Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of commons following last weekss election. We are politically in a different world. A world in which the parliament, the government and the monarch have been in sharp focus, a course of some tension as well. And a year dominated once again by the brexit question and process. What will the queens speech tell us about the governments other priorities, apart from brexit, for the year ahead . This is Boris Johnsons second queens speech in the sake space of nine weeks. Boris johnson has been resident at n
A very good morning from inside the palace of westminster, where the queen will arrive in a short while to open a new session of parliament. But this is no routine event yes, well be able to enjoy all the usual colour and pagea ntry of the state opening, but it takes place at a time of great political and constitutional uncertainty where even the role of the crown in our National Affairs is being questioned. We were last here two years ago when theresa may was Prime Minister since when the Political Landscape has been turned upside down by the turbulent Brexit Process. Its Boris Johnsons first queens speech as Prime Minister he has no majority in the house of commons so there will inevitably be questions about his ability to deliver the pledges in the queens speech. We could indeed be back again before christmas. But lets deal with todays events first im joined by our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. Good money, laura. Good morning, hew. It would be an understatement to say despite
general election comes into view. this is in every respect a momentous day. in the house of lords, look at the magnificence of the chamber. such expectation. the peers and guests have already started to arrive to secure their seats for the biggest event in the parliamentary calendar. you don t get in if you appear without the suitable attire. it is a case of first come, first served as well. once on the throne, there it is, the monarch s throne and the consort of s thrown beside it. the king will unveil the government s legislative programme for the session ahead. it is a political moment and a first for rishi sunak on his first state opening as prime minister. we will be discussing all the wider political context later in the programme. once the imperial state crown is on, the political gloves are well and truly off and we will get a real sense of the battle lines over the next year or so, the issues that will win or lose the election. so to explore what all of this, and the
We have seen the lords and ladies and in a few moments we will see the cavalry and the human of the guard assembled and ready to welcome the royal party to westminster. What heart of modern what kind of modern message might all of this convey . I spoke to the reverent samples in reverend samuels trafalgar square. Parliament demonstrates how we understand power. The people boat and parliament is elected. Parliament proposes to make laws in the Government Party does not impose its will on the population. It doesnt in discussion and it asks the queen to deliver to parliament a description of what it proposes to do that it can be made accountable for. Not would say that is naive, but a rose tinted version of democracy. An aspirational version of democracy but that is how it works in practice. When a party wins an election it does not ride roughshod over the rest of the population. The queen presided over her first state opening in letting 52 and has attended all but two ceremonies since an
He is joined by british historian Kate Williams, lawrence ward, and house of cards writer and producer michael dobbs. This is an hour and 40 minutes. R. Brittain good morning in her 91st year, the queen will open the second session of these parliament and it is the 56th parliament of the United Kingdom. This morning we welcome viewers to cspan, our sister channel in the united states. I reckon it is about 5 30 in the morning on the eastern seaboard so if you have joined us, many thanks. It is of course a conservative government beginning its second year in office. With a very small majority in the comments. A government not without its problems as it faces the Forthcoming European Union Referendum Campaign. However, we are focused today on the british tradition. Well spend enjoying the the new plans to be avail. With me to help the journey along, im joined by the conservative year and more importantly, thriller writer, michael lord dobbs. Historian, professor Kate Williams of reading u