英国工党领袖米利班德辞职英语演讲稿.docVIP

英国工党领袖米利班德辞职英语演讲稿 　　Thank you for your kindness, friends. Friends, this is not the speech I wanted to give today because I believe that Britain needed a Labour government. I still do, but the public voted otherwise last night. Earlier today, I rang David Cameron to congratulate him. I take absolute and total responsibility for the result and our defeat at this election. 　　I am so sorry for all of those colleagues who lost their seats. Ed Balls, Jim Murphy, MargaretCurran, Douglas Alexander, and all the MPs and indeed candidates who were defeated. They arefriends, colleagues, and standard bearers for our party. They always have been, and they alwayswill be. 　　I also want to congratulate all our candidates who were elected yesterday and who will helptake our party forward as well. 　　I want to thank those people who ran our campaign. It was the most united, cohesive, andenjoyable campaign Ive ever been involved in. I want to thank Douglas Alexander, LucyPowell, Spencer Livermore, and most of all, all of you, the incredible team at the Labour Party. 　　And I also today want to thank the incredible team of Labour Party members, activists, and allthose people whove pounded the streets over the past months. 　　Friends: Britain needs a strong Labour Party. Britain needs a Labour Party that can rebuild afterthis defeat so we can have a government that stands up for working people again. And now itstime for someone else to take forward the leadership of this party, so Im tendering myresignation taking effect after this afternoons commemoration of VE Day at the Cenotaph. Iwant to do so straight away because the party needs to have an open and honest debate aboutthe right way forward without constraint. 　　Let me say that Harriet Harman is the best Deputy Leader that anyone could hope for. I workedfor her more than 20 years ago, I am proud to have had her as my deputy for my term ofleadership. 　　She will take over until a new leader is elected. For me, Im looking forward to reacqu