Without wishing to insult American politics in any way at all I think it would be unfortunate if our politics turned into a blast of negative campaigning because it's so destructive in the end. Nobody really believes that I am akin to the devil and if I say the same about John Major nobody really believes that. It's a very sterile and puerile form of debate."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair stresses the need for Britain to retain its strong ties with the United States and suggested Britain could play the role of mediator between America and the European Union.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
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(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Britain's opposition Labour party meet next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, who's tipped to be the next Prime Minister with a 20 point lead in the polls - has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style.
He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV.
This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from the window at his home in the North of England.
New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coal mining pits.
It symbolises the sort of radical change that Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effect in Britain.
The change he's been striving for since 1983, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament in this constituency, is to take his party to the centre ground - appealing to a wider range of voters than the more class-based socialism that marked the Labour party under previous leaders.
Distancing Labour from its links with trade unions, not being perceived as a high-tax, high-spending party and looking to the middle class, former pro-Thatcher voters are all central to Blair's cause.
This has drawn stinging criticism from more traditional elements within his party who say he doesn't consult enough.
Speaking from his home in Sedgefield, County Durham, Blair defended his leadership style.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Firstly I believe that people want political leadership. You don't do this arrogantly - just on a sort of whimsy decide in some sort of macho way you're going to be a strong leader, but people need direction and the Labour party lost the last four elections and frankly anybody who looks at the situation there and says there's no changes needed, well I don't think of them as being a very serious person about their political beliefs. So we've had to make big change. We've been right to make it. We are now a broad based party, we're not at the behest of every pressure group that makes demands on us."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair dismisses dissenters from within his own party in a forthright fashion.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Of course there are elements that disagree with that process of change. I think, one, it is really a younger generation that's come on in the Labour party and they are with change and modernisation and that's where the centre is, and two, there's no intellectual case against what we're doing."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The election campaign could be as many as seven months away ,but already it has turned nasty with the ruling Conservative party portraying Blair as a man with demon eyes, hiding the truth as the party that wants to raise taxes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Without wishing to insult American politics in any way at all I think it would be unfortunate if our politics turned into a blast of negative campaigning because it's so destructive in the end. Nobody really believes that I am akin to the devil and if I say the same about John Major nobody really believes that. It's a very sterile and puerile form of debate."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair stresses the need for Britain to retain its strong ties with the United States and suggested Britain could play the role of mediator between America and the European Union.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
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UK: SEDGEFIELD: TONY BLAIR PROFILE UPDATE
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(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Britain's Labour party meets next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, rid...
(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Britain's Labour party meets next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, riding high with a 20 point lead in the polls, is tipped to be the country's next Prime Minister, but has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style.
He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV.
This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from his window at his home in the North of England.
New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coalmining pits.
It symbolises the sort of radical change Tony Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effect in Britain.
The change he's been striving for since 1983, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament in this constituency, is to take his party to the centre ground - appealing to a wider range of voters than the more class-based socialists that marked the Labour party under previous leaders.
Distancing Labour from its links with trade unions, not being perceived of as a high-tax, high-spend party and looking to the middle class, pro-Thatcher voters are all central to Blair's cause.
This has drawn stinging criticism from more traditional elements within the party who say he doesn't consult enough.
Speaking from his home in Sedgefield, County Durham, Blair defended his leadership style.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Firstly I believe that people want political leadership. You don't do this arrogantly - just on a sort of whimsy decide in some sort of macho way you're going to be a strong leader, but people need direction and the Labour party lost the last four elections and frankly anybody who looks at the situation there and says there's no changes needed, well I don't think of them as being a very serious person about their political beliefs. So we've had to make big change. We've been right to make it. We are now a broad based party, we're not at the behest of every pressure group that makes demands on us."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair dismisses dissenters from within his own party in a forthright fashion.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Of course there are elements that disagree with that process of change. I think, one, it is really a younger generation that's come on in the Labour party and they are with change and modernisation and that's where the centre is, and two, there's no intellectual case against what we're doing."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The election campaign could be as many as seven months away but already it has turned nasty with the Conservative party portraying Tony Blair as a man with demon eyes, hiding the truth as the party that wants to raise taxes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Without wishing to insult American politics in any way at all I think it would be unfortunate if our politics turned into a blast of negative campaigning because it's so destructive in the end. Nobody really believes that I am akin to the devil and if I say the same about John Major nobody really believes that. it's a very sterile and puerile form of debate."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The Britain Blair aspires to lead has changed too, and is well on the way
to a full multi-racial society.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Next Tuesday Blair will address the party faithful at the Blackpool conference.
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(29 Sep 1996) English/Nat
Britain's Labour party meets next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, riding high with a 20 point lead in the polls, is tipped to be the country's next Prime Minister, but has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style.
He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV.
This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from his window at his home in the North of England.
New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coalmining pits.
It symbolises the sort of radical change Tony Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effect in Britain.
The change he's been striving for since 1983, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament in this constituency, is to take his party to the centre ground - appealing to a wider range of voters than the more class-based socialists that marked the Labour party under previous leaders.
Distancing Labour from its links with trade unions, not being perceived of as a high-tax, high-spend party and looking to the middle class, pro-Thatcher voters are all central to Blair's cause.
This has drawn stinging criticism from more traditional elements within the party who say he doesn't consult enough.
Speaking from his home in Sedgefield, County Durham, Blair defended his leadership style.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Firstly I believe that people want political leadership. You don't do this arrogantly - just on a sort of whimsy decide in some sort of macho way you're going to be a strong leader, but people need direction and the Labour party lost the last four elections and frankly anybody who looks at the situation there and says there's no changes needed, well I don't think of them as being a very serious person about their political beliefs. So we've had to make big change. We've been right to make it. We are now a broad based party, we're not at the behest of every pressure group that makes demands on us."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair dismisses dissenters from within his own party in a forthright fashion.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Of course there are elements that disagree with that process of change. I think, one, it is really a younger generation that's come on in the Labour party and they are with change and modernisation and that's where the centre is, and two, there's no intellectual case against what we're doing."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The election campaign could be as many as seven months away but already it has turned nasty with the Conservative party portraying Tony Blair as a man with demon eyes, hiding the truth as the party that wants to raise taxes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Without wishing to insult American politics in any way at all I think it would be unfortunate if our politics turned into a blast of negative campaigning because it's so destructive in the end. Nobody really believes that I am akin to the devil and if I say the same about John Major nobody really believes that. it's a very sterile and puerile form of debate."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The Britain Blair aspires to lead has changed too, and is well on the way
to a full multi-racial society.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Next Tuesday Blair will address the party faithful at the Blackpool conference.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Reg Keys 2005 Sedgefield Election Speech
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Reg Keys is the father of a British soldier who was killed in Iraq during 2003. He ran as an independent candidate against Tony Blair in his home constituency o...
Reg Keys is the father of a British soldier who was killed in Iraq during 2003. He ran as an independent candidate against Tony Blair in his home constituency of Sedgefield during the 2005 general election to protest against Blair and his policies.
Apologies for the poor quality, it is the best version available that contains the entire speech.
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Reg Keys is the father of a British soldier who was killed in Iraq during 2003. He ran as an independent candidate against Tony Blair in his home constituency of Sedgefield during the 2005 general election to protest against Blair and his policies.
Apologies for the poor quality, it is the best version available that contains the entire speech.
- published: 04 Jan 2013
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Boris Johnson celebrates election win in the former Labour strongholds of northern England
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Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘give Britain its mojo back’ during a trip to northern England.
Speaking in Tony Blair's old constituency - seized from Labour in t...
Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘give Britain its mojo back’ during a trip to northern England.
Speaking in Tony Blair's old constituency - seized from Labour in the election as the Tories smashed through the 'Red Wall' in the North - the Prime Minister said he would take the country on a "wonderful adventure".
Boris was on a victory lap of the North as he thanked voters in Labour's heartland who turned staunch red seats blue - many for the first time in their history.
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Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘give Britain its mojo back’ during a trip to northern England.
Speaking in Tony Blair's old constituency - seized from Labour in the election as the Tories smashed through the 'Red Wall' in the North - the Prime Minister said he would take the country on a "wonderful adventure".
Boris was on a victory lap of the North as he thanked voters in Labour's heartland who turned staunch red seats blue - many for the first time in their history.
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- published: 14 Dec 2019
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UK: TONY BLAIR IS ELECTED NEW PRIME MINISTER FOLLOWING LABOUR WIN
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(2 May 1997) English/Nat
Tony Blair, is Britain's new Prime Minister, following a Labour landslide victory, putting the Conservative Party in opposition for ...
(2 May 1997) English/Nat
Tony Blair, is Britain's new Prime Minister, following a Labour landslide victory, putting the Conservative Party in opposition for the first time in 18 years.
By 0213 G-M-T on Friday morning it was over. Labour had won 330 parliamentary seats giving it a majority in the 659 seat House of Commons.
Fourteen minutes later, the Conservative Prime Minister, John Major, conceded election defeat, after he himself was elected as the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in South East England.
On the road to a resounding victory.
Labour leader, Tony Blair arrived in his Sedgefield constituency in the early hours of Friday to await the result of the poll count to convinced his supporters had re-elected him to parliament.
Immediately the polls closed at 2100 G-M-T on Thursday, the counting of the ballot slips started.
Three hours later, the final count was complete at Blair's north of England seat.
As the prospective parliamentary candidates gathered, it was becoming evident that the Labour Party were sweeping the country, winning high numbers of seats.
And in Blair's own constituency, there was little doubt of his popularity, and was therefore no surprise when it the result returned the leader to parliament.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Anthony Charles Linton Blair, the Labour Party candidate, 33-thousand-526 (cheers)."
SUPER CAPTION: Norman Vaulks, Chief Returning Officer for Sedgefield
Smiling in triumph the Labour leader clasped his wife, Cherie's hand in jubilation.
Blair, 43, will be the youngest British Prime Minister in 185 years.
And he told the gathered audience that a vote for Labour was a vote for a new future.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"You know me, all the way through, I've been against complacency all the way through, and I'm still against it until those results finally come through. But if we have done well, then I know what this is a vote for. It is a vote for the future, it is not a vote for outdated dogma, or ideology of any kind, it is a vote for and to divisions, an end to looking backwards, a desire to apply the basic decent British values of common sense and imagination to the problems we all know we face as a country today. And it is with a real sense of pride, that we have created a Labour Party today, capable of offering that unity of purpose, that vision of renewal, that our country needs. So that with those decent values in place, we can tackle the problems our country faces - in our schools and our hospitals, the crime on our streets, the jobs for our young people, the industries of the future, the very basic things that determine whether a country succeeds or fails. We are a great country, the British people are a great people. There is no greater honour than to serve them, and serve them we will. Thank you."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Leader
Blair's father was also on hand to share in his son's success and happily posed for the media on the podium, before the Blair's left to join their supporters.
The Labour leader was given a heroes welcome at the local Labour club - the party had already started.
The Labour Party is on courser for a large majority in Westminster, having already won over the 330 seats necessary to give them a working majority.
Blair promised his supporters he would not let them or their country down.
SOUNDBITE:
"My greatest pleasure would be to repay the trust that you have put in me. I believe in you and I believe that you represent all the best in this country, and the greatest pride I could ever have is to repay that trust a thousand-fold."
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(2 May 1997) English/Nat
Tony Blair, is Britain's new Prime Minister, following a Labour landslide victory, putting the Conservative Party in opposition for the first time in 18 years.
By 0213 G-M-T on Friday morning it was over. Labour had won 330 parliamentary seats giving it a majority in the 659 seat House of Commons.
Fourteen minutes later, the Conservative Prime Minister, John Major, conceded election defeat, after he himself was elected as the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in South East England.
On the road to a resounding victory.
Labour leader, Tony Blair arrived in his Sedgefield constituency in the early hours of Friday to await the result of the poll count to convinced his supporters had re-elected him to parliament.
Immediately the polls closed at 2100 G-M-T on Thursday, the counting of the ballot slips started.
Three hours later, the final count was complete at Blair's north of England seat.
As the prospective parliamentary candidates gathered, it was becoming evident that the Labour Party were sweeping the country, winning high numbers of seats.
And in Blair's own constituency, there was little doubt of his popularity, and was therefore no surprise when it the result returned the leader to parliament.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Anthony Charles Linton Blair, the Labour Party candidate, 33-thousand-526 (cheers)."
SUPER CAPTION: Norman Vaulks, Chief Returning Officer for Sedgefield
Smiling in triumph the Labour leader clasped his wife, Cherie's hand in jubilation.
Blair, 43, will be the youngest British Prime Minister in 185 years.
And he told the gathered audience that a vote for Labour was a vote for a new future.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"You know me, all the way through, I've been against complacency all the way through, and I'm still against it until those results finally come through. But if we have done well, then I know what this is a vote for. It is a vote for the future, it is not a vote for outdated dogma, or ideology of any kind, it is a vote for and to divisions, an end to looking backwards, a desire to apply the basic decent British values of common sense and imagination to the problems we all know we face as a country today. And it is with a real sense of pride, that we have created a Labour Party today, capable of offering that unity of purpose, that vision of renewal, that our country needs. So that with those decent values in place, we can tackle the problems our country faces - in our schools and our hospitals, the crime on our streets, the jobs for our young people, the industries of the future, the very basic things that determine whether a country succeeds or fails. We are a great country, the British people are a great people. There is no greater honour than to serve them, and serve them we will. Thank you."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Leader
Blair's father was also on hand to share in his son's success and happily posed for the media on the podium, before the Blair's left to join their supporters.
The Labour leader was given a heroes welcome at the local Labour club - the party had already started.
The Labour Party is on courser for a large majority in Westminster, having already won over the 330 seats necessary to give them a working majority.
Blair promised his supporters he would not let them or their country down.
SOUNDBITE:
"My greatest pleasure would be to repay the trust that you have put in me. I believe in you and I believe that you represent all the best in this country, and the greatest pride I could ever have is to repay that trust a thousand-fold."
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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2:58:15
Prime Minister's statement on EU exit negotiations: 15 November 2018
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On Thursday 15 November 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May made a statement to the House of Commons on Brexit negotiations. This followed the publication of the d...
On Thursday 15 November 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May made a statement to the House of Commons on Brexit negotiations. This followed the publication of the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union the previous day.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/november/statement-on-eu-exit-negotiations/
Government Ministers may make oral statements to Parliament which usually address major incidents, government policies or actions. These take place after Oral Questions and any granted urgent questions.
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On Thursday 15 November 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May made a statement to the House of Commons on Brexit negotiations. This followed the publication of the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union the previous day.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/november/statement-on-eu-exit-negotiations/
Government Ministers may make oral statements to Parliament which usually address major incidents, government policies or actions. These take place after Oral Questions and any granted urgent questions.
- published: 16 Nov 2018
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4:09
PM pledges to repay trust of Northern voters who 'broke habits of generations'
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Boris Johnson has pledged to repay the trust of Northern voters after the Conservative Party's historic election win. On a visit to the North East, the prime ...
Boris Johnson has pledged to repay the trust of Northern voters after the Conservative Party's historic election win. On a visit to the North East, the prime minister thanked former Labour supporters for 'breaking the voting habits of a generations'. Speaking in Sedgefield, Tony Blair's old constituency which voted in a Tory MP for the first time since 1935, Mr Johnson told voters he was "devoted" to repaying voters' trust as their prime minister. The Tories won a landslide majority in the face of crumbling Labour support, securing an 80-strong majority while the opposition party lost seats in 59 constituencies. Many of those losses occurred in constituencies that had previously made up a Red wall of Labour strongholds across the north, the Midlands and Wales, including former mining towns like Sedgefield in County Durham. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted it had been a "very disappointing" election night as the party saw its worst result in 84 years. Addressing a crowd of supports at a local cricket club this afternoon, Mr Johnson acknowledged how difficult it would have been for lifelong Labour supporters to switch allegiance. He said: "I want to thank you, all of you, for the trust that you have placed in us in the Conservative Party and in me, and I know how difficult it was, it can be to make that kind of decision. "I can imagine people's pencils hovering over the ballot paper and wavering before coming down for us and the Conservatives, and I know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. "I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everything that I do as your Prime Minister, will be devoted to repaying that trust." Mr Johnson then asked his newly-elected MPs what the party would be doing first, which was met with a rousing call of "get Brexit done". He reiterated his previous promises that his Brexit deal would be back in Parliament before Christmas and the new January 31 departure deadline would be met. The prime minister also said his government would be addressing the north-south divide, promising to "spread opportunity across the country". "We believe that talent is evenly distributed throughout our country but opportunity is unfairly distributed," he said. "We are going to rectify that as a One Nation Conservative government, as a people's government." He added that his government would recover the country's "mojo" and lead it to "stand tall in the world".
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Boris Johnson has pledged to repay the trust of Northern voters after the Conservative Party's historic election win. On a visit to the North East, the prime minister thanked former Labour supporters for 'breaking the voting habits of a generations'. Speaking in Sedgefield, Tony Blair's old constituency which voted in a Tory MP for the first time since 1935, Mr Johnson told voters he was "devoted" to repaying voters' trust as their prime minister. The Tories won a landslide majority in the face of crumbling Labour support, securing an 80-strong majority while the opposition party lost seats in 59 constituencies. Many of those losses occurred in constituencies that had previously made up a Red wall of Labour strongholds across the north, the Midlands and Wales, including former mining towns like Sedgefield in County Durham. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted it had been a "very disappointing" election night as the party saw its worst result in 84 years. Addressing a crowd of supports at a local cricket club this afternoon, Mr Johnson acknowledged how difficult it would have been for lifelong Labour supporters to switch allegiance. He said: "I want to thank you, all of you, for the trust that you have placed in us in the Conservative Party and in me, and I know how difficult it was, it can be to make that kind of decision. "I can imagine people's pencils hovering over the ballot paper and wavering before coming down for us and the Conservatives, and I know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. "I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everything that I do as your Prime Minister, will be devoted to repaying that trust." Mr Johnson then asked his newly-elected MPs what the party would be doing first, which was met with a rousing call of "get Brexit done". He reiterated his previous promises that his Brexit deal would be back in Parliament before Christmas and the new January 31 departure deadline would be met. The prime minister also said his government would be addressing the north-south divide, promising to "spread opportunity across the country". "We believe that talent is evenly distributed throughout our country but opportunity is unfairly distributed," he said. "We are going to rectify that as a One Nation Conservative government, as a people's government." He added that his government would recover the country's "mojo" and lead it to "stand tall in the world".
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Boris Johnson has held on to his seat with 25,351 votes with Labour's Ali Milani running second winning just over 18,000 votes.
And Lord Buckethead won 125 vot...
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield.
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield.
Boris Johnson pledged to repay the trust of former Labour voters who switched to back the Tories as he held a victory rally today deep in what was once red territory, following his landslide election victory
The Prime Minister went to Sedgefield, the former seat of Tony Blair, which was a brick in the so-called Red Wall that collapsed in the face of a blue wave on Thursday night.
Addressing supporters he acknowledged that some people had broken 'the voting habits of generations' to support him, but told them they had helped to 'change the country for the better'.
He said: 'I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everything that I do as your Prime Minister, will be devoted to repaying that trust.
'And first of all what are we going to do? We're going to get Brexit done.'
And he added that he wanted to bring the country together, saying he would also focus on the NHS, education and law and order.
He added: 'Our country has embarked on a wonderful adventure. We are going to recover our national self confidence, our mojo, self belief, and we are going to do things differently and better as a country. Because we can.
Mr Johnson is set to embark on a whirlwind 100 days which will take in Brexit and a raft of domestic changes, plus a charm offensive in Scotland designed to counter election successes by the SNP.
The triumphant procession came as Labour turned on itself after Jeremy Corbyn handed Mr Johnson an 80-seat majority in the opposition's worst defeat since 1935.
Some areas, such as Bishop Auckland and Redcar, had never elected a Tory MP before Thursday night's shock result
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell became the first big name to confirm they would follow Mr Corbyn out of the door
He announced today that he would not serve in the shadow cabinet under the new leader, due to be appointed in the new year.
Who that new leader is looks set to be to focus of a bitter ideological battle within the left-wing party. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging people to "let the healing begin" after his Conservative party's landslide election victory. The U.K. has been bitterly divided since the vote to leave the European Union three years ago, and the election result means Brexit will happen in January. But it also means Johnson will face big challenges in keeping the countries of the United Kingdom together. Ian Lee reports from London.
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield.
Boris Johnson pledged to repay the trust of former Labour voters who switched to back the Tories as he held a victory rally today deep in what was once red territory, following his landslide election victory
The Prime Minister went to Sedgefield, the former seat of Tony Blair, which was a brick in the so-called Red Wall that collapsed in the face of a blue wave on Thursday night.
Addressing supporters he acknowledged that some people had broken 'the voting habits of generations' to support him, but told them they had helped to 'change the country for the better'.
He said: 'I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everything that I do as your Prime Minister, will be devoted to repaying that trust.
'And first of all what are we going to do? We're going to get Brexit done.'
And he added that he wanted to bring the country together, saying he would also focus on the NHS, education and law and order.
He added: 'Our country has embarked on a wonderful adventure. We are going to recover our national self confidence, our mojo, self belief, and we are going to do things differently and better as a country. Because we can.
Mr Johnson is set to embark on a whirlwind 100 days which will take in Brexit and a raft of domestic changes, plus a charm offensive in Scotland designed to counter election successes by the SNP.
The triumphant procession came as Labour turned on itself after Jeremy Corbyn handed Mr Johnson an 80-seat majority in the opposition's worst defeat since 1935.
Some areas, such as Bishop Auckland and Redcar, had never elected a Tory MP before Thursday night's shock result
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell became the first big name to confirm they would follow Mr Corbyn out of the door
He announced today that he would not serve in the shadow cabinet under the new leader, due to be appointed in the new year.
Who that new leader is looks set to be to focus of a bitter ideological battle within the left-wing party. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging people to "let the healing begin" after his Conservative party's landslide election victory. The U.K. has been bitterly divided since the vote to leave the European Union three years ago, and the election result means Brexit will happen in January. But it also means Johnson will face big challenges in keeping the countries of the United Kingdom together. Ian Lee reports from London.
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MPs have voted to approve the new three-tier lockdown system that comes into force tonight, following an emotional appeal from Health Secretary Matt Hancock. ...
MPs have voted to approve the new three-tier lockdown system that comes into force tonight, following an emotional appeal from Health Secretary Matt Hancock. It means the North East enters Tier 3 tonight, with households banned from mixing in any indoor setting and private gardens, while venues such as pubs and restaurants must remain closed. Mr Hancock fought back tears as he told MPs his step-grandfather caught Covid-19 in Liverpool and died on November 18. He told the Commons : “In my family, as in so many others, we’ve lost a loving husband, a father, a grandfather to this awful disease. “So from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you to everyone in Liverpool for getting this awful virus under control. “It’s down by four-fifths in Liverpool, that’s what we can do if we work together in a spirit of common humanity. We’ve got to beat this, we’ve got to beat it together.” The national lockdown ends tonight, and the House of Commons vote was needed in order to introduce a new three-tier system to replace it. MPs backed the new measures by 291 to 78. However there was a significant rebellion by Conservative MPs, with around 50 voting against the Government. This was despite an attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to win over rebels with the announcement of an additional £1,000 each in financial support for hospitality businesses. Labour leader Keir Starmer told his MPs to absain on the vote, which ensured the Government would win despite the Tory rebellion. Labour says it has many criticisms of the Government's lockdown policies, including what it says is a lack of financial support for hospitality businesses, but points out that if the Commons voted against the plan then there would simply be no restrictions at all from midnight, which would allow the virus to spread. However, some Labour MPs defied orders to abstain and voted against the measures instead. They included North Durham MP Kevan Jones, South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck, Jarrow MP Kate Osborne and Easington MP Grahame Morris. Many of the Conservative MPs that loyally voted for the Government's three-tier system nonetheless expressed concerns about it. Paul Howell, Tory MP for Sedgefield, told the House of Commons that the Government's approach meant rural areas in his constituency had the same rules as Newcastle, even though they are very different places. He said: "The North East has been grouped as a region with an edge running through the south of my constituency and all the way up to the Scottish border - a distance of 136 miles and a geographic area of 3,344 square miles. "Sedgefield as a constituency has only 140 of those square miles and a population of 85,000. Its population density of 600 per square mile reflects the County Durham figures. !However, we are also linked to towns such as Newcastle, which has a density of 6,100 per square mile. That is 10 times as much, and poses a very different risk." Pubs and other bars, such as golf clubs o
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MPs have voted to approve the new three-tier lockdown system that comes into force tonight, following an emotional appeal from Health Secretary Matt Hancock. It means the North East enters Tier 3 tonight, with households banned from mixing in any indoor setting and private gardens, while venues such as pubs and restaurants must remain closed. Mr Hancock fought back tears as he told MPs his step-grandfather caught Covid-19 in Liverpool and died on November 18. He told the Commons : “In my family, as in so many others, we’ve lost a loving husband, a father, a grandfather to this awful disease. “So from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you to everyone in Liverpool for getting this awful virus under control. “It’s down by four-fifths in Liverpool, that’s what we can do if we work together in a spirit of common humanity. We’ve got to beat this, we’ve got to beat it together.” The national lockdown ends tonight, and the House of Commons vote was needed in order to introduce a new three-tier system to replace it. MPs backed the new measures by 291 to 78. However there was a significant rebellion by Conservative MPs, with around 50 voting against the Government. This was despite an attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to win over rebels with the announcement of an additional £1,000 each in financial support for hospitality businesses. Labour leader Keir Starmer told his MPs to absain on the vote, which ensured the Government would win despite the Tory rebellion. Labour says it has many criticisms of the Government's lockdown policies, including what it says is a lack of financial support for hospitality businesses, but points out that if the Commons voted against the plan then there would simply be no restrictions at all from midnight, which would allow the virus to spread. However, some Labour MPs defied orders to abstain and voted against the measures instead. They included North Durham MP Kevan Jones, South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck, Jarrow MP Kate Osborne and Easington MP Grahame Morris. Many of the Conservative MPs that loyally voted for the Government's three-tier system nonetheless expressed concerns about it. Paul Howell, Tory MP for Sedgefield, told the House of Commons that the Government's approach meant rural areas in his constituency had the same rules as Newcastle, even though they are very different places. He said: "The North East has been grouped as a region with an edge running through the south of my constituency and all the way up to the Scottish border - a distance of 136 miles and a geographic area of 3,344 square miles. "Sedgefield as a constituency has only 140 of those square miles and a population of 85,000. Its population density of 600 per square mile reflects the County Durham figures. !However, we are also linked to towns such as Newcastle, which has a density of 6,100 per square mile. That is 10 times as much, and poses a very different risk." Pubs and other bars, such as golf clubs o
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UK: SEDGEFIELD: TONY BLAIR PROFILE
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Britain's opposition Labour party meet next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, who's tipped to be the next Prime Minister with a 20 point lead in the polls - has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style.
He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV.
This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from the window at his home in the North of England.
New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coal mining pits.
It symbolises the sort of radical change that Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effect in Britain.
The change he's been striving for since 1983, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament in this constituency, is to take his party to the centre ground - appealing to a wider range of voters than the more class-based socialism that marked the Labour party under previous leaders.
Distancing Labour from its links with trade unions, not being perceived as a high-tax, high-spending party and looking to the middle class, former pro-Thatcher voters are all central to Blair's cause.
This has drawn stinging criticism from more traditional elements within his party who say he doesn't consult enough.
Speaking from his home in Sedgefield, County Durham, Blair defended his leadership style.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Firstly I believe that people want political leadership. You don't do this arrogantly - just on a sort of whimsy decide in some sort of macho way you're going to be a strong leader, but people need direction and the Labour party lost the last four elections and frankly anybody who looks at the situation there and says there's no changes needed, well I don't think of them as being a very serious person about their political beliefs. So we've had to make big change. We've been right to make it. We are now a broad based party, we're not at the behest of every pressure group that makes demands on us."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair dismisses dissenters from within his own party in a forthright fashion.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Of course there are elements that disagree with that process of change. I think, one, it is really a younger generation that's come on in the Labour party and they are with change and modernisation and that's where the centre is, and two, there's no intellectual case against what we're doing."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The election campaign could be as many as seven months away ,but already it has turned nasty with the ruling Conservative party portraying Blair as a man with demon eyes, hiding the truth as the party that wants to raise taxes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Without wishing to insult American politics in any way at all I think it would be unfortunate if our politics turned into a blast of negative campaigning because it's so destructive in the end. Nobody really believes that I am akin to the devil and if I say the same about John Major nobody really believes that. It's a very sterile and puerile form of debate."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair stresses the need for Britain to retain its strong ties with the United States and suggested Britain could play the role of mediator between America and the European Union.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
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SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
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Britain's Labour party meets next week for their last annual conference before a General Election.
Their leader, Tony Blair, riding high with a 20 point lead in the polls, is tipped to be the country's next Prime Minister, but has come under fire from both inside and outside his party for what some see as his "autocratic" leadership style.
He spoke about this and his hopes for the future in an exclusive interview with APTV.
This is Tony Blair country. It's the view from his window at his home in the North of England.
New houses have sprouted beside those more than a century old. Grass has grown over what were once busy coalmining pits.
It symbolises the sort of radical change Tony Blair - seen here at a poster launch with local party members - wants to effect in Britain.
The change he's been striving for since 1983, when he was elected as a Member of Parliament in this constituency, is to take his party to the centre ground - appealing to a wider range of voters than the more class-based socialists that marked the Labour party under previous leaders.
Distancing Labour from its links with trade unions, not being perceived of as a high-tax, high-spend party and looking to the middle class, pro-Thatcher voters are all central to Blair's cause.
This has drawn stinging criticism from more traditional elements within the party who say he doesn't consult enough.
Speaking from his home in Sedgefield, County Durham, Blair defended his leadership style.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Firstly I believe that people want political leadership. You don't do this arrogantly - just on a sort of whimsy decide in some sort of macho way you're going to be a strong leader, but people need direction and the Labour party lost the last four elections and frankly anybody who looks at the situation there and says there's no changes needed, well I don't think of them as being a very serious person about their political beliefs. So we've had to make big change. We've been right to make it. We are now a broad based party, we're not at the behest of every pressure group that makes demands on us."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Blair dismisses dissenters from within his own party in a forthright fashion.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Of course there are elements that disagree with that process of change. I think, one, it is really a younger generation that's come on in the Labour party and they are with change and modernisation and that's where the centre is, and two, there's no intellectual case against what we're doing."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The election campaign could be as many as seven months away but already it has turned nasty with the Conservative party portraying Tony Blair as a man with demon eyes, hiding the truth as the party that wants to raise taxes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Without wishing to insult American politics in any way at all I think it would be unfortunate if our politics turned into a blast of negative campaigning because it's so destructive in the end. Nobody really believes that I am akin to the devil and if I say the same about John Major nobody really believes that. it's a very sterile and puerile form of debate."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
The Britain Blair aspires to lead has changed too, and is well on the way
to a full multi-racial society.
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SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Party Leader
Next Tuesday Blair will address the party faithful at the Blackpool conference.
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Reg Keys 2005 Sedgefield Election Speech
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Reg Keys is the father of a British soldier who was killed in Iraq during 2003. He ran as an independent candidate against Tony Blair in his home constituency of Sedgefield during the 2005 general election to protest against Blair and his policies.
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Boris Johnson celebrates election win in the former Labour strongholds of northern England
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Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘give Britain its mojo back’ during a trip to northern England.
Speaking in Tony Blair's old constituency - seized from Labour in the election as the Tories smashed through the 'Red Wall' in the North - the Prime Minister said he would take the country on a "wonderful adventure".
Boris was on a victory lap of the North as he thanked voters in Labour's heartland who turned staunch red seats blue - many for the first time in their history.
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Tony Blair, is Britain's new Prime Minister, following a Labour landslide victory, putting the Conservative Party in opposition for the first time in 18 years.
By 0213 G-M-T on Friday morning it was over. Labour had won 330 parliamentary seats giving it a majority in the 659 seat House of Commons.
Fourteen minutes later, the Conservative Prime Minister, John Major, conceded election defeat, after he himself was elected as the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in South East England.
On the road to a resounding victory.
Labour leader, Tony Blair arrived in his Sedgefield constituency in the early hours of Friday to await the result of the poll count to convinced his supporters had re-elected him to parliament.
Immediately the polls closed at 2100 G-M-T on Thursday, the counting of the ballot slips started.
Three hours later, the final count was complete at Blair's north of England seat.
As the prospective parliamentary candidates gathered, it was becoming evident that the Labour Party were sweeping the country, winning high numbers of seats.
And in Blair's own constituency, there was little doubt of his popularity, and was therefore no surprise when it the result returned the leader to parliament.
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"Anthony Charles Linton Blair, the Labour Party candidate, 33-thousand-526 (cheers)."
SUPER CAPTION: Norman Vaulks, Chief Returning Officer for Sedgefield
Smiling in triumph the Labour leader clasped his wife, Cherie's hand in jubilation.
Blair, 43, will be the youngest British Prime Minister in 185 years.
And he told the gathered audience that a vote for Labour was a vote for a new future.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"You know me, all the way through, I've been against complacency all the way through, and I'm still against it until those results finally come through. But if we have done well, then I know what this is a vote for. It is a vote for the future, it is not a vote for outdated dogma, or ideology of any kind, it is a vote for and to divisions, an end to looking backwards, a desire to apply the basic decent British values of common sense and imagination to the problems we all know we face as a country today. And it is with a real sense of pride, that we have created a Labour Party today, capable of offering that unity of purpose, that vision of renewal, that our country needs. So that with those decent values in place, we can tackle the problems our country faces - in our schools and our hospitals, the crime on our streets, the jobs for our young people, the industries of the future, the very basic things that determine whether a country succeeds or fails. We are a great country, the British people are a great people. There is no greater honour than to serve them, and serve them we will. Thank you."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, Labour Leader
Blair's father was also on hand to share in his son's success and happily posed for the media on the podium, before the Blair's left to join their supporters.
The Labour leader was given a heroes welcome at the local Labour club - the party had already started.
The Labour Party is on courser for a large majority in Westminster, having already won over the 330 seats necessary to give them a working majority.
Blair promised his supporters he would not let them or their country down.
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"My greatest pleasure would be to repay the trust that you have put in me. I believe in you and I believe that you represent all the best in this country, and the greatest pride I could ever have is to repay that trust a thousand-fold."
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PM pledges to repay trust of Northern voters who 'broke habits of generations'
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Boris Johnson has pledged to repay the trust of Northern voters after the Conservative Party's historic election win. On a visit to the North East, the prime minister thanked former Labour supporters for 'breaking the voting habits of a generations'. Speaking in Sedgefield, Tony Blair's old constituency which voted in a Tory MP for the first time since 1935, Mr Johnson told voters he was "devoted" to repaying voters' trust as their prime minister. The Tories won a landslide majority in the face of crumbling Labour support, securing an 80-strong majority while the opposition party lost seats in 59 constituencies. Many of those losses occurred in constituencies that had previously made up a Red wall of Labour strongholds across the north, the Midlands and Wales, including former mining towns like Sedgefield in County Durham. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted it had been a "very disappointing" election night as the party saw its worst result in 84 years. Addressing a crowd of supports at a local cricket club this afternoon, Mr Johnson acknowledged how difficult it would have been for lifelong Labour supporters to switch allegiance. He said: "I want to thank you, all of you, for the trust that you have placed in us in the Conservative Party and in me, and I know how difficult it was, it can be to make that kind of decision. "I can imagine people's pencils hovering over the ballot paper and wavering before coming down for us and the Conservatives, and I know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. "I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everything that I do as your Prime Minister, will be devoted to repaying that trust." Mr Johnson then asked his newly-elected MPs what the party would be doing first, which was met with a rousing call of "get Brexit done". He reiterated his previous promises that his Brexit deal would be back in Parliament before Christmas and the new January 31 departure deadline would be met. The prime minister also said his government would be addressing the north-south divide, promising to "spread opportunity across the country". "We believe that talent is evenly distributed throughout our country but opportunity is unfairly distributed," he said. "We are going to rectify that as a One Nation Conservative government, as a people's government." He added that his government would recover the country's "mojo" and lead it to "stand tall in the world".
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Election results 2019: Boris Johnson holds Uxbridge seat - BBC News
Boris Johnson has held on to his seat with 25,351 votes with Labour's Ali Milani running s...
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Election results 2019: Boris Johnson holds Uxbridge seat - BBC News
Election results 2019: Boris Johnson holds Uxbridge seat - BBC News
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Boris Johnson has held on to his seat with 25,351 votes with Labour's Ali Milani running second winning just over 18,000 votes.
And Lord Buckethead won 125 votes.
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield
I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield.
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield
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I will Pay Your Trust | Boris Johnson Speech His Supporters in Sedgefield.
Boris Johnson pledged to repay the trust of former Labour voters who switched to back the Tories as he held a victory rally today deep in what was once red territory, following his landslide election victory
The Prime Minister went to Sedgefield, the former seat of Tony Blair, which was a brick in the so-called Red Wall that collapsed in the face of a blue wave on Thursday night.
Addressing supporters he acknowledged that some people had broken 'the voting habits of generations' to support him, but told them they had helped to 'change the country for the better'.
He said: 'I want the people of the North East to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust - and everything that we do, everything that I do as your Prime Minister, will be devoted to repaying that trust.
'And first of all what are we going to do? We're going to get Brexit done.'
And he added that he wanted to bring the country together, saying he would also focus on the NHS, education and law and order.
He added: 'Our country has embarked on a wonderful adventure. We are going to recover our national self confidence, our mojo, self belief, and we are going to do things differently and better as a country. Because we can.
Mr Johnson is set to embark on a whirlwind 100 days which will take in Brexit and a raft of domestic changes, plus a charm offensive in Scotland designed to counter election successes by the SNP.
The triumphant procession came as Labour turned on itself after Jeremy Corbyn handed Mr Johnson an 80-seat majority in the opposition's worst defeat since 1935.
Some areas, such as Bishop Auckland and Redcar, had never elected a Tory MP before Thursday night's shock result
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell became the first big name to confirm they would follow Mr Corbyn out of the door
He announced today that he would not serve in the shadow cabinet under the new leader, due to be appointed in the new year.
Who that new leader is looks set to be to focus of a bitter ideological battle within the left-wing party. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging people to "let the healing begin" after his Conservative party's landslide election victory. The U.K. has been bitterly divided since the vote to leave the European Union three years ago, and the election result means Brexit will happen in January. But it also means Johnson will face big challenges in keeping the countries of the United Kingdom together. Ian Lee reports from London.
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MPs vote to approve three-tier lockdown system
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MPs vote to approve three-tier lockdown system
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MPs have voted to approve the new three-tier lockdown system that comes into force tonight, following an emotional appeal from Health Secretary Matt Hancock. It means the North East enters Tier 3 tonight, with households banned from mixing in any indoor setting and private gardens, while venues such as pubs and restaurants must remain closed. Mr Hancock fought back tears as he told MPs his step-grandfather caught Covid-19 in Liverpool and died on November 18. He told the Commons : “In my family, as in so many others, we’ve lost a loving husband, a father, a grandfather to this awful disease. “So from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you to everyone in Liverpool for getting this awful virus under control. “It’s down by four-fifths in Liverpool, that’s what we can do if we work together in a spirit of common humanity. We’ve got to beat this, we’ve got to beat it together.” The national lockdown ends tonight, and the House of Commons vote was needed in order to introduce a new three-tier system to replace it. MPs backed the new measures by 291 to 78. However there was a significant rebellion by Conservative MPs, with around 50 voting against the Government. This was despite an attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to win over rebels with the announcement of an additional £1,000 each in financial support for hospitality businesses. Labour leader Keir Starmer told his MPs to absain on the vote, which ensured the Government would win despite the Tory rebellion. Labour says it has many criticisms of the Government's lockdown policies, including what it says is a lack of financial support for hospitality businesses, but points out that if the Commons voted against the plan then there would simply be no restrictions at all from midnight, which would allow the virus to spread. However, some Labour MPs defied orders to abstain and voted against the measures instead. They included North Durham MP Kevan Jones, South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck, Jarrow MP Kate Osborne and Easington MP Grahame Morris. Many of the Conservative MPs that loyally voted for the Government's three-tier system nonetheless expressed concerns about it. Paul Howell, Tory MP for Sedgefield, told the House of Commons that the Government's approach meant rural areas in his constituency had the same rules as Newcastle, even though they are very different places. He said: "The North East has been grouped as a region with an edge running through the south of my constituency and all the way up to the Scottish border - a distance of 136 miles and a geographic area of 3,344 square miles. "Sedgefield as a constituency has only 140 of those square miles and a population of 85,000. Its population density of 600 per square mile reflects the County Durham figures. !However, we are also linked to towns such as Newcastle, which has a density of 6,100 per square mile. That is 10 times as much, and poses a very different risk." Pubs and other bars, such as golf clubs o
Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)
Sedgefield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since a by-election in 2007 by Phil Wilson, a member of the Labour Party.
Labour have held Sedgefield since 1935. From 1983 to 2007, the constituency was represented by Tony Blair, who became the party's leader in 1994 and Prime Minister in 1997.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The District of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham, Broom, Chilton, Cornforth, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange, Middlestone, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Old Trimdon, Sedgefield, Spennymoor, and Tudhoe, the District of Easington wards of Deaf Hill, Hutton Henry, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.
1997-2010: The District of Sedgefield wards of Bishop Middleham, Broom, Chilton, Cornforth, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Middridge, Neville, New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange, Old Trimdon, Sedgefield, Shafto, Simpasture, West, and Woodham, the District of Easington wards of Deaf Hill, Hutton Henry, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, and the Borough of Darlington wards of Heighington, Hurworth, Middleton St George, Sadberge, and Whessoe.
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