Bear Grylls warns Tories they’ll ‘PERISH’ if they ignore the young and makes crowd stretch
BEAR GRYLLS warned the Tory Party conference that they would “perish” if they continued to ignore young people.
Bear Grylls Conservative Tory Party conference Scout
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The television star made a £50 million pitch for the Government to back the Scouts earlier today, while dressed in the organisation’s uniform.
The 43-year-old Chief Scout began by encouraging members to stand up and stretch before praising the club for bringing a "sense of belonging" to different communities
Arriving on stage alongside Scouts Ferdous Audhali and Jack White, Bear said that if he was prime minister he’d make the "relatively small investment".
The father-of-three revealed that the financial help is needed to ease the 55,000 waiting list.
Bear Grylls appeared at the Tory Party conference earlier today
Bear Grylls was pitching for the Scouts
There's a sea of young people out there desperate for the British scouting values that we provide
"We have young Muslim men and women joining our ranks in the thousands,” Bear started. “In fact, we're experiencing such overwhelming demand that even as a leading UK youth charity, as Scouts we cannot keep up - not by a long margin.
“… I’m here to show you - the Government of our nation - that the truth is there is a sea of young people out there desperate for the British scouting values that we provide.”
Bear continued: "Yet we have no choice every day to say to the mosques, to the Imams, to the hard-working families with hot-headed teenagers that we cannot fulfil this demand - but we can with your help."
He stated there is an "unprecedented" opportunity to take Britain forward in a "way none of us have seen for generations".
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Bear Grylls said the Tories would perish if they'd ignored young people
Bear added: "It's their courage, their optimism, their energy that will dictate government and will shape our future. Truth.
"If you ignore young people, you perish. If you embrace them, these guys will show us all how to prosper."
Bear pressed them to "support and resource" the Scouts, adding: "When we unite young people and lead them, excite them and empower them, those people - you've all seen them, they're often hurting, angry, lonely - they become engaged, emboldened and full of hope."