Finally, the British Government reveals Brexit plans
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'No such thing as hard or soft Brexit'
"There's no such thing as a choice between a hard Brexit or soft Brexit," says Theresa May. "Too many people are defining our future relationship with the EU by the past."
"What we are talking about now is very different. We are going to leave the EU. We are going to be a fully independent nation. We are going to have the freedoms to make our own decisions on a whole host of matters."
Theresa May delivers her Brexit speech Credit: Matt Cardy / Getty Images
"It's not going to be a Norway model. It's not going to be a Switzerland model. It's going to be an agreement between the European Union and an independent United Kingdom."
She tells people to stop looking at a "trade off" between immigration and trade deals.
"A truly global Britain is in sight."
Let's show the country we mean business'
"We don't need to punch above our weight as I hear some people say, because our weight is already substantial," Theresa May says to huge applause. "Let’s get this plan for Brexit right. Let’s show the country we mean business. And let’s keep working to make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for everyone in this great country."
And with that, her speech ends.
Davis praises Theresa May's leadership
David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, is now addressing the conference.
David Davis, the Brexit minister Credit: PA
He starts by making a comparison between Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher.
"I am proud to count myself part of Theresa May’s team. I don't know what it is about our great women leaders, but aren’t we lucky that they’re there when we need them? I remember hearing the first one, Margaret Thatcher, talking about the difficulties a woman in politics faces. "To get to the top," she said, "a woman has to be twice as good as a man. Fortunately," she said, "This is not difficult.""
"There's no such thing as a choice between a hard Brexit or soft Brexit," says Theresa May. "Too many people are defining our future relationship with the EU by the past."
"What we are talking about now is very different. We are going to leave the EU. We are going to be a fully independent nation. We are going to have the freedoms to make our own decisions on a whole host of matters."
Theresa May delivers her Brexit speech Credit: Matt Cardy / Getty Images
"It's not going to be a Norway model. It's not going to be a Switzerland model. It's going to be an agreement between the European Union and an independent United Kingdom."
She tells people to stop looking at a "trade off" between immigration and trade deals.
"A truly global Britain is in sight."
Let's show the country we mean business'
"We don't need to punch above our weight as I hear some people say, because our weight is already substantial," Theresa May says to huge applause. "Let’s get this plan for Brexit right. Let’s show the country we mean business. And let’s keep working to make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for everyone in this great country."
And with that, her speech ends.
Davis praises Theresa May's leadership
David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, is now addressing the conference.
David Davis, the Brexit minister Credit: PA
He starts by making a comparison between Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher.
"I am proud to count myself part of Theresa May’s team. I don't know what it is about our great women leaders, but aren’t we lucky that they’re there when we need them? I remember hearing the first one, Margaret Thatcher, talking about the difficulties a woman in politics faces. "To get to the top," she said, "a woman has to be twice as good as a man. Fortunately," she said, "This is not difficult.""
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Mrs May attacks Remainers
During her speech, the Prime Minister accused opponents of Brexit of "insulting the intelligence of the British people." "Those people who argue that Article 50 can only be triggered after agreement in both Houses of Parliament are not standing up for democracy, they’re trying to subvert it."
Mrs May signalled she would fiercely oppose a legal bid to force a parliamentary vote on triggering Article 50.
"They’re not trying to get Brexit right, they’re trying to kill it by delaying it. They’re insulting the intelligence of the British people and that’s why next week I can tell you that the Attorney General himself, Jeremy Wright, will act for the Government and resist them in the courts," she said.
The Prime Minister also laid down the gauntlet to Brussels for the looming negotiations over the single market, making clear that control over immigration is a red line.
"I know some people ask about the 'trade-off' between controlling immigration and trading with Europe.
'But that is the wrong way of looking at things. We have voted to leave the European Union and become a fully-independent, sovereign country.
"We will do what independent, sovereign countries do. We will decide for ourselves how we control immigration. And we will be free to pass our own laws."
Images of former PM Margaret Thatcher - with whom Mrs May has been compared - were prominently on display at the conference venue in Birmingham today
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2016 Conservative Party Conference
Boris Johnson, the former London Mayor and former leader of the Leave campaign, made a joke at the expense of Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council.
Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, delivers his conference speech
Speaking about Britain leading the way in imposing a ban on ivory, the Foreign Secretary said that a post-Brexit Britain will "be able to speak up more powerfully with our own distinctive voice leading the world, as we now are, in imposing a ban on ivory, helping to save the elephant in a way that the disunited EU is unable to do".
He joked: "In fact, we have an absurd situation in which the EU is actually trying to veto the ivory ban in spite of having a president called Donald Tusk."
Boris Johnson, the former London Mayor and former leader of the Leave campaign, made a joke at the expense of Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council.
Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, delivers his conference speech
Speaking about Britain leading the way in imposing a ban on ivory, the Foreign Secretary said that a post-Brexit Britain will "be able to speak up more powerfully with our own distinctive voice leading the world, as we now are, in imposing a ban on ivory, helping to save the elephant in a way that the disunited EU is unable to do".
He joked: "In fact, we have an absurd situation in which the EU is actually trying to veto the ivory ban in spite of having a president called Donald Tusk."