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The Queen's Speech - Newsnight would like to know what we think of it

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JustineMumsnet · 18/11/2009 10:15

Good morning Mumsnetters,
Newsnight's Michael Crick is coming to visit and wants to know about what we all think of the government's plans as to be revealed (but of course already heavily trailed) in the Queen's Speech Today.

Here's a helpful summary from the BBC.

So what are your thoughts please?

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LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:41

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WilfSell · 18/11/2009 11:41

Ah. OK. Yes. I assumed that was already policy?

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:41

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onebatmother · 18/11/2009 11:40

banning cluster bombs

WilfSell · 18/11/2009 11:40

"Estimates for the Public Services will be..."

...much less than you could possibly imagine.

policywonk · 18/11/2009 11:40

Equality bill is carried over from last session - think it's the one that will require firms to publish data on their own gender pay gap

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:40

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morningpaper · 18/11/2009 11:40

Lenin: committment to rolling out broadband

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:39

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morningpaper · 18/11/2009 11:39

She looks uncomfy and a bit under the weather doesn't she? It feels a bit bad to make her do all this work. She probably wants to book herself into an old people's home and just sit down and drink tea for the rest of her life...

onebatmother · 18/11/2009 11:39

ooh agency staff thing unexpected>

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:39

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WilfSell · 18/11/2009 11:39

Yay to closing the gender pay gap!

How, though, exactly?

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:39

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LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:38

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LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:38

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policywonk · 18/11/2009 11:38

Give that woman a Locket

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:37

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gizmo · 18/11/2009 11:37

Must say I'm not keen on any more fucking about with tweaks on the school system. If I were a teacher I'd be praying for just a couple of years without a major government initiative, tbh.

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:36

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WilfSell · 18/11/2009 11:35

Scarletlb:

"move to curb Bankers bonuses is blatant populism. Let's blame the bankers for the mess we're in and conveniently forget that it was Brown's failure to regulate the banks properly which led to the almighty mess we're in."

er. Wot?

'Brown failed to regulate the banks properly, so now let's not regulate the, um, banks?'

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:35

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Bramshott · 18/11/2009 11:35

Frankly I am struggling to summon the energy to care . Can't we just have the election and get it over with [sigh]?!

LeninGrotto · 18/11/2009 11:34

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WilfSell · 18/11/2009 11:34

Queen looks a bit tired, old and poorly. Will I cause a constitutional crisis saying that?

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