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
Tactics. Tactics. My bill has been stopped today from being debated by the labour party and i am absolutely furious about that. They do not even want to talk about the important of recognising biological sex. They do not want to talk about how we stop children being able to access puberty blockers that would actually stop their development. Actually stop their development. So they have spent today filibustering my bill and stopping it being talked about, even though over the last few weeks i have had a huge amount of public support from concerned parents, concerned teachers , parents, concerned teachers, from young people themselves who want these bills measures put into law. Into law. James heappey has announced he wont stand as an mp at the next general election, saying he wants to prioritise his family and pursue a different career. Hes also expected to resign as Armed Forces Minister by the end of this month. More than 60 tory mps have now announced theyre leaving the commons , as
Name the date. Now, labour, added rishi sunak needs to stop squatting in number 10. In other news, police say theyve contacted the families of 35 people whose remains were recovered as part of an investigation into a funeral parlour in yorkshire. The bodies and a quantity of ashes were respectfully removed from legacy independent Funeral Directors in hull after concerns were raised about the storage and management processes relating to the care of the deceased. Humberside of the deceased. Humberside police described it as a truly awful incident. Two people awful incident. Two people arrested on a number of offences have been released on bail as enquiries continue and thousands of drivers will be stuck in gridlock traffic this weekend dunng gridlock traffic this weekend during an unprecedented closure of the m25. Five drivers have of the m25. Five drivers have been warned to stay away from a five mile stretch in surrey, between junctions ten and ii, to between junctions ten and ii, to b
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Was supervisor ronen. We need to have a fair democratic process that goes along with this. This is not about identity, this is about fair process. Right now, San Francisco has seven out of ten Homeless People that once had a roof over their heads, one of the worst income inequalities in the world. The average latino family in the district making 25,000 a year, yet we have white people making 150 k a year. We can house all of these people, but we need to have a fair process, and right now theres a lot of trauma that goes on with the residents of San Francisco because they dont feel they can trust that democratic process right now. We need to appoint an incident ram mayor and get a legally binding contract with the city and county of San Francisco so that way we dont have this caretaker mayor that can actually run in the future, so thats all im saying with that. But i really urge the city and county of San Francisco to have a fair process. That way, its unbiased, with the three candidate