Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tells broadcasters onboard the Royal Navy's flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, the world was in a "new era" of global insecurity and uncertainty. "It's incredible to be onboard the Carrier Strike Group and to see the incredible capability," he tells reporters. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well, it's incredible to be on board, the Carrier Strike Group, and to see the incredible capability.
00:07We all know that the world is more uncertain than it felt a few months or years before.
00:13We're in a new era, and that's why we've doubled down on defence spending as a government,
00:17but also to come and see the Strike Group as it starts its journey, a really important journey,
00:23bringing together thousands of personnel across the group from many different countries,
00:29a real statement to our adversaries of UK leadership on global issues, on security and defence,
00:37but also a real show of unity with our allies, particularly our NATO allies that we're working with.
00:43It's hugely important for the UK to play a leading role as we are playing on this deployment,
00:47because it shows our capability, it shows our sense of global leadership on defence and security,
00:54but also on trade and the economy. We're a free trading nation.
00:57This is a mission that's going to go across the entire world, down to the Indo-Pacific as well.
01:03So it's a UK sense of our leadership, a message to our adversaries,
01:11but also an important UK message to our allies about the way that we work with our allies
01:17in what we do on defence and security. So I'm very proud of what all the teams are doing here.
01:22Thank you very much.
01:29Exactly.
01:31Interesting.
01:32Hmm.