http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/26/queens-speech-miliband Look at the alternative Queen’s speech and wonder what might have been. Polly Toynbee. What might have been? Lord Falconer. Prepared a Labour Queens speech The over riding problem with these "What might have been" articles is that history has shown us, time after time, that the proposals of governments as outlined in the Queens Speech are subsequently modified, abandoned or otherwise amended to suit the changing fortunes of the incumbent government. Where proposals are implemented, they are frequently the less controversial aspects of what is often a package designed more to appeal to popular perception than to the real needs o f society. Radical? No. Aspirational? No. Perhaps Polly Toynbee and Lord Falconer could respond to a few enquiries in respect of a Queens Speech. Where is the policy to end austerity and to restore the cuts already made by the Conservative d...
