What can Theresa May put in the Queen’s Speech next week? The Prime Minister was always a cautious sort who wouldn’t put anything before Parliament that didn’t have a sure chance of passing – and that was when she had a majority. Now, she firstly needs to propose a set of bills that the DUP will back her on in the Queen’s Speech vote and then again in the Commons when each individual bill goes through – or that Labour will support her on. And her party isn’t in the greatest mood at the moment, which will make for difficult internal battles over the detail of legislation, too. So there’s not much room for May to be ambitious – not that she gave much of an impression during the election campaign that she wanted to do anything with the stonking majority she thought she would win, other than have a quiet life as she negotiated Brexit.
Isabel Hardman
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