May's 'nasty party' joke goes down well with the party faithfulpublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 5 October 2016


Theresa May delivers closing speech to Conservative conference
She pledges to build a "fairer" and "united Britain"
Diane James resigns as UKIP leader after 18 days as leader
Nigel Farage returns to role as UKIP's interim leader
Home Secretary defends tougher immigration rules for businesses
Aiden James, Esther Webber and Pippa Simm
Theresa May pledges to stand up for the weak and stand up to the strong.
She says that the "powerful" find the vote to leave the EU "bewildering" and look down on people's "patriotism".
The PM tells the Conservatives they should be "standing up for free markets but stepping in to repair them when they are not working as they should".
Meanwhile, Labour "is not just divided but divisive" and engaged in "the politics of pointless protest". She also accuses the party of anti-Semitism and "hate".
She recalls words she used to her own party in a conference speech some years ago, this time directed at Labour:
Quote MessageYou know what some people call them: the nasty party."
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Theresa May says British society is composed of "family, community, citizenship".
Listing the country's achievements, she says they "are possible because we are one United Kingdom" - and pledges not to "let divisive nationalists drive us apart".
The PM says she recognises "the gap" between London and rest of the UK, and between the wealthy and powerful and the rest of society.
She says the party is not against success but business has a "social contract that you train up local people" before employing people from overseas.
"Too many people in positions of power behave as if they have more in common with international elites than the people down the road," she says.
Quote MessageIf you're a citizen of the world, you're a citizen of nowhere."
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"The roots of the revolution run deep," the prime minister says.
Quote MessageIt wasn't the wealthy who made the biggest sacrifices after the financial crisis but ordinary working class families."
She adds that people who find themselves "out of work" because of "low-skilled immigration" think that life "just doesn't seem fair".
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Theresa May pays tribute to her predecessor, David Cameron - who does not appear to be in the hall - saying he "challenged us to change" and delivered the Conservatives' first majority in Parliament for 18 years.
She calls the former PM "a great leader of our party, a great servant to our country".
The audience applauds.
Theresa May says her visions for post-Brexit Britain includes putting the Conservatives and the country on the path towards "the new centre ground of British politics".
She describes the EU referendum result as "a quiet revolution" in which millions of voters said "they were not prepared to be ignored any more".
The Leave vote is "a once in a generation chance to change the direction of our country for good", she argues.
PM Theresa May arrives on stage to the strains of the Rolling Stones' Start Me Up.
"When we came to Birmingham this week, some big questions were hanging in the air," she begins.
As well as questions about Brexit, she jokes that they include "can Boris Johnson stay on message for a full four days?"
The answer? "Just about," the PM says.
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Theresa May with her husband, Philip
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On immigration, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says: "As we have difficult - but necessary - debates on how we manage borders in future, let us not forget that behind discussions of numbers and rules and criteria, there lies people and homes and families.
Quote MessageAnd for those who have already chosen to build a life, open a business, make a contribution, I say this is your home, and you are welcome here. The Conservative party I know is optimistic in spirit and internationalist in outlook - we are an outward looking people, and so we must remain."
Conference gives her a standing ovation as she leaves the stage before Theresa May makes her big address to the party.
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