Keir Starmer thanks frontline workers before switching on Downing St Christmas lights Reuters
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00:00Well, look, it's absolutely fantastic to see you all here at the beginning of the festivities.
00:06And can I just first say a big, big thank you to the choir. Absolutely brilliant. Lewisham
00:12and Greenwich NHS Trust. Brilliant start to the carols. Thank you so much for that rendition.
00:24Thank you also to Evergreen Trees, who've given us this absolutely fantastic tree here
00:29all the way from the Welsh borders and the Reeds. And a particular thank you to the families
00:35that we have with you, families of those in the military, those in the police on the frontline.
00:42We owe you so much throughout the year. It's very, very brilliant to have you here with
00:47us this evening. And Christmas, of course, is all about bringing people together, family,
00:55all of us celebrating in the way that we traditionally do. And it's the tradition, therefore, to
01:00turn on the lights with that familiar start. So could you please join me when I say five,
01:09four, three, two, one. Yay, it worked. Nervous moment there, but it's all good.