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Delivering for Bristol: The Mayor’s Annual State of the City Address and Debate
0:00:20 - Welcome from Guy Orpen, Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Bristol
0:07:20 - Siena Jackson-Wolfe, Mohamed Aidid Bristol Youth Mayors
0:11:12 - Bristol - The Future City
0:17:00 - Vanessa Kisuule, Bristol City Poet
0:22:01 - We Are Bristol Now
0:24:03 - Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol
0:57:07 - Panel Debate - The Future of Cities Around the World
As Mayor Marvin Rees reaches the end of his first term, he reflects on the work of his administration and where it goes next. What has been delivered? Housing has been a priority for his time in office. In the year of Homes for Heroes 100, where Bristol has the largest programme of events nationally marking and celebrating the council estate, Mayor Rees reflects on the housing needs of the city, the homes built, and the new homes to come.
He addresses his commitment to combatting inequality and what has been achieved; making a better environment for all and what the declaration of climate emergency means for Bristol; progress in transport and the arena; and his work on migration and refugees.
He also looks at the needs of future cities and what Bristol’s demands should be for further devolution from central government.
Following Mayor Rees’ State of the City Address a panel of international experts will debate the future of cities around the world. Including Sheila Foster (Georgetown University and Global Parliament of Mayors); Bruno Maçães (Hudson Institute/ Flint Global Renmin University in China and formerly Portugal’s Europe minister 2013-2015); Tony Pipa (Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Brookings); Lola Shoneyin (novelist: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives and director of Aké Arts and Book Festival); and Ece Temelkuran (novelist, commentator and author most recently of How to Lose a Country: The Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship). Andrew Kelly (Bristol Cultural Development Partnership) chairs.
A
Welcome
to
you
all
to
the
the
great
hall
of
the
University.
For
those
that
don't
know
you
don't
don't
know
me.
My
name
is
guy
open,
I'm,
deputy
vice-chancellor
of
the
University
of
Bristol,
and
it's
my
great
pleasure
to
welcome
you
this
evening.
It's
a
special
year.
For
me
this
has
just
gone
past,
the
40th
anniversary
of
my
time
in
Bristol
as
a
living
and
working
here
and
and
becoming
more
and
more
in
love
with
our
city.
A
So
it's
a
big
night
for
me
and
a
big
night
for
the
university
to
welcome
this
event
to
the
Great
Hall
of
the
Wills
building.
It's
an
annual
event
and
one
of
the
highlights
of
our
year
and
it's
a
great
pleasure
to
but
welcome
the
people
of
Bristol
to
hear
our
mayor,
Marvin
Reece
and
to
hear
his
his
state
of
the
city
address.
It's.
The
seventh
of
those
state
of
the
city
address
--is
that
the
mayor
of
Bristol
has
given
in
this
hall
and
the
university
is
delighted
to
have
hosted
them
all.
A
It
is
an
enduring
demonstration
of
the
strong
links
we
have
with
the
elected
mayor
and
the
people
and
our
city
collectively.
It
is
also
part
of
a
festival
of
the
future
city
biennial
program,
which
itself
is
a
part
of
the
program
of
the
festival
of
ideas
delivered
by
the
Bristol
cultural
development
partnership
and
of
which
we
are
a
particularly
enthusiastic
and
proud
sponsor.
So
my
congratulations
to
Andrew
Kelly
and
all
this
colleagues
for
the
work
they've
put
into
creating
such
a
terrific
festival,
starting
today
and
running
over
the
next
couple
of
days.
A
Well,
it's
perhaps
a
truism
or
a
commonplace,
to
observe
that
these
are
turbulent
and
difficult
times
for
this
country,
and
indeed
many
countries
around
the
world,
and
it's
important
for
me
and
I.
Think
for
this
university
and
the
universities
like
us
to
think
about
our
role
in
such
troubled
times.
I
would
argue
that
it's
important
for
us
to
be
truly
Civic
to
be
engaged
with,
and
for
this,
our
cities,
their
regions
and
their
people
and
organisations
in
particular.
A
It's
also
important
for
a
university
like
Bristol
to
be
global
in
its
kin,
turns
its
ability
to
speak,
to
and
hear
from
right
round
the
planets
and
to
understand
the
concerns
of
other
communities
elsewhere,
and
to
understand
how
we
can
contribute
to
solving
problems
that
are
of
concern
not
just
to
local
communities
but
communities
all
around
the
world.
If
you
will
I
think
our
role
is
to
be
locally
engaged
and
have
impact
on
a
global
scale.
A
We're
playing
another
part
of
our
vital
role
of
our
as
a
civic
institution
by
providing
a
venue
for
inclusive,
respectful
debate
that
society
here
and
indeed
around
the
world
needs
much
more
of
so
welcome
again
and
thanks
for
coming
to
the
University
tonight
to
hear
the
State
of
the
City
address
from
the
mayor
and
others
tonight,
I'm
just
going
to
big
up
one
of
them.
Vanessa
kousouli,
because
I'm
triple-e
proud
to
have
her
here
performing
tonight.
A
If
you
haven't
already
read
or
heard
a
poem
out
with
the
old
and
in
with
the
new
about
the
demolition
of
the
old
sorting
office,
now
long
gone
and
not
much
lamented
I
urge
you
to
take
a
look
at
her
work.
Her
7th
Commission
is
tonight
her
performance
tonight,
but
before
we
get
to
hear
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
our
city's
youth
mayor's,
you
will
come
to
the
stage
and
tell
you
about
their
marvelous
work.
So
please
give
it
up
for
our
city's
youth,
mares.
B
Hello,
everyone
I'm
sienna,
and
this
is
mohammed
and
we
are
the
youth
mayors
of
bristol
the
youth
mayors
of
bristol
work
closely
alongside
the
mayor,
advocating
the
youth
voice,
as
well
as
sitting
on
the
bristol
city,
youth
council,
and
working
closely
with
their
campaigns
this
year.
The
campaigns
include
equal
bristol,
which
has
four
main
subgroups
Bamu
issues,
lgbtq+
issues,
simd
issues
and
period
poverty.
Some
of
the
other
campaigns
include
youth
voice,
environment
and
transport
and
supported
mental
well-being.
The.
C
Bristol
City
Youth
Council
are
an
elected
group
of
young
people
aged
11
to
18.
Each
young
members
are
voted
in
for
by
the
Bristol
big
vote,
in
which
each
candidate
makes
a
short
video
detailing
their
manifesto
and
schoolchildren
around
Bristol.
The
bank
can
then
babe.
Do
you
cancel
aims
to
make
sure
children
and
young
people
can
express
their
views
on
the
decisions
that
are
important
to
them
and
that
make
and
to
make
sure
that
their
opinions
are
voiced
and
heard?
B
Has
always
been
very
supported
of
the
Youth
Council
and
has
many
campaigns
and
pledges
that
support
young
people
as
part
of
the
one
city
plan.
These
include
annual
citywide
youth
conferences
to
engage
young
people
with
the
development
of
strategic
city
programs,
a
hundred
Bristol
companies,
pledging
high
quality
work
experience
and
reducing
the
gap
between
children
in
the
most
deprived
areas
and
areas
achieving
a
good
level
of
development
at
Early,
Years,
Foundation
Stage.
So.
C
B
Terms
of
attendance
rate
and
knife
crime,
we
believe
that
if
the
attendance
rate
of
each
individual
student
is
important,
because
students
are
more
likely
to
succeed
in
academics
when
they
attend
school
consistently
consistently.
However,
improved
attendance
rate
also
means
less.
Young
people
are
on
the
streets
and
with
increased
attendance,
more
students
can
have
their
mental
and
physical
well-being
monitored,
and
we
both
believe
that
it
is
fundamental
that
the
young
people
of
Bristol's
well-being
is
closely
monitored
in
order
for
everyone
to
reach
their
full
potential
and
not
feel
lost
in
an
ever
increasingly
pressured
society.
We.
C
B
C
Will
then
welcome
our
city
poet
Vanessa
castle,
a
to
the
stage
we
are.
We
will
then
watch
a
video
called.
We
are
Bristol
showcasing.
What
makes
our
city
special
and
unique
Bristol
City
man
Marvin
Rees,
will
then
make
kisses.
They
will
then
take
to
the
stage
to
share
his
state
and
city
address
bullying.
B
C
D
The
Bristol
of
the
future
is
already
taking
shape.
We
have
ambitious
plans
for
billions
of
pounds
of
development
that
make
efficient
use
of
land
around
the
city
to
deliver
much-needed
homes
and
business
opportunities
in
sustainable
mixed-use
communities
as
Bristol's
population
grows.
We
need
to
make
sure
this
growth
and
the
opportunities
that
come
with
it
benefit
everyone
from
gateway
at
Froome
gateway,
our
first
climate,
resilient
housing
and
mixed-use
development.
We
will
look
to
bring
forward
250
new
homes.
D
Temple
quarter-cent
phillips
temple
needs
our
vision
for
the
area.
Around
temple,
mead
stationed
temple
quarter
and
sent
phillips
marsh
is
to
create
a
sustainable,
thriving
new
urban
quarter,
a
place
that
is
welcoming
to
all
to
live.
Work
study
enjoy
leisure
time.
There
is
potential
to
bring
more
than
22
thousand
new
jobs
and
thousands
of
new
and
affordable
homes
to
100
hectares
of
land.
Around
temple,
Mead
station
and
Sint
Phillips
marsh
temple.
Meat
station
is
key
to
making
the
city
better
connected
and
easier
to
get
around.
D
Improvements
to
the
station
will
make
it
a
21st
century
transport
hub
by
doubling
its
passenger
capacity
to
22
million
per
year,
with
accompanying
public
transport
improvements
that
will
reduce
congestion
and
make
it
easier
to
travel
to
and
around
the
city.
The
new
University
of
Bristol
Temple
campus
on
the
site
of
the
now
demolished
sorting
office
will
provide
a
world-class
teaching.
Research
and
innovation.
Space
for
800
staff
and
3,000
students
mean
world
the
regeneration
of
temple.
Island
includes
plans
for
a
hotel
office,
space
and
homes,
40%
of
it,
affordable
in
the
heart
of
the
city.
D
At
FinCEN's
reach,
which
will
accommodate
Channel
Four's
new
creative
hub
at
the
end
of
October,
the
next
phase
for
300
new
homes
and
office
space
is
being
taken
for
it.
Parcel
Parkview,
currently
under
construction,
will
become
a
landmark
on
the
skyline
as
the
tallest
residential
building
in
the
city
with
375
new
homes.
D
20
percent,
affordable
to
the
north
of
the
city
center
in
south
meet
local
groups,
have
worked
alongside
developers
to
inform
the
redesign
for
Glen
coin
Square,
where
there
will
be
100
much-needed
new
homes,
a
health
center
and
library
to
make
sure
the
development
works
for
all
residents.
Community
members
have
given
their
views
on
building
styles,
as
well
as
open
and
public
spaces.
Over
half
of
new
homes
in
a
178
million
pound
development
at
Lockleys,
over
2
sites
will
be
affordable,
giving
more
people
the
opportunity
to
own
or
rent
their
own
home.
D
A
mix
of
flats
houses
and
bungalows,
specifically
for
wheelchair
users
will
provide
homes
for
all
kinds
of
needs
in
a
mixed
community
and
in
a
Verma's
multi-million
pound.
Investment
in
a
flood
management
program
has
jump-started
plans
to
create
12,000
jobs
across
a
New,
Haven
and
seven
side.
Enterprise
area
by
2026.
D
Will
be
more
for
Brandon
yard,
walking
Ward
the
flourishing
new
neighborhood
in
the
cultural
heart
of
the
harbor
is
progressing
its
second
phase.
The
development
now
has
256
homes,
49
homes
for
shared
ownership
and
81,
affordable
further
down
across
from
the
reopened
Albion
dock
yard.
The
Brandon
yard
site
has
completed
the
regeneration
of
the
derelict
sites
around
the
harbor.
D
To
the
south
of
the
city,
five
brownfield
sites
will
come
together
to
create
Bedminster
Green
emits
residential
and
business
community,
built
around
attractive,
open
spaces
that
will
have
excellent
transport
links
to
reduce
carbon
use
and
make
the
area
more
sustainable,
alongside
1,500
new
homes
and
student
accommodation.
The
project
will
strengthen
business,
retail
and
employment
opportunities
and
act
as
a
catalyst
for
the
overall
regeneration
of
the
area
and
its
hen.
D
We
aim
to
create
Western
Harbor,
which
will
feature
a
mixture
of
new
homes,
retail
and
leisure
development,
high
quality,
public,
open
space
and
new
walking
and
cycling
routes.
A
modernized,
efficient
road
network
will
unlock
the
area
to
build
a
new
city
center
community
and
business
hub.
That
also
protects
the
heritage
assets
of
this
part
of
Bristol's
Harbor.
We
are
already
well
on
the
way
to
making
the
Bristol
of
the
future
a
reality.
It
is
an
exciting
time
for
our
city
and
its
citizens.
E
Hi
everyone
can,
you
all
hear
me,
write
it
right
in
the
back.
Can
I
get
a
wave
of
affirmation?
Hey
everyone's
with
me
fantastic.
It's
really
really
amazing
to
be
here
with
all
of
you
and
I
won't
go
on
and
on.
There's
lots
of
things,
I
want
to
say,
but
I
just
wanted
to
tell
you
a
little
about
how
humbling
it's
been
to
learn
so
much
about
this
city.
E
Some
brilliant,
some,
not
so
good
and
I-
feel
that
it's
my
duty
as
an
artist
to
honor
that
and
be
honest
about
all
these
different
experiences
and
try
where
I
can
to
speak
to
them
and
also
let
others
speak
for
themselves.
So
I've
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
in
different
areas.
I've
been
in
local
libraries
and
I've
done
lots
of
work
in
Lawrence
Hill
in
the
Barton
Hill
settlement
and
I've
spoken
to
lots
of
people
about
their
experiences
in
Bristol,
the
things
that
they
like
and
the
things
they
want
to
see.
E
Change
and
one
of
the
people
that
did
approach
me
who
wanted
to
work
with
me
and
a
capacity
was
a
group
in
st.
George
that
are
working
around
air
pollution
in
Bristol,
and
we
have
some
of
the
most
concerning
rates
of
air
pollution
in
the
UK
and
seeing
what's
going
on
with
extinction
rebellion
and
then
the
climate
emergencies
they're
being
declared
across
the
world
I
felt
that
this
was
something
I
wanted
to
address
in
this
poem
today.
E
So
some
some
fears
that
I
have,
but
also
some
tentative
hopes
for
how
we
might
address,
and
air
pollution,
climate
change
and
also
just
making
this
city
more
liveable
for
everyone,
and
these
are
all
very
complex
issues
and
I
wouldn't
claim
to
have
the
answers.
But
from
my
humble
artists
perspective,
here's
a
piece
that
I
wrote
and
I
hope
that
it
strikes
a
chord
with
you
all
today.
E
The
cars
coughed
are
and
the
air
hangs
thick
the
trees
sigh
slow
as
our
kids
get
sick.
Our
fears
hang
loose
as
the
walked
clock
talks.
It
tock
tick
tocks,
as
our
slack
jaws,
lock,
we
flex
our
wrists
and
we
clear
our
throats
heads
come
together.
We
try
to
see
what
floats
we
swallow.
Our
fear,
though
it
haunts
our
ribs
solemn
vows,
have
changed,
hang
heavy
on
lips,
the
cars
coughed
are
and
the
air
hangs
thick,
the
birds,
sing
grief
and
our
mouths
house
grit.
Some
thick
fat
tongues
speak
sound
bite
clouds.
E
We
have
no
faith
in
these
empty
founds.
We
drive
through
town
in
our
speed,
shaped
shelves,
then
drive
back
home
overwhelmed
by
smells,
the
cars
coughed
are
and
the
close
air
gasps.
Will.
This
now
be
Bristol's
epitaph?
We
can't
hang
back
and
we
can't
give
up,
can't
lean
on
chance
or
rely
on
luck.
We
must
serve
all
not
just
Clifton
folk,
it's
the
poorest
parts
that
will
feel
the
choke.
Think
broad
and
fair.
It
is
bigger
than
just
us,
those
on
the
edge
matter
just
as
much
give
the
homeless
hope.
Don't
just
move
them
on.
E
They
too
have
pride
and
the
rights
to
belong.
The
streets
are
ours,
so
let's
treat
them
so
do
not
think
dark
where
there's
lights.
There's
growth,
let's
dust
off
bikes
and
our
walking
shoes
make
all
streets
safe.
So
we
all
can
walk
through,
but
change
must
come
from
our
leaders
first,
for
they
hold
the
strings
to
the
public
purse.
In
Lawrence,
Hill
parents
can't
catch
trains,
no
ramps
for
prams
and
no
signs
of
change.
E
If
we
must
stitch
all
the
toxic
cars
we
need
cheap
travel
to
get
near
and
far
the
bust
must
be
on
budget
and
on
time,
the
bike
groups
smooth
as
a
seamless
rhyme.
We
dream
big
dreams
for
the
kids,
we've
birthed
and
sow
them
seeds
in
the
patient,
dirt,
perhaps
naive,
to
believe
in
more
but
LaVon.
We
must.
G
Credible
film
by
wishmaster
and
patch
up
so
recently,
I
spent
the
afternoon
of
one
of
the
holiday
hunger
schemes
we
had
going
in
Bristol
feed
Bristol
gave
out
over
60,000
meals
a
summer
serving
some
of
the
tens
of
thousands
of
children.
We
know
are
likely
to
go
without
food.
Now
the
staff
told
us
about
a
mother.
The
week
before
she
had
quietly
approached
one
of
the
volunteers
asking.
If
there
was
any
leftover
food
she
stressed
he
was
not
going
to
eat
the
food
herself,
but
it
was
for
her
children.
G
She
had
no
food
in
the
house
and
two
pounds
fifty
to
get
through
the
weekend
to
the
Monday.
Forty
years
ago,
my
mum
and
I
were
facing
the
same
challenges.
So
I'll
set
the
scene
where
my
mum
fell
pregnant
with
me.
She
was
an
unmarried
working-class
white
woman
with
a
brown
baby
on
the
way
health
workers
pressured
her
to
have
me
aborted.
When
I
was
born,
she
was
told
if
she
was
a
good
woman.
She
would
give
me
up
for
adoption,
but,
incidentally,
when
I
was
born.
G
If
I
share
a
little
story,
my
mum
could
hear
I
was
born
under
a
wandering
star
playing
in
the
background
from
Lee
Marvin's
film
paint
your
wagon
and
he
was
drunk
in
a
film
with
a
red
face
and
when
I
came
out,
I
had
a
very
red
face.
Hence
the
name
Marvin,
that's
where
it
comes
from
so
but
the
theme
set
in
those
first
months
continued
through
my
childhood.
We
eventually
moved
to
a
refuge
in
Devon
before
moving
back
to
Bristol
on
a
long
crossed
estate
underneath
them
throughout
those
years.
G
My
mum
went
without
food
herself,
so
I
could
eat.
We
struggled
and
much
of
my
childhood
was
Claire
eed,
with
a
faint
unhappiness.
Now
what
I
was
blessed
in
that
I
had
a
loving
family,
my
Nana
and
granddad,
my
auntie
Glennis,
my
cousins
Dennison
Antony,
and
we
had
a
supportive
Church,
but
life
was
tough
and
what
I
want
to
say
today
is
this
is
Bristol.
G
Now
it's
not
the
whole
of
Bristol.
We
are
the
City
of
Culture
creativity,
sustainability,
rebellion,
advanced
manufacturing,
world-class
universities
in
aerospace,
the
city
that
justifiably
prides
itself
on
doing
things
differently
and
makes
a
net
contribution
to
Her
Majesty's
Treasury.
In
fact,
we
are
a
city
of
contrasts
and
contradictions
of
inequality
where
wealth
sits
alongside
poverty
and
hope
sits
alongside
hopelessness.
G
Now,
as
my
asthma
mayor,
it
is
my
job
to
advance
our
city
successes,
but
it
is
the
fullness
of
my
role
as
a
city
leader
to
ensure
we
understand
that
our
true
greatness
will
be
found
in
our
collective
commitment
to
make
in
Bristol
a
city
in
which
everyone
can
find
hope
in
that
success,
irrespective
of
the
circumstances
of
their
birth.
Now
I've
long
been
committed
to
the
idea
of
Hope
in
part,
because
it
is
so
much
more
mature
than
optimism.
G
Hope
doesn't
refuse
to
see
suffering
and
challenge
it
engages
with
them
so
that
they
become
an
opportunity
to
develop
perseverance
which
produces
character
and
character.
Is
the
pathway
to
hope
and
our
city
must
also
be
a
hope
for
the
world?
We
are
an
international
City,
a
global
people
of
92
languages
and
180
countries
of
origin.
What
happens
in
the
world
be
at
an
earthquake
in
Kashmir,
a
typhoon
in
Viera
the
displacement
of
the
reinga
from
Myanmar
families,
drowning
in
a
Mediterranean
all
black
lives
matter
in
the
United
States.
G
Our
people
have
an
emotional,
cultural
and
blood
connections
to
those
stories,
and
our
influence
must
extend
to
leadership
on
the
critical
issues
of
our
time,
climate,
emergency,
the
migration
crisis
and
the
rise
of
reactionary
right-wing
politics,
so
I
say
tinkering
around
the
edges
of
what
Bristol
is
and
what
we
do
is
not
enough.
Snatching
small
victories
a
junction
here,
a
traffic
light.
There
is
not
enough
for
too
many
years
we
haven't
had
the
kind
of
change
Bristol
has
needed.
G
The
city
of
tinkered
around
with
transport
for
decades
in
a
result
is
a
transport
system
that
is
failing
the
city
we
have
tinkered
around
on
housing.
The
result
is
our
housing
crisis,
with
500
families
in
temporary
accommodation,
12,000
on
the
waiting
list
and
tens
of
thousands
more
wondering
if
they'll
ever
have
their
own
home
and
to
these
challenges
today,
add
the
brexit
threat
to
our
economy
and
jobs.
G
The
fact
that
national
government
at
its
best
has
gone
missing
and
that
its
worst
is
making
people
poorer
through
policies
such
as
universal
credit,
that
Bristol
will
grow
by
nearly
100,000
people
over
the
coming
25
years
that
we
have
unprecedented
levels
of
inequality
and
a
loss
of
faith
in
public
institutions,
and
we
have
the
climate
emergency.
The
scale
of
these
challenges
presents
both
the
opportunity
and
demand
for
change.
At
the
c40
summit
last
week,
Vice
President
Al
Gore
said
we
need
changes
in
policy
and
changes
in
the
people
who
make
policy
now
in
Bristol.
G
This
will
mean
changes
in
the
way
the
city
sets.
Priority
operates
and
looks
as
we
regenerate
the
city.
It
means
greater
diversity
of
the
people
who
take
up
positions
of
leadership
and
an
explicit
commitment
to
ensure
the
economy
works
for
people
and
planets,
rather
than
treating
them
as
mere
factors
of
production.
G
The
bristle
of
all
just
did
not
deliver.
We
can
no
longer
afford
to
carry
the
old
order.
We
need
the
next
iteration
of
Bristol
I.
Warn
to
that
doing,
nothing
doesn't
mean
things.
Will
seats
will
stay
the
same
if
we
do
not
proactively
design
the
next
iteration
of
Bristol,
we
will
find
ourselves
increasingly
on
the
back
foot,
responding
to
challenges
that
are
out
of
our
control
with
a
city
that
is
ill-equipped
for
the
task.
But
when
I
look
around
a
city
today,
I
see
the
start
of
the
change.
G
G
Evidence
of
the
change
we
are
bringing
is
in
that
my
cabinet
and
I
have
actually
delivered
the
commitments
we
made
to
you
Bristol
in
2016.
So
first
we
said
we
were
built
2,000
new
homes
at
least
800,
affordable
a
year
by
2020
many
people
said
to
me.
This
target
was
unachievable
and
we
knew
ourselves.
It
was
a
stretch,
but
we
are
on
course
to
hit
it
and
even
succeed.
It
exceeded
developments
under
way
across
the
city.
G
Right
now
include
the
ambulance
station
Wapping
wharf
the
paint
works,
Hart
cliff
campus,
the
launch
pad
housing
scheme,
the
seed
pods
housing
scheme
being
built
above
a
st.
George
car
park.
We
have
houses
being
built
in
some
of
the
most
deprived
neighborhoods
in
the
city
in
hangar
over
hen,
Grove
Park
in
notley's
at
Romney
house
Sheldon,
Road
Bonnington,
walk
in
South
Mead
at
Don
Mel
in
Henry.
We
are
building
council
houses
in
Richardson,
close
as
we
are
in
Alderman's
more
in
Ashland
Vale.
G
Secondly,
we
said
we
would
deliver
work,
experience
and
apprenticeships
when
I
came
into
power.
56
percent
of
young
people
in
Bristol
were
not
getting
access
to
meaningful
work
experience.
We
changed
that
through
the
works
programme
and
the
commitment
of
city
employers,
three
and
a
half
thousand
meaningful
experiences
of
work
are
being
delivered
to
young
people
in
Bristol
this
year
alone,
and
this
year,
youth
options
in
this
year
as
youth
options
year
with
a
series
of
events
and
activities
and
workshops
supporting
young
people
to
engage
with
employers
and
trainers
and
take
up
opportunities
with
confidence.
G
This
I
say
is
hope
in
action
raising
aspiration
opening
doors
of
opportunity
supporting
young
people
onto
the
right
track.
Third,
we
promised
we
would
stop
the
expansion
of
our
pizzettes
and
review
existing
schemes
and
we
did
it
working
with
local
councillors
in
each
area.
Our
pieces
were
reviewed
and
revised,
and
we
now
are
engaging
with
residents
in
new
areas
about
new
schemes
and
we'll
work
with
communities
where
there
is
overwhelming
export
forever
implementation.
G
Fourth,
we
pledged
to
protect
children
centers
and
despite
the
devastating
austerity
program,
we
kept
them
all
open.
The
national
picture
is
of
a
3.1
billion
pound
funding
gap,
contributing
to
the
closure
of
more
than
1,000
children,
centers
and
a
further
722
no
longer
offering
the
full
range
of
services,
but
in
Bristol
children's
centres
will
remain
at
the
heart
of
our
offer
to
families.
Fifth,
we
told
the
city.
We
would
increase
school
places
with
a
fair
admissions
process.
Now
we've
committed
25
million
pounds
to
a
new
school
in
Lockleys,
a
new
secondary
school
in
Silverthorne
Lane.
G
The
Silverthorne
name
is
in
progress
that
will
serve
children
from
the
center
and
east
of
the
city,
and
there
will
be
a
new
school
in
the
south
in
no
West.
It
is
unheard
of
to
be
delivering
three
schools
at
once,
but
we
are
doing
it
we're
delivering
on
our
promise
to
parents
and
we
will
continue
to
build
and
expand
yet
more
schools,
as
our
population
grows
week.
Six
we
made
a
promise
to
put
Bristol
on
course
to
be
run
entirely
on
clean
energy
by
2050
and
introduced
a
safe,
clean
streets
campaign
and
we've
accelerated.
G
This
promise
taking
steps
for
Bristol
to
be
run
on
clean
energy
and
to
reach
carbon
neutrality
by
2030,
we
launched
City
leap,
a
1
billion
pound
investment
package
that
will
transform
Bristol's
relationship
with
energy
and
we're
extending
Bristol
clean
streets,
including
fines
for
offenders.
Smart
bins
and
we've
launched
the
big
tidy
which
were
deploy,
crews
to
deep,
clean
city
hotspots
and
seventh,
we
committed
to
lead
a
European
Capital
of
Culture
bid
and
promised
to
make
Culture
and
sport
accessible
to
all
now.
G
Brexit
got
in
the
way
of
this
one,
but
we
still
delivered
on
our
commitment.
We
secured
UNESCO
city
of
film
status
through
a
collaboration
of
the
Bristol
Film
Office,
the
University
of
West
of
England
University
of
Bristol
screen
ology
destination
Bristol
and
bottle
Yard
Studios.
We
underwrote
48
point
eight
million
pound
for
the
redevelopment
of
Costin
Hall
and
1.5
million
pound
to
enable
the
modern
lies
of
the
Bristol
Old
Vic
and
st.
G
George's,
and
we
overcame
over
30
other
towns
and
cities
to
be
chosen
as
a
new
home
for
Channel
four
who
were
opening
their
offices
in
Bristol
later
this
month
and
on
sport.
We
protected
pictures
for
grassroots
sport
and
are
working
with
sports,
England
and
local
clubs
to
increase
sports
or
provision,
and
our
gatherings
have
brought
together
people
like
never
before
to
find
opportunities
to
improve
participation,
support
talent
to
development
and
bring
world
class
sporting
events
to
the
city.
G
G
So
I'll
give
you
a
brief
rundown
of
some
of
our
achievements,
but
I
wanted
to
start
by
expressing
my
gratitude
to
my
hard-working
and
dedicated
cabinet
to
my
office
team,
to
the
city,
council,
leadership
and
workforce
to
our
city
partners,
and
also
to
my
labour
colleagues
who
have
delivered
the
budget
year
on
year
in
the
face
of
political
opposition.
That's
made
all
this
possible.
G
Bristol
really
is
a
collective
endeavor,
so
we
have
the
parts
prospectus
now
and
new
funding
for
tree
planting
as
part
of
our
city
plan
commitment
to
double
the
tree
canopy
in
Bristol
by
2045.
The
stepping
up
programme
has
delivered
training
and
development
for
a
hundred
and
four
participants
from
BMI
backgrounds
and
women
and
disabled
people.
70%
of
the
first
first
cohort
have
gone
on
to
get
promotions
and
so
far
46%
of
the
second
cohort.
We
also
now
have
a
cohort
of
35
Somali
women,
25
of
whom
have
now
gone
on
to
get
jobs.
G
G
Children
with
special
educational
needs
have
been
neglected,
I
governed
by
government
and
we
recognized
they've
been
badly
treated
and
badly
served
by
the
city,
but
going
forward.
We
must
stand
with
families
and
put
that
right
for
their
children,
and
we
will.
We
have
delivered
extra
care,
housing
started
in
Stockwood
and
Stoke
Gifford.
Our
home
first
service
is
supporting
people
to
return
home
quicker
after
a
hospital
stay,
reducing
readmissions
and
we
are
paying
care
workers
the
living
wage
and
for
their
travel
time
we
are
using
technology
to
support
independent
living
for
disabled
and
older
people.
G
Care
leavers
up
to
the
age
of
25
are
now
exempt
from
council
tax
and
we
are
the
only
Corps
city
to
have
retained
a
100
percent
council
tax
reduction
scheme.
We
are
creating
the
first
project
to
provide
housing
for
the
young
homeless,
care
leavers
and
students
in
partnership
with
the
United
communities,
16
25,
independent
people
and
Bristol
University.
G
We
have
prioritized
housing
for
women
escaping
domestic
violence
and
abuse.
We
opened
a
24
hour
homeless,
shelter
in
st.
Anne's,
which
is
just
opened
for
its
second
winter.
We
were
pilot
the
closure
of
school
streets
during
drop-off
and
pickup
times,
and
we
safeguarded
the
future
of
schemas
boxing
gym
in
Noah,
West
and
white
CL
will
continue
to
receive
our
support
as
they
deliver
a
state-of-the-art
17,000,
seater
Bristol
arena
ready
to
come
to
planning
in
the
next
few
months
and
it's
worth
pointing
out.
In
doing
so.
G
We
have
saved
public
money
and
carbon
emissions
compared
to
the
original
plans,
instead
of
producing
and
trucking
thousands
of
tons
of
steel
and
concrete
it's
being
built
with
the
best
carbon
neutral
solution
retrofitting
an
existing
building.
We
have
brought
together
key
players
as
part
of
our
commitment
to
Bristol's
nightlife,
with
clear
proposals
to
safeguard
music
venues.
G
We
established
the
city
center
revitalization
group
in
the
face
of
major
challenges
to
city
centers
and
retail
across
the
country,
and
we
are
building
a
new
household
waste
and
reuse
center
in
Avonmouth
and
are
on
track
to
deliver
the
new
recycling
and
reuse
center
on
Hart
cliff
way
I
could
go
on,
but
without
any
great
fanfare.
The
single
biggest
change
is
the
change
in
governance.
We
have
worked
with
the
city
to
develop
a
city
plan
that
sets
up
Bristol's
future
to
2050,
transcending
the
electoral
cycle.
G
We
have
set
up
the
city
office
to
oversee
the
plan.
This
is
a
move
from
local
government
and
a
focus
on
the
workings
of
the
council
to
city
governments,
which
means
working
together
with
all
the
cities,
institutions
and
decision
makers.
We
have
shared
city
leadership
with
six
thematic
boards
made
up
of
partners
from
right
across
the
city,
each
taking
responsibility
for
shaping
and
updating
their
piece
of
the
Bristol
one
city
plan.
G
Therein
is
inclusive,
cross-organizational
work
going
on
in
a
way
it
never
has,
and
we
have
the
city
funds
which
we'll
be
investing
in
agreed
city
priorities
with
ethical
investment
and
giving
at
its
heart.
The
significance
of
these
innovations
should
not
be
underestimated.
These
successes
have
been
recognized
around
the
world
from
the
EU
high
capital
awards
to
the
Financial,
Times
and
Reuters.
G
Now
all
these
achievements
can't
be
taken
for
granted.
Delivery
has
not
previously
been
the
norm
and
sustained
in
the
City
office
under
one
city
plans
NEADS
the
new
form
of
political
leadership
we
abroad.
But
let
me
share
a
few
reflections.
It
means
delivery.
Being
delivery
focused.
You
would
be
surprised
how
often
we
have
come
into
conflict
with
processes
that
prioritize
the
structures
rather
than
outcomes
for
people.
G
Secondly,
it
means
we
must
go
beyond
the
transactional
relationship
between
candidate
and
voters,
where
a
candidate
promises
a
couple
of
projects
to
purchase
a
vote
or
offer
as
an
administration.
Is
this
a
working
relationship
built
on
a
shared
set
of
priorities
and
values
and
a
commitment
to
delivering
against
them?
A
third
reflection
is
just
to
emphasize
the
fact
that
complexity
is
not
a
vice.
This
is
a
complicated
city
in
a
complicated
world.
Now
plans
and
campaigns
are
already
gearing
up.
G
You
need
the
next
ten
and
then
the
next
ten
bridge
still
needs
leadership,
but
grapples
with
the
reality
of
that
complexity,
and
acknowledges
that
sometimes
good
things
can
have
negative
consequences
for
some
people
and
I
think
we're
seeing
in
Donald
Trump
a
living
demonstration
that
meaningful
leadership
and
debate
cannot
be
conducted
through
280
word
character,
Twitter
posts,
and
on
this
last
point
we
urgently
in
Bristol
need
an
improvement
in
the
quality
of
our
civic
discourse.
The
misinformation,
an
attempt
to
reduce
nuanced
issues,
binary
options
really
under
serves
us.
G
G
So
let
me
sit
off
the
back
of
that.
Let
me
share
with
you
what
I
see
coming
in
the
next
few
months.
I
hope
I'm
wrong,
no
I
used
to
play
a
lot
of
rugby
and
what
we
found
was,
if
you're
up
against
a
team
that
is
better
than
you.
You
want
rain
a
muddy
pitch
and
you
want
to
scrap
all
right.
You
don't
want
them
playing
rugby
and
you
want
them
to
get
into
that.
Scrap.
That's
the
leveler
now
over
the
coming
months
and
I
hope
you
demand
better.
G
Some
people
want
to
throw
mud
in
this
election
and
they'll
want
to
get
us
in
a
back
alley,
scrap
and
confuse
the
issues,
but
for
us
we
will
stay
focused
on
the
fact
that
we
have
delivered
and
built
a
new
city.
Leadership
restored
the
financials,
the
council's
financial
credibility
and
will
continue
to
focus
on
the
issues
that
matter
to
people.
As
Michelle
Obama
said
when
they
go
low,
we
will
go
high
and
for
our
commitment,
we're
going
to
be
focused
on
positive
politics.
G
Now,
as
I
said,
Bristol
is
a
collective
endeavor.
Good
leadership
is
about
not
being
afraid
to
have
Premier
League
people
around
you.
It's
about
finding
great
people
who
want
to
make
things
happen
and
giving
them
the
space
and
the
back
in
to
get
it
done,
and
so
many
people
have
been
a
part
of
our
city
leadership.
People
like
the
Loretto,
the
late
Lorraine
Bush
Hawks,
bring.
She
got
things
done,
she
touched
lives.
G
She
liked
to
say
life
is
measured
not
by
how
much
you
love,
but
how
much
you
are
loved
and
she
went
out
there
and
did
things
that
got
her
loved,
like
poor
Hassan
does
with
local
communities
and
just
Sweetland
leading
the
innovation
through
the
Bristol
housing
festival,
Marty
Burgess,
who
brings
expertise
and
entrepreneurialism
to
so
many
things
in
Bristol.
Dick
penny,
who
has
done
so
much
for
our
city's
cultural
offer.
G
People
like
say
dojo
of
black
Southwest
Network
mohammed
al
sharif,
who
made
bristol
his
family
home
after
fleeing
sudan
and
has
done
so
much
to
contribute
to
the
civic
life
for
this
city,
caste
Magothy
and
his
son.
Rashid,
who
fled
a
means.
Uganda
found
its
sweet
bar
at
the
heart
of
the
reat.
That's
been
at
the
heart
of
the
regeneration
of
st.
G
I
want
to
thank
our
international
ambassadors
here
tonight:
Chris
sanika,
Caroline,
Hassan
and
I've
Randa,
soon
aka
DJ
Bungie,
who
have
championed
our
city
on
the
world
stage
and
off
that
I'd
like
tonight
to
welcome
our
new
international
ambassadors.
Dr.
Mena,
thamba,
founder
of
black
girl
convention
and
Silas
adekunle
co-founder
of
reach,
robotics
and
I,
know
that
they
are
going
to
be
fantastic
champions
for
us
on
the
global
stage.
G
Now,
with
a
cat's
all
fit
for
purpose,
city
partners
fully
engaged
and
a
plan
to
deliver.
These
could
be
exciting
times.
Delivery
for
people
on
homes,
transport
jobs
and
the
environment
is
going
to
be
at
the
center
of
our
future.
Now
our
homes
targets
will
be
met
and
we
will
meet
the
challenge
of
building
them
in
a
way
and
in
places
that
minimize
our
carbon
footprint,
the
plans
for
the
Western
harbour
essential
to
our
ambition.
How
and
where
we
build
homes
will
be
one
of
the
biggest
determinants
of
our
climate
impact
over
the
coming
years.
G
A
recent
report
on
climate
change
by
Robert
mooger
for
the
World
Economic
Forum
tell
cities
they
need
to
build
centrally,
more
densely
and
higher
to
reduce
demands
on
energy
through
more
efficient
buildings
and
reducing
dependency
on
car.
It's
in
that
context
that
Western
Harbor
represents
around
2,000
homes
to
help
us
tackle
our
housing
crisis
within
a
seven
minute
bike
ride
and
a
25
minute
walk
of
the
city
center.
G
It
means
life
being
brought
into
the
city
center
to
support
the
retail
offer
in
the
city
center
and
that
of
North
Street,
and
it
means
the
opportunity
to
turn
the
waterfront
into
a
destination
accessible
for
all
and
will
deliver
on
other
major
infrastructure
and
housing
projects
from
Temple
Quarter
to
st.
Philip's,
marsh
and
climate-resilient
housing
and
at
the
Froome
gateway
alongside
the
University
campus
and
Temple
Ireland,
and
we
will
develop
the
st.
James
area
of
the
city.
G
Also,
with
our
grass
is
a
truly
transformative
transport
solution.
We
start
with
a
bus
deal
that
will
double
services
on
key
routes
as
well
as
regular
commuter
services,
their
main
arterial
routes.
This
is
public
investment
in
prioritization
and
infrastructure
that
will
trigger
private
investment
in
services
as
the
first
step
towards
making
public
transport
the
mode
of
choice.
This
will
bring
greater
reliability
and
connectivity
with
a
loop
service,
a
circle
line
that
will
connect
the
city,
central
areas
of
Broad
meet
and
Cabot
Circus
to
the
center
Red
Cliff,
Temple,
Meads
and
Old
Market.
G
Every
few
minutes
through
traffic
will
pass.
The
cities
will
bypass
the
city
center
areas
completely.
This
will
enable
the
pedestrianisation
of
the
old
city
and
the
city
center.
This
will
deliver
cleaner
air,
safe
spaces
for
walking
and
cycling,
while
supporting
our
local
economy,
jobs
and
connectivity,
and
then
we
will
deliver
the
mass
transit
system,
a
promise
to
the
city
that
is
both
deliverable
and
essential.
If
we're
to
offer
a
real
alternative
to
the
car
develop
within
the
next
decade.
This
will
bring
four
lines
of
mainly
underground
low-carbon,
rapid
and
reliable
mass
transit.
G
The
first
line
will
connect
temple
me
to
the
airport
looping
through
the
south
of
bristol,
connecting
the
employment
people
to
jobs
and
opportunity.
The
next
line
will
connect
the
northern
fringe
from
Kibbe's
Crips
Causeway
to
the
center
and
the
south
and
east
central
areas
of
the
city,
and
then
we
will
connect
to
the
east
go
in
as
far
as
light,
green
and
Hicks
gate,
and
by
also
enhancing
and
growing
our
urban
rail
network.
These
plans
will
transform
public
transport.
G
G
G
This
will
bring
the
western
region
of
England
and
Wales
to
the
top
table
for
government
and
international
investment
in
the
way
the
northern
powerhouse
and
the
Midlands
engine
has
for
their
areas
and
with
the
support
of
unions
and
business,
we
will
make
Bristol
a
living
wage
city
where
well-paid,
decent
jobs
on
a
benchmark,
not
the
aspiration
and
by
protecting
employment
land
in
key
areas.
We
will
promote
business
and
diversify
our
economy,
while
our
high-tech
sectors
grow
and
prosper.
G
So
we
have
a
fundamental
need
to
protect
and
grow
jobs
in
all
sectors,
including
food
care
and
retail
and
Bristol
has
been
a
leading
voice
on
the
UK's
response
to
climate
emergency.
The
first
council
to
declare
a
climate
mergency,
the
first
to
embed
leadership
of
the
new
Green
Deal
with
a
named
cabinet,
lead
the
first
UK
city
to
undertake
a
voluntary
local
review
against
the
United
Nations
sustainable
development
goals.
The
driver
of
a
motion
to
the
Local
Government
Association,
so
435
councils
declare
a
climate
emergency
and
commit
to
the
SDGs.
G
Walking
good,
but
declarations
and
motions
are
only
the
first
step.
The
climate
emergency
requires
action.
We
have
the
action
plan
which
has
been
published
today
on
the
council's
website
from
setting
a
groundbreaking
ambition
for
a
carbon
neutral
and
climate
resilient
city
by
2030
to
driving
forward
a
1
billion
pound
programme
of
investment
in
cleaner,
greener
energy
to
progress
in
the
actions
requested
of
councils
by
Friends
of
the
Earth.
We
are
telling
the
truth
about
climate
emergency
and
acting
now
to
tackle
it
in
concert
with
the
link
challenge
of
social
justice.
G
We
will
finalize
our
local
plan
to
ensure
our
planning
policies
match
our
ambition.
New
Palin
policy
will
drive
zero
carbon
buildings,
affordable
housing,
community
self,
build
and
appropriate
student
developments.
We
will
find
a
way
to
make
Bristol
plastic
a
plastic
free
city,
and
we
are
going
for
gold
on
food
sustainability
and
have
plans
with
the
Avon
wildlife,
trust
and
food
growing
groups
to
establish
local
food
growing
in
every
Ward
in
a
city
tackling
food
poverty,
while
protecting
wildlife
habitats
now
to
just
a
finish
off,
is
worth
just
showing
up.
G
G
Now
we
have
the
opportunity
to
make
Bristol
a
better
place
for
all
citizens
of
all
ages
throughout
their
lives,
from
childcare
and
children's
centres
to
more
and
better
schools,
our
diverse
inclusive
and
sustainable
economy,
with
jobs
for
all
a
transport
system
that
system
that
is
fit
for
purpose,
connecting
people
and
jobs
and
cleaning
our
air
to
keeping
people
in
their
own
homes.
With
better
support
to
deliver
that
city,
we
need
to
continue
the
change
we've
started
now.
I
started
tonight
by
telling
a
story
of
a
Bristol
mum.
G
He
was
struggling
to
feed
her
children
today
and
I
shared
that
40
years
ago.
My
mum
was
facing
the
same
struggle.
We
don't
want
to
be
telling
that
story
again.
In
40
years,
we
have
the
opportunity
now
to
make
Bristol
a
better
place
to
live
and
work
for
all
our
citizens.
Let's
continue
to
change.
Let's
do
it
together.
Thank
you.
H
Excuse
me,
excuse
me,
we've
got
to
excuse
me.
We've
got
a
panel
discussion
which
was
advertised
in
advance
and
the
guy
who
introduced
the
session
did
ask
for
a
good
space
for
discussion
and
we'd
like
to
pursue
that
the
airport
expansion
made
a
point
earlier
on
and
I
think
that
point
was
made.
So
thank
you
very
much.
H
I'm
going
to
be
discussing
with
them
certain
points
that
came
out
of
the
mayor's
state
of
the
city
address
and
some
more
general
points
about
cities,
as
we
go
through.
I
should
point
out
that
a
number
of
questions
were
submitted,
as
we
usually
do
each
year
for
the
the
mayor
state
of
the
city
address,
and
the
mayor
has
agreed
that
answers
to
those
questions
will
be
sent
next
week
to
people
who
submitted
them.
H
Bruno
Maasai's,
author
Hudson
Institute
author,
most
recently
of
the
dawn
of
Eurasia
and
Belton
Road,
a
Chinese
World
Order
and
Tony
PIPA
from
the
Brookings
Institution
Tony
I
want
to
start
with
you
that
the
mayor
referred
to
climate
change,
climate
emergencies
and
SDGs.
What
can
cities
particularly
offer
when
it
comes
to
sustainable
development
goals?
Well,.
I
As
as
the
secretary-general
just
talked
about
at
C,
forty
I
mean
the
battle
for
climate
will
be
won
and
lost
with
cities
more
than
70%
of
the
emissions
worldwide
happen
within
cities
and
I.
Think
what's
very
interesting
and
what's
happening
here
in
Bristol,
as
the
mayor
suggested,
Bristol
is
one
of
the
was
the
first
city
in
the
UK
to
do
a
voluntary
local
review
against
the
sustainable
development
goals.
Now,
how
many
folks
in
the
audience
are
aware
of
the
sustainable
development
goals,
just
a
show
of
hands
wow?
This
is
great.
I
But
these
are
early
aspirations
that
affect
people's
lives
and
so
I
think
it's
up
to
cities
to
make
them
real
in
real
communities
to
solve
real
problems
for
real
people
in
communities.
I
was
on
a
panel
recently
and,
and
somebody
on
the
panel
was
talking
about
how
cities
compete
in
this
day
and
age
and
they
talk
about
competing
for
people
competing
for
businesses
competing
for
tourists
and
the
basis
for
that.
Competition
in
the
21st
century
is
sustainability.
I
It's
the
vision
of
what
our
communities
need
to
look
like
over
the
next
30
to
40
years
and
so
doing
a
voluntary
local
review
collecting
the
data
that
holds
your
feet
to
the
fire
and
is
accountable
and
transparent
and
saying
here's.
How
well
we're
doing
on
these
issues
here,
here's
how
well
we
have
here's,
how
far
we
have
to
go
on
some
of
them
and
to
look
at
the
complexity
of
those
issues
together
and
how
they
integrate
together.
I
I
think
is
really
important
and
I
think
it's
an
important
commitment,
Bristol's,
not
only
the
first
UK
city
to
do
a
voluntary
or
local
review,
but
it
puts
them
actually
in
a
handful
of
cities.
Worldwide
cities
like
New
York,
LA,
Helsinki,
Buenos
Aires,
but
it's
still
a
very
small
group,
and
so
it's
a
it's
a
group.
That's
pioneering
this
and
in
the
band
garden.
It's.
H
Worth
mentioning
that
tomorrow
in
festival
future
city,
we
are
looking
at
examples
from
New
York
and
from
LA
and
other
places
as
well.
Sheila.
The
mayor
talked
about
leadership.
You've
been
involved
in
the
global
Parliament
to
mayor's,
tell
us
about
the
global
Parliament
of
Mayors
and
about
the
role
of
leadership
in
cities.
J
Very
inspiring
I'm
inspired
by
the
mayor's
speech,
and
he
really
is
an
example
of
the
leadership
that
mayor's
are
taking
on
a
on
a
global
level.
The
global
Parliament
of
Mayors
is
an
idea
by
a
political
scientist,
dr.
Ben
barber,
who
wrote
a
book
called
if
mayors
of
the
world
and
his
vision
was
a
parliament
of
just
a
mayor's
in
an
error
when
nation-states
are
increasingly
dysfunctional
and
in
and
cities
are
increasingly
the
places,
as
we've
just
heard
where
problems
are
being
solved.
J
Now,
that's
a
bit
of
an
overstatement
perhaps,
but
but
a
few
things
are
clear
number
one
is
that
almost
every
problem
we
face
is
happening
in
cities
today
for
the
simple
fact
that
most
of
us
live
in
cities
and
most
of
economic
GDP
is
being
produced
in
cities,
issues
like
housing,
migration,
economic
inequality,
connecting
people
to
jobs.
All
of
this
is
happening
on
a
local
level.
J
So
the
idea
of
the
Parliament
of
Mayors
is
that
the
people
that
are
most
engaged
in
solving
these
issues
when
nation-states
are
pulling
back
or
retreating
on
them
and
more
and
most
importantly,
most
closest
to
the
people
that
are
impacted
by
all
of
these
problems
and
are
working
hand
in
hand
with
their
residents
on
solving
them.
That
those
folks
should
have
a
say
in
what
our
international
institutions
and
national
leaders
are
doing
and
how
they're
distributing
resources,
for
instance,
to
solve
these
problems.
J
As
one
mayor
has
famously
said
that
mayors
and
cities
are
often
on
the
menu,
but
rarely
at
the
table.
I
think
that's
right,
so
so
the
Parliament
of
Mayors.
What
are
now
over
200
international
city
networks,
like
c40,
really
I,
think
represent
a
shift
in
global
politics
and
agenda
setting
and
it,
and
it
is
really
Mayors
like
Marvin
Reese,
that
are
at
the
forefront
of
solving
what
used
to
be
problems
that
were
addressed
by
national
leaders
in,
and
so
he
mentioned.
J
Trump
pulled
out
of
the
Paris
agreement
where
nation
states
set
national
goals.
Strikingly
in
The,
New
York
Times,
the
mayor
of
Paris
than
therein,
the
mayor
of
Pittsburgh
wrote
an
op-ed
said.
Cities
will
get
it
done,
and
what
we've
seen
is
that
cities
aren't
getting
it
done
same
one
migration
same
on
housing
and
other
crisises,
so
the
GPM
as
we
call
it
in
which,
in
fact
the
city
of
Bristol
hosted
last
year,
is
a
forum
for
mayors
to
to
to
to
argue
about
these
or
debate.
These
questions
really
deliberate
on
solutions
and
then
to
action.
J
H
Gonna
ask
everyone
later
on
about
leadership
and
so
on,
but
I
want
to
pursue
some
of
the
other
points.
Fidgets
bruno
you've
been
looking
at
cities,
the
new
cities
of
the
the
belt
and
road
and
so
on,
and
what
to
tell
us
about
what
these
new
cities
alike
and
and
what
cities
traditional
western
cities,
for
example,
can
do
to
to
meet
the
competition
of
them.
K
Gigantic
new
cities,
machines
purpose
made
for
competing
in
the
global
arena,
in
that
sense,
rather
terrifying,
and
they
pose
a
challenge
to
what
are
in
some
in
some
cases.
I
think
Bristol
is
the
case
of
that
cities
that
go
back
to
the
past
that
have
a
strong
identity.
There
are
not
too
big.
They
want
to
preserve
that
identity.
I
thought
it
was
interesting
that
a
mayor
started
with
the
stories
of
pain
and
despair
and
only
then
turned
to
the
stories
of
hope
and
power,
and
prestige
and
I
don't
do
a
little
bit
of
the
same.
K
I
want
to
point
out
that
Bristol
is
privileged.
Maybe
you
don't
think
that
with
your
problems
every
day,
but
some
time
ago
I
was
in
Jakarta
for
a
couple
of
weeks.
Two
months
ago,
I
was
in
the
capital
of
Somalia
and
our
Gaza.
Just
last
week,
I
was
in
Rhodes,
which
is
also
privileged,
but
still
is
a
city
that
depends
97
percent
of
tourism
and
cannot
raise
prices
and
taxes,
because
it
loses
tourism
revenue
and
has
waves
of
refugees
arriving
from
Syria.
So
it's
a
tough
world
out
there
and
Bristol
has
to
compete.
K
What
I
worry
about
and
want
to
make
this
point
also
to
to
the
mayor
this
need
to
compete.
This
need
to
be
as
productive
as
efficient
as
modern
as
future-oriented
as
you
possibly
can.
Has
the
danger
that
cities
start
to
be
thought
of
almost
as
smart
gadgets
they
have
to
up
to
the
latest
standard.
They
all
start
to
resemble
each
other
I
see
that
in
China
a
lot
they
lose
their
past
and
their
identity,
because
that's
the
only
way
to
survive
and
to
be
successful
and
I
wonder
what
we
can
do
about
that.
K
Sometimes
I
think
public
authorities.
Local
authorities
think
that
it's
up
to
the
people
to
preserve
the
identity
of
Bristol
and
up
to
the
authorities
to
make
it
competitive.
But
I
would
say
that
you
know
people
alone
cannot
do
that
and
we
need
series
as
a
whole
and
we
need
local
authorities
to
also
be
concerned,
among
all
the
other
goals,
that
the
mayor
listed
and
they're
all
very
important
about
preserving
the
identity,
the
uniqueness,
the
special
character
of
a
city
like
Bristol,
and
not
leave
it
to
chance.
H
K
Have
cities
are
about
a
million
population,
for
example
forest
city
in
Malaysia,
being
built
on
an
artificial
island
destroying
the
natural
life
of
the
Singapore
Straits.
You
have
a
city
like
orgas
being
built
in
the
steps
in
the
middle
of
Central
Asia,
but
being
meant
to
be
to
connect
Europe
in
Asia.
Together,
you
have
see
Anouk
Ville,
which
is
not
entirely
new,
but
is
being
rebuilt
on
top
of
the
whole
Xian
Oakville,
and
this
is
a
city
that
has
been
delivered
to
criminal
ranks
to
prostitution
to
gambling.
There
are
more
casinos,
then
then,
hospitals.
K
H
Actually,
the
mayor
talked
about
a
decline
in
trust
and
you've
spent
a
lot
of
time.
Looking
at
issues
of
democracy,
how
cities
move
nations
move
from
democracy
to
dictatorship?
Where
do
you
think
we
are
now
with
with
this
I
mean
it's
difficult
to
generalize,
I
know,
but
you
know
you're
not
allowed,
for
example,
to
go
back
home
to
Turkey.
L
L
Think,
besides
other
things
mentioned
before,
also
democracies
in
the
hands
of
cities.
At
the
moment,
we
lost
our
trust
in
democracies
for
good
for
understandable
reasons.
First,
since
1980s
democracies
are
stripped
of
social
justice
everywhere
on
this
side
of
us
Atlantic
and
on
the
other
side
of
Atlantic,
and
then
they
were,
you
know
expected
to
be
profitable
as
well,
so
the
underclass,
the
poor
were
not
represented.
L
So
there
is
a
crisis
of
representation,
especially
since
end
of
70s,
but
now
we
have
a
brand
new
crisis
which
is
post
truth
and
we
don't
know
how
we're
going
to
use
the
social
media
in
our
democracies.
We
have
21st
century
gadgets
and
communication
technologies,
but
we
couldn't
integrate
them
into
20th
century
democratic
institutions
and
these
social
media
communication
tools
are
not
strong
enough,
are
not
mature
enough
yet
to
transform
the
20th
century
democratic
institutions.
L
So
we
are
in
our
limbo
at
the
moment,
and
we
thought
it
is
ironic
that
we
can
use
our
iPhones
to
vote
for
Britain
Got
Talent
on
TV,
but
we
cannot
use
our
iPhones
for
our
democracies.
We
have
like
good
old
times.
We
have
to
go
to
the
ballot
box
and
put
the
ballot
in
and
so
on.
So
we
don't.
We
are
in
between
things
at
the
moment,
and
that
is
understandable,
but
also
we
are
in
the
crisis.
We
are
living
going.
L
We
are
going
through
the
crisis
of
neoliberalism
or,
to
put
it
more
bluntly,
capitalism.
Even
Financial
Times
said
that
capitalism
needs
a
reset.
Sorry.
However,
we
do
not
know
how
to
do
this
reset
on
national
global
levels.
That
is
why
I
think
cities
are
trying
to
cure
the
wounds
that
not
Nations
and
international
institutions
have
opened.
So
it
is
a
very
hard
job
for
a
city
to
cure
the
wound
of
refugees
to
cure
the
wound
of
social
injustice,
the
gap
of
income
and
so
and
so
forth.
L
But
this
is
also
I
think
an
you
know
an
advantage,
because
democracy
is
not
a
pretty
thing
and
it's
not
a
boring
thing.
Either.
Democracy
is
people
coming
together
confronting
going
through
antagonism,
heating,
each
other,
basically
and
then
somehow
making
a
decision
and
these
since
we
cannot
still
use
this
21st
century
communication
tools.
We
cities
are
the
places
that
we
can
come
together.
L
See
each
other
face
to
face
and
talk
to
each
other
and
make
decisions
for
the
good
of
the
people
and
to
heal
the
wounds
of
the
21st
century
that
are
opened
by
big
capital,
international,
the
you
know,
incompetent
international
institutions
and
so
on
so
forth
and
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here
in
Bristol
and
you're.
Right
Bristol
is
a
very
you
know,
privileged,
not
privileged,
but
a
beautiful,
beautiful
city,
so
I
hope
Bristol
will
be
leading
the
way
when
it
comes
to
more
I
would
say
a
more
dignified
democratic
system.
Okay,.
H
M
I
am
very
happy
to
be
here
just
on
the
way
here.
I
was
talking
to
my
daughter
who
took
her
L
nuts
exam
today
and
she
kept
telling
me
she
wanted
to
come
to
Bristol.
My
memories
of
Bristol
are
from
when
I
was
8
years
old,
going
to
a
school
called
the
collegiate
in
Winterbourne,
but
just
walking
around
and
coming
here
from
the
other
venue.
I
have
to
say
that
I
did
say
to
her.
M
You
know
what
I
understand
why
you
want
to
come
to
the
University
of
Bristol
I,
understand
why
you
want
to
live
in
Bristol,
because
it's
truly
beautiful
and
being
here
and
listening
to
the
mayor
has
also
had
a
huge
impact
on
me,
because
I
work
in
Nigeria
and
I
live
in
Nigeria
and
when
you,
when
you
live
in
a
in
a
country,
that's
struggling
with
all
sorts
of
issues.
You
know
there's
a
way
in
which
just
to
be
to
smile,
you
have
to
kind
of
manage
your
standards.
M
That
I
would
you
know
encounter
in
schools
when
I
was
doing
a
bit
of
development.
Work
would
always
talk
about
the
great
cultural
activities
that
had
taken
place
there,
but
it
was
always
in
the
past
tense.
It
was
always
50
years
ago.
This
used
to
be
a
hub,
a
cultural
hub
and
50
years
ago.
Okay,
so
what
have
you
done
about
it?
So
a
man
from
Kaduna
came
to
the
ackee
festival
in
the
south
and
he
said
to
me
after
he
said
you
know,
we
need
something
like
this
in
northern
Nigeria
and
I
said.
M
Yes,
you
do
need
something
like
this
in
northern
Nigeria,
but
hey
it
doesn't
look
like
it's
gonna
happen
anytime
soon,
as
luck
would
have
it.
Two
years
later
he
was
elected
as
governor
of
Kaduna
state
and
within
the
first
week
he
called
me
and
said:
do
you
remember
that
conversation
we
had?
We
need
an
arts
festival,
a
book
festival
in
Kaduna
State.
So
for
me
the
journey
has
been
kind
of
life-changing
because
I
hear
the
what
the
is
saying
about
confronting
complexity.
M
So
they've
got
all
these
voices
and
all
this
talents,
and
all
this
expression-
that's
just
bursting
to
come
out
and
that's
what
we've
been
able
to
harness
at
the
cardoon
a
festival,
it's
giving
them
a
platform,
it's
giving
them
confidence,
it's
valuing
talents,
all
the
parents
want
them
to
be
doctors
and
lawyers
and,
of
course,
for
the
girls
to
be
teachers
and
nurses.
This
is
a
true
conversation.
I
had
with
a
man
whose
daughter
wanted
to
become
an
engine,
and
he
said
no,
no,
no,
it's
not
ladylike.
M
She
should
become
a
teacher,
you
know,
and
but
now
they
see
investigate
investigative
journalists
who
are
women
and
they
go
and
talk
to
them
and
say
I
want
I
want
to
be
like
you.
They
see
poets
and
they're.
Thinking.
I
want
to
do
that
so
having
the
introduction
of
culture
in
this
society
has
had
such
an
incredible
impact.
M
M
Each
time
I
said
yeah
yeah
yeah
and
he
said
we
need
some
sorts
of
infrastructure
to
house
culture
and
to
give
a
space
a
provider
space
all
year
round
for
the
young
people
of
Kaduna
State,
and
at
that
point,
I
thought
job
done.
So
it's
great.
What's
going
on
here
and
I
can
I
will
be
looking
out,
I'm
gonna,
try
and
see
if
I
can
actually
get
the
governor
to
come
here.
I
think
he
would
be
inspired
by
you
too,
and
I
am
definitely
stealing
that
we
are
Bristol,
think
we're
gonna
be
doing.
H
Want
you
to
pursue
just
a
little
bit
more,
this
idea
that
cities
can
do
things
that
nation-states
have
abandoned
and
not
on
particulars
that
start
with
you
Tony.
Do
you
really
think
that
cities
can
overcome?
You
know
the
problems
we've
got
in
in
national
politics
and
fading
international
institutions.
I
Well,
I,
don't
think
cities
alone
can
do
it
and
I
don't
think
cities
alone
can
even
solve
their
own.
Look
that
all
the
problems
that
are
local-
they
don't
even
have
jurisdiction
many
times
over
all
the
different
issues
and
dimensions
of
progress
that
they're
trying
to
help
stimulate.
However,
I
think
there
is
an
issue
of
part
of
what
we're
talking
about
here
is
an
issue
of
leadership
and
when
we're
even
talking
about
sort
of
lost
of
trust
in
institutions,
at
least
in
the
u.s..
I
Sheila
talked
about
sort
of
changes
in
global
governance,
cities
themselves,
banding
together
collectively
to
have
a
collective
voice
on
policy
issues
globally,
and
the
mayor
talked
about
even
a
model
of
governance
here:
locally,
bringing
many
different
stakeholders
in
the
city
together
in
a
combined
vision
to
push
on
the
same
things,
measure
the
same
way
hold
institutions
collectively,
accountable
and
I.
Do
think
in
this
I
think
touches
on
a
little
bit
of
the
conversation
about
democracy
and
a
little
bit
of
the
conversation
of
culture
in
that
bringing
together
different
stakeholders
we're
here
in
a
university.
I
There
are
businesses
that
are
participating
with
government,
there's
philanthropy,
there's
civil
society
that
sort
of
placed
bathe,
but
the
place
being
a
location
that
brings
these
different
stakeholders
together
around
a
combined
vision,
I
think
can
help
exercise
our
ways
of
bridging
divides
and
coming
up
with
solutions
to
very
complex
problems
that
have
trade-offs
that
have
to
be
dealt
with.
It
isn't
easy
when
you,
you
know,
when
you
make
a
decision
to
go
green,
it
can
have
implications
for
jobs
and,
and
what
that
means
for
for
people
as
well
and
so
having
to
balance.
I
All
of
that
is
challenging,
but
doing
it
together
as
a
community
together
and
finding
some
solutions.
I
think
helps
that
identity
that
we
were
talking
about
helps
build
that
identifiy
identity
helps
evolve
it
from
where
its
history
might
have
been
to
where
you
might
be
going
in
the
future
and
also
helps
build
our
muscles
around
democracy,
as
well.
I
like
to
say
that
in
the
u.s.,
our
national
politics
do
not
reflect
at
all.
J
70
percent
of
the
American
public
want
background.
Checks
want
to
ban
assault
weapons.
Congress
does
nothing.
So
it's
up
to
mayor's
to
figure
out
how
to
do
this,
even
as
states
and
national
governments
are
pre-empting
them,
they
pass
a
law,
they
get
slapped
back.
So
creativity
and
innovation
is
happening
at
the
local
level,
because
mayors
are
saying,
we've
got
the
private
sector.
We've
got
these
other
folks.
We
can
work
with
them
to
get
this
done
and
the
same
that's
happening
from
the
local
level
up
to
their
international.
You.
M
C
D
M
L
From
the
conflict,
actually
it's
interesting
I
just
arrived
from
Palermo
and
Palermo
is
actually
acting
against
the
laws
by
you
know
welcoming
the
refugees
my
week
has
been
full
of
mayors
actually
you're.
My
second
mayor
I'm,
sorry
I,
was
presented
by
the
honorary
citizenship
because
of
how
to
lose
a
country.
The
book
and
the
mayor
actually
invited
me
to
you,
know,
see
a
boat
and
so
on,
and
we
couldn't
do
that.
But
then
one
thing
was
very
interesting
and
it's
about
identity
issue
as
well.
L
He
was
actually
you
know,
was
doing
something
against
the
law
in
order
to
protect
the
identity
of
the
city
as
a
embracing
welcoming
place
and
then
I
went
to
a
museum.
That
was
another
interesting
thing
about
identity
and
it
might
be
interesting
for
Bristol
as
well.
I
saw
the
first
written
document
of
Europe,
an
agreement
between
two
tribes
or
something,
and
it
was
both.
It
was
written
both
in
Arabic
and
in
Greek.
So
identity
of
Europe
is
not
something
that
the
you
know
brought
some
people
in
Brussels
talk
about,
or
they
trying
to
determine
something.
L
That's
called
way
of
life
in
Europe
and
so
on,
and
it's
a
fluid
thing
and
it
changes
everyday
and
Palermo
actually
looks
like
Beirut
than
an
Italian
city.
So
when
Mayor
was
talking,
he
mentioned
all
the
names
from
all
around
the
world,
so
Bristol
is
such
a
place
and
its
identity
is
changing
due
to
the
interesting
times
we're
going
through
and
sometimes
yes,
people.
You
know,
cities
not
necessarily
should
be
against
the
law,
but
maybe
beyond
the
law
which
is
in
this
case
you
know
concerning
and
considering
what
England
is
Britain
is
going
through.
H
F
K
Everything
is
very
planned.
Everything
is
very
organized
in
forest
city,
for
example,
there
are
when
you
arrive,
you
realize
that
there
are
very
clearly
three
classes
in
the
city.
There
are
the
cleaners
and
the
construction
workers
that
come
mostly
from
Bangladesh.
There
are
the
security
officers
that
come
from
Nepal
and
there
are
the
residents
mostly
from
China.
Those
of
you
who
know
Plato's
Republic
will
recognize
the
pattern
it
is.
K
It
is
that
kind
of
world
where
everything
is
meant
to
satisfy
your
wishes
as
a
one
of
the
the
privileged
residents
of
the
city,
and
if
you
don't
like
it,
you
can
even
complain
to
the
management.
So
it's
a
different
idea
of
a
city
that
from
the
one
we
have,
but
let
me
say
quickly
that
I
think
that
cities
are
more
responsive,
I,
always
notice.
How
mayor's
are
so
passionate
about
climate
change.
I
used
to
be
a
government
minister,
when
I,
when
I
dealt
with
national
ministers.
I
never
saw
that
passion.
Why?
K
Because
for
national
politicians
it
all
looks
like
pain
and
effort
for
something
you
will
get
40
years
from
now,
whereas
for
local
politicians
it
seems
already
like
a
project
of
housing
for
2,000
people,
which
might
be
ready
four
years
from
now,
and
we
can
all
see
it,
it's
more
visible,
it's
more
tangible
and
anyway
we
are
human
beings.
It's
very
difficult
for
us
to
accept
pain
for
40
years,
with
nothing
at
the
end,
which
is
how
sometimes
climate
change
struggle
looks
like
at
the
local
like
a
local
level.
It
looks
more
human
and
I.
H
Want
to
ask
one
each
of
you
one
final
question,
which
is
the
one
the
mayor
talked
about
at
the
end,
which
is
about
being
a
city
of
hope
and
and
what
that
would
mean
in
your
particular
area
or
your
particular
city
or
your
particular
place
of
work
and
I'm.
Gonna
start
with
with
Tony,
which
gives
the
others
a
chance
to
think
about.
I
I
Also
for
that
sort
of
level
of
governance
we
were
just
talking
about
then
to
bring
the
community
together
to
say
what
are
we
going
to
do
about
it
and
who
are
we
going
to
be
together
and
evolve
to
do
together,
but
I
think
it
has
to
be
that
clear-eyed
assessment
upfront
to
also
be
honest
about
where
you
really
want
to
aspire
to
going
forward.
Lola.
M
H
L
I
have
been
repeating.
This
hope
is
not
my
favorite
word
actually
I,
don't
like
the
word
hope,
because
personally
I've
seen
incidents
and
I've
read
stories
where
actually
there
is
no
hope
hope
is
a
very
slippery
word.
It's
an
extremely
fragile
word
word
and
times
are
too
hard
for
words,
like
hope.
Sometimes
I
am
more
for
the
word
determination,
because
you
cannot,
you
can
take
away
the
hope
from
people,
but
you
cannot
take
away
the
determination
of
creating
beauty.
L
With
this
young
man,
young
woman,
and
then
she
couldn't
find
anything
to
give
her,
so
she
found
a
little
cabbage
and
he
put
it
on
a
steak
and
he
gave
her
this
little
cabbage
and
then
she
fell
in
love
with
him
as
well.
So
this
story
always
amazes
me,
because
there
is
the
determination
of
creating
beauty
here
with
the
cabbage
and
also
there
is
a
determination
of
seeing
the
beauty
in
the
cabbage.
L
So
I
believe
this.
This
aspect,
humans,
which
is
inherent
this
creating
beauty
and
believing
in
beauty
and
determination
of
creating
and
believing
in
beauty,
and
even
there
is
no
hope.
Sometimes
it's
always
there
so
I
think
I
would
rather
go
for
determination,
but
then
I
understand
why
people
need
hope.
L
L
K
Well,
I
think
when
we
talk
about
hope
and
a
vision
for
the
future,
we
have
immediately
to
talk
about
democracy,
because
in
the
end
it
cannot
be
my
vision
or
your
vision
or
even
our
vision.
Here
you
have
to
be
everyone's
vision,
so
we
have
to
build
the
channels
by
which
all
these
voices
can
come
together
and
be
aggregated.
What
I
thought
was
very
interesting
about
tonight
and
I,
don't
know
if
it's
common
to
other
cities
in
the
UK
were
at
least
the
two
way
in
which
Bristol
is
trying
to
do
this.
K
I,
don't
know
how
it
works,
but
I.
Imagine
the
youth
mayor's
would
meet
with
the
mayor
twice
a
month
or
once
a
month
and
convey
concerns
from
their
cohort
and
not
only
from
their
cohort,
and
then
the
city
poet
who
goes
around
the
city
and
listens
to
stories
and
then
writes
a
poem
about
those
stories
and
reads
it
here
for
the
rest
of
the
citizens,
be
very
interesting
to
develop
these
channels
even
more
and
to
deepen
them,
because
the
traditional
channels
are
voting
every
four
years
are
no
longer
enough.
Okay,.
J
So
it's
hard
for
me
to
think
about
hope
and
hopelessness
without
thinking
about
what's
happening
in
my
country
right
now,
we're
going
through
a
legal
moral,
constitutional
crisis
and
I.
Remember
when
speaking
of
youth
I
serve
a
15
year
old
son
he'll
be
15
the
night
of
the
election
in
2016
he
stayed
up
half
the
night.
J
J
But
what
I've
seen
since
then,
in
spite
of
our
crisis,
is
him
going
to
the
climate
march
into
the
March
for
our
lives
in
the
youth
and
everyone
that
I
know
looking
inside
to
say
this,
our
democracy,
you
know-
and
even
Obama
said
this.
Actually
we
looked
at
our
biggest
mistake
was
to
put
two
leave
it
to
one
person
to
save
us,
but
even
he
said
this
is
you
have
to
take
care
of
this?
J
Not
just
me
right
and
so
we're
being
tested
now
to
take
care
of
our
democracy,
our
principles
and
our
values,
and
the
leaders
that
can
harness
this
energy
in
these
youth
today
will
be
the
ones
that
will
Shepherd
us,
I
think
our
new
world.
So
my
son
gives
me
hope
that
youth
give
me
hope
and
leaders
like
Marvin,
definitely
give
me
hell.
Okay,.
H
That's
a
we
have
to
end
it
there
we're
out
of
time
before
thanking
our
speakers.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
a
few
others,
thanks
of
course,
to
the
University
of
Bristol
for
hosting,
couldn't
quite
believe.
It's
the
seventh
state
of
the
city
address,
but
there
we
are,
we've
been
honored
to
work
with
them
throughout
this
whole
program.
H
I'd
also
like
to
thank
some
of
the
supporters
of
the
festival
of
the
future
city,
particularly
the
British
Council,
our
international
partner,
who
not
only
have
supported
being
able
to
bring
over
speakers
such
as
we've
got
tonight,
but
also
allowed
us
to
appoint
a
che
as
our
writer
in
residence
for
the
festival
and,
if
I
urge
you
to
do
anything
it's
to
get
down
to
Watershed
tomorrow,
to
visit
the
festival,
bookstore
and
read
essays
books
and
read
Bruno's
books
and
read
the
other
books
that
we've
got
of
speakers
down.
There.
H
I'd
also
like
to
thank
our
partner,
University
University
West
of
England
for
the
fest
of
the
future
city,
and
also
at
the
British
Film
Institute
for
being
our
film
partner.
There
are
more
events
coming
up
in
festivals,
future
City
tomorrow
and
on
Friday
we're
covering
issues
of
green
cities
tomorrow,
issues
of
democracy
and
and
devolution
and
tomorrow
in
this
building,
we
have
the
annual
Cabot
lecture
on
how
we
can
thrive
as
an
urban
species.
H
And,
finally,
if
you
haven't
had
a
chance,
because
we
could
only
run
it
today,
but
I
saw
a
fantastic
project
today
in
watershed,
which
was
a
trailer
for
a
project
called
cargo
which
is
looking
at
the
diaspora,
the
slave
trade
and
much
more
particularly
the
positive
stories
in
Bristol
and
internationally.
Now
about
our
citizens
and
I
thought
it's
fantastic
and
it'll
be
on
college
green
next
summer.
So
do
watch
out
for
that
as
well.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
coming.
Thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
the
state
of
the
city
address.