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BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Theresa May’s ‘eventful’ speech and behind the scenes Brexit chat at the Tory party conference in Manchester.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's made me realise I'm turning into my dad, great under the bonnet stuff about Brexit

0:05.6

and the machinations and ramifications about leaving the EU. It's not just about being our own

0:11.3

boss but affects everything from consumption to science. I'm a woman, so turning into my dad

0:17.5

is traumatic. So says, Evilde, or is it evil IDH? Anyway, thanks for your compliments.

0:30.3

Brexit. We are already in issue. Thank you, and goodbye. You all laugh at me. You're not laughing

0:35.3

now, are you? How can these smart people be so diluted? We will make Brexit a success.

0:43.6

Yes, hello. I'm Chris Mason. We're recording this on Wednesday afternoon, a couple of hours after

0:49.2

the Prime Minister's speech at the Conservative Party Conference and this place is a building site

0:54.4

because all of our broadcast paraphernalia is being unplugged around us. So I am presenting

0:59.7

Brexit cash this week, wearing a fluorescent yellow jacket. And I'm Alex Forsyth, having

1:05.2

charged down to London from Manchester, slightly flagging as we approach the end of the conference

1:10.4

season. I have to confess. And it's Adam Fleming here, wandering around the European Parliament

1:14.8

in Strasbourg, which is why you will hear the ball of lifts and the lilt of German, French,

1:19.4

Portuguese and Spanish broadcasters. And much as I love the EU, I have actually really missed

1:25.2

party conference season, especially the last two days at the Tory party conference.

1:30.0

What is so striking here in Manchester is I am clutching a printout of the Prime Minister's speech

1:35.3

and like every political speech given by a front bench of many of the parties, what does it say

1:41.0

right at the top, the thing that you normally barely pay any attention to, check against delivery,

1:47.6

it says. Very rarely has that mattered more than today, where fate conspired to ensure that

1:57.5

any word that tumbled out of the Prime Minister's lips was secondary compared to a intervention

2:04.0

from a protester, complete with camera crew, a horse voice that got so horse standing evations

2:10.5

had to be given just as she could clear her throat and then letters started falling off the slogan

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