Pratica di Shadowing: Edward Heath MP, May 9, 2001. Personal Statement. Last House of Commons Speech - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Order, personal statement, Sir Edward Heath.
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Order, personal statement, Sir Edward Heath.
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Amen.
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Mr Speaker, I was absolutely delighted,
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as I'm sure was the right honourable gentleman,
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the member for Chesterfield opposite,
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by the glowing tributes which the Prime Minister Mr. Speaker,
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the Prime Minister paid to us at the beginning of his remarks,
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inspired, no doubt, by the first part of the speech of my right hon. friend,
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the Leader of the Opposition.
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The second half was not quite in the same vein.
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And I should like to thank you,
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Mr. Speaker, very much for allowing me to make this personal statement as my final contribution to these proceedings in this Parliament.
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A final contribution which explains why I am using a script for the first time since I ceased to be Prime Minister.
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As a retiring member,
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I am grateful to the electors of Bexley for returning me as their representative in 14 successive general elections.
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It has been an honour and a privilege,
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as well as a pleasure to serve them.
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I shall like to take this opportunity also to pay tribute to the staff of this House.
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These are often forgotten people,
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clerks, security staff, librarians, catering staff and others.
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They ensure that this place runs so efficiently.
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As father of the House,
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I feel a certain responsibility to ensure that we do appreciate what they do and to pay tribute to them.
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You, Mr Speaker, are also serving our thanks in allowing myself
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and the Right Honourable Member for Chesterfield the freedom of the House
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which you so kindly offered us in some of the facilities of this establishment.
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It's over 51 years now since I became a member here,
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and I remember full well the impact it made upon me in those early days.
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In fact, I'd only been a member for a few months
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when I was invited to become a whip and a member of the Conservative Opposition.
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As a result of that,
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I spent my first 25 years here on the front bench,
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either in government or in opposition.
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And following that, I spent the next 25 years on the front bench.
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Below the gangway.
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And during that time I learned a great deal,
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particularly perhaps when I was first a whip,
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or in fact the reason why I became a whip.
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In those days the whips had a place at the door and if they wanted to they kept members in.
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All that's passed.
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But our whip was said to one of our members,
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Have you got a pair?
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No, he said, and went on.
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Well, then you can't go out.
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Get a pair.
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No, I haven't got a pair.
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Whereupon our enthusiastic whip jumped up,
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gave him a hefty kick in the usual places,
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and the man went flat on the floor.
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He had to be picked up,
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and when taken on his feet,
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he went to the chief whip and complained.
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As a result, the whip himself was changed.
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and I was sent for and invited to take his place.
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The result was a notice which appeared in the next day's Times which said,
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Colonel Walter Bromley Davenport, Member of Parliament for Knutsford.
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Majority 16,913.
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He has resigned in order to give greater attention to his constituents.
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His place is now being taken by Mr Edward Heath,
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Member of Parliament for Bexley, majority 133.
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That is how I began my climb to fame.
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And I was taken the next day to see Churchill,
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and he patted me on the shoulder and said,
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Yes, of course you can be a whip.
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And I quote his words,
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It will mean much hard work,
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and it will be unremunerated.
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But so long as I am your leader,
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it will never remain unthanked.
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That was a guiding principle all the time.
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And so after that, I had all the work involving so many different activities and so many different parts of the world.
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It also entailed the relationship between Parliament and the executive, the government itself.
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When I look back over my 51 years here,
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I cannot help but be saddened by the increasing impotence of this House
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and the decline in the esteem in which this place is held.
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Speaking quite frankly,
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the powers of Parliament to hold the executive to account have
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been declining for over a century under governments of all political persuasions.
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I can only hope that the next Parliament,
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following us, will reassert its authority as well and robustly hold the executive to account.
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I would like to say a word about standards in public life.
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It is also the behaviour of us members that has undermined public confidence in parliamentary democracy.
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As I noted during a previous debate,
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when I entered the House in 1950,
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every Member of Parliament was seen as a person of integrity.
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Unfortunately, some reckless campaigning and an increasingly cynical media,
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excessively focusing on a few examples,
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one of the unparliamentary behaviour,
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have led to serious and worrying decline in the public perception of Members of Parliament.
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I also hope that the new intake
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and existing members will take note of the need to set an example in these spheres.
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I also hope that when the conduct of one or two members falls below the required standards,
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the media will not try and tar all members in the House with the same brush.
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Perhaps I may say a word.
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Finally, about Europe.
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Did I hear a rumbling on that?
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As it's already been extensively dealt with tonight by my leader,
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I have no doubt about continuing.
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It is most appropriate I make the final points of my statement and my final remarks in this House on Europe.
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I've been a committed European since my Oxford days.
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My pro-European outlook was reinforced by my wartime experiences.
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In 1945, as both the victors and the vanquished surveyed the devastation wrought upon the continent,
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it became obvious that Europe could not afford another war.
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Unfortunately, the case for British membership of the European community was not recognised by British governments in the 1950s.
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And so this country lost the opportunity to be a founder member of the community.
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However, its architects, Sean Monnet and Robert Schumann,
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correctly recognised that the European community would not be complete without the United Kingdom.
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My proudest achievement was to have successfully negotiated entry of the United Kingdom into the European community.
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In January 1972, she fulfilled her destiny.
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The United Kingdom has always been a European country.
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We have a shared history and culture.
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In the modern world, it is only right
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that we should share our sovereignty with our European neighbours for the greater benefit of all.
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Yes.
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In due course, for the second time in a quarter of a century,
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the British people are going to be asked to vote on whether
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or not the country can remain a committed player in Europe.
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I look forward to campaigning vigorously for a yes vote.
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I have absolutely no doubt whatever that the united Europe is here to stay.
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I believe it is in British interest
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and I believe we should do everything we can to help it and to help its people.
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We shall then be helping ourselves as a people and as a country.
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And we shall be supporting our own continent and
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that will also be for the good not only of Europe as a whole but also for the world.
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And so for those who are going to follow us here tonight,
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I wish them all well.
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Business statement
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in the middle of the house.
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The business for tomorrow

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  • Tribute - omaggio
  • Delighted - lieto
  • Privilege - privilegio
  • Responsibilities - responsabilità
  • House of Commons - Camera dei Comuni
  • Electors - elettori
  • Staff - personale
  • Front bench - panchina anteriore

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