Also known as a The Conservative Party election Manifesto 
No mention of votes for Brits overseas. There’s a surprise.
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Also known as pointless drivel
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I thought the Queen looked quite grim… although I know the opening of Parliament is no laughing matter at the best of times.
93 years old and still working… 
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I’d love to have known what she was thinking
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She did not look happy at all! She was probably wondering what she was doing there.
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Probably this…
Summary
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She was probably thinking “WTF is this drivel”.
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I have always suspected that under it all HRH has a cracking sense of humour
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Listening to the Debate
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It would be a larf if the government lost the vote.
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They don’t have a majority so it’s possible.
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Highly probable.
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Have not heard enough anti-voices yet. I’ve been listening all evening and feeling gloomy about the outcome … 
Confess I haven’t really paid much attention - rather a non-event as far as I’m concerned.
Having found it running Live on YouTube - I feel almost honour bound to listen.
The debate has been suspended until tomorrow now.
night night
Robert Peston just called it Boris Johnson’s Dear Santa letter 
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If her speech is being seen as the Tory manifesto, what would happen if she just said “No Boris, go away & re-write it…I don’t like it”?
Is anyone going to argue with her?
Threaten her with eviction?
Send the bailiffs round to put her out ?
They can’t sack her…
I’m sure someone’s going to say"well, in fact they can"
but, who’s going to tell Madge to go ?
Would that not be a vote of confidence and trigger an election at Boris’s timing?
Bizarrely no.
The Fixed Term Parliament Act means that NC votes have to stake a specific form.