British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged the Conservative Party to "stick together" over her Brexit strategy, as the country enters the "toughest phase" of negotiations with Brussels.
After dancing onto the stage at her party's conference in Birmingham, she said no party has a monopoly on good ideas.
It is no surprise, she said, that there has been a range of different views on Brexit expressed this week, but she promised not to let the UK down.
"We are entering the toughest phase of the negotiations," she told the annual conference, adding: "If we stick together and hold our nerve, I know we can get a deal that delivers for Britain."
But she added that Britain was not afraid to leave the EU with no deal.
Mrs May arrived on stage to ABBA's Dancing Queen and made some dance moves in a nod to her recent Africa dance exploits.
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She used her speech to pay tribute to those who died in World War I, which ended 100 years ago.
Mrs May also highlighted the efforts to rebuild in the wake of World War II "where former enemies become friends".
She said: "We must recapture that spirit of common purpose because the lesson of that remarkable generation is clear: if we come together there is no limit to what we can achieve.
"Our future is in our hands."
Mrs May warned polarised politics can result in "good people being put off" public service, adding: "It doesn't have to be this way.
"Let's rise above the abuse, let's make a positive case for our values that will cut through the bitterness and bile that is poisoning our politics - and let's say it loud and clear, Conservatives will always stand up for a politics that unites us rather than divides us."
But she makes her speech in the knowledge that her former foreign secretary Boris Johnson received thunderous applause yesterday when he told a rally of over 1,500 people that Mrs May's plans for Brexit were a "constitutional outrage" that would humiliate Britain.
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His criticism is particularly barbed but reflects the view of many in her party who do not support her current policy in Brexit talks.
There are just weeks left in which to reach a Brexit deal.
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Meanwhile, the DUP has warned that its "blood red" line was that there could be no Brexit deal that would divide Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom.
The border between Ireland and the UK is the last major sticking point in Brexit talks, though both sides are trying to work out how to monitor and regulate trade over the border.
"There cannot be a border down the Irish sea, a differential between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK," DUP leader Arlene Foster told the BBC yesterday, in an interview aired this morning.
"The red line is blood red."
She added: "All along we have said: 'No new regulatory alignment'."
When asked if she was prepared to vote down Mrs May's Brexit deal, she said: "We don't want to be in that position.
"This is too important to be playing around with things because this is the union - this is what brought me into politics," Mrs Foster said.
Sinn Féin has branded as "absolutely bizarre" Ms Foster's description of her Brexit red line, claiming the DUP leader has "lost the run of herself".
Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill accused Mrs Foster of being "out of touch".
Additional Reporting: Reuters
