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

[JustineMumsnet]

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?

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

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

...much less than you could possibly imagine.

banning cluster bombs

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

OOh, the 0.7% GDP on international development aid is still there - people thought that was going to be dropped. Hurrah!

Where do the small boys come from? And why?

Not much been done practically on the pay-gap audits etc. yet. Except in Leeds, but now no one can get rid of their rubbish (think we discussed that before...)

Oh I see. To hold the train. Why she couldn't just have a smaller one though.

Thought there was going to be surprise announcmenet on youth unemployment?

All this pomp and nonsense is so much more thrilling than the crap wonderful Level 1 essays I am currently marking . Who'd have thought?

0.7% Int Dev good eh?

Nick Robinson said that GB had been briefed to be cheery and smiley. He was probably saying "... and THEN I bought the Foxes Selection Pack!" and David Cameron was thinking

Crikey, everyone thinks the Queen looks poorly (on Twitter etc).

Back track on blocking in Lords?
Anyone know any detail on funding Social Care through reduction in disability benefits?

which was nicely spun by thingy on News24

fiddling with her purse? Good grief/

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

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that going on about bankers bonuses is a good way for GB to deflect attention from the fact that he was one of the primary architects of the banking crisis.