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Gay marriage and missed opportunities: no wonder Tory membership has fallen

Coalition politics tore out most of what might have made The Queen's Speech into a winning manifesto for the Conservatives and a loser for the Lib Dems. Nor is there any easy escape route by way of an...

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We British are the masters of ceremony

From Saturday's Daily Telegraph The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is my least favourite MP, a title he inherited when Chris Huhne was sent where he belongs. But when I caught a glimpse...

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Our monarch has a tough job, reciting the language of bureaucrats and focus...

She cleared her throat, and began. “My lords and members of the House of Commons. My Government’s legislative programme will continue to focus on building a stronger economy so that the United Kingdom...

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Queen's Speech: forget the detail, feel the PR coup for David Cameron

According to the Guardian, Nick Clegg will try to claim that the contents of tomorrow's Queen's Speech show a clear Liberal Democrat influence on the Government's work. After a terrible fortnight, he...

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Queen's speech: The people, not Westminster grandees, should trigger MP's recall

In her speech today, Her Majesty the Queen will, I hope, announce that there is to be a recall Bill. The legislation will enable voters to sack sitting MPs, without having to wait until the end of a...

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Queen's Speech: This is a Government that is running out of time

First, some positives. The very fact that this Queen's Speech is taking place reflects well on the Coalition parties and their disciplined resilience in the face of real challenges. David Cameron and...

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Queen's Speech: pension reform is the real deal

Charging for plastic bags was the BBC's favourite headline issue: they had that story on a loop on their news ticker at the bottom of the screen throughout their coverage of the ceremonial preceding...

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Queen's Speech: Last stand? Hardly. Prepare for the Coalition to carry on

"The Coalition's last stand," said Dennis Skinner in his self-awarded role as the constitution's Gagmeister Pursuivant. How they laughed, briefly. Labour has been pushing the zombie parliament line for...

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Queen's speech: Labour MPs are now just giving up on Ed Miliband

There’s a moment in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 when the squadron physician, Doc Daneeka dies. Actually, he doesn’t die. The crazed McWatt fakes Daneeka’s name on the mission log, and then departs for his...

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Want to rekindle faith in politics? Remember most MPs are like Annette Brooke

This morning Westminster is in the grip of Mordaunt mania. The Conservative MP for Portsmouth North was the undisputed star of yesterday’s state opening of Parliament, delivering a brilliant speech...

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