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We're All Agreed That Climate Change Is One Of The Greatest And Most Daunting Challenges Of Our Age. We Have A Moral Imperative To Act And Act Now.

But We Will Say Something Else. That For Far Too Long In This Country, People Who Can Work, People Who Are Able To Work, And People Who Choose Not To Work: You Cannot Go On Claiming Welfare Like You Are Now.

I Know That The United Kingdom Is Sometimes Seen As An Argumentative And Rather Strong-minded Member Of The Family Of European Nations. And It's True That Our Geography Has Shaped Our Psychology. We Have The Character Of An Island Nation - Independent, Forthright, Passionate In Defence Of Our Sovereignty.

The Driving Force Behind Today's Terrorist Threat Is Islamist Fundamentalism. The Struggle We Are Engaged In Is, At Root, Ideological. During The Last Century A Strain Of Islamist Thinking Has Developed Which, Like Other Totalitarianisms, Such As Nazism And Communism, Offers Its Followers A Form Of Redemption Through Violence.

Because With Courage And Conviction I Believe We Can Deliver A More Flexible, Adaptable And Open European Union In Which The Interests And Ambitions Of All Its Members Can Be Met.