Andrew Grice: Not so much paralysis, more like 'waiting for Gordo'
16th Nov 2006, 11:03 GMT
On the face of it, the list of Bills outlined in the Queen's Speech looked fairly routine and respectable. But in the Government's 140-page briefing pack, there was precious little flesh on the bones. The reason is that the crucial detail of many of the measures remains to be settled because Tony Blair will no longer be Prime Minister by the end of the parliamentary session which opened yesterday. The speech should have been subtitled "waiting for Gordo".
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