Daily View: Queen's speech
The Queen's Speech has got the newspaper columnists talking, something covered in . Meanwhile here are the pick of the bloggers' comments:
The formality of the ceremony . Sunder Katwala is not a big fan of the Queen reading out a "shopping list of legislation" calling it "political ventriloquism".
in his Sky News blog that the content of the speech was "not so much complex legislation to change the way the nation works, but rather headline-grabbing statements of principle which he hopes will form the dividing lines on which the next election will be fought." the measures the Queen's Speech contained a "mix of the delusional, the recycled and the sensible but belated".
Phil Hendren in his blog what the government will do if it doesn't reach targets enshrined by law, such as the target to eradicate child poverty by 2020 which was included as an intention in the Queen's speech:
"They cannot write into the law that it cannot be repealed - at least I don't think they can. So surely, whichever political party is running the Government in the future, will just break the laws by repealing it if they don't look like they're going to achieve it, right?"
Paul Staines in his guise as political blogger that the Queen's Speech made no reference to MPs' expenses.
Finally looks to the future, putting his money on the Queen's Speech not having a big effect on the outcome of the election.
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