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JEREMY CORBYN compared David Cameron’s Tory government a “driverless car heading in the wrong direction” yesterday after a Queen’s speech bereft of big ideas.
For all the pomp and ceremony of the state opening of Parliament, the programme for government unveiled was widely viewed as a wafer-thin diversion from Tory divisions over Europe.
And the paucity of policy which inspired Mr Corbyn’s quip saw plans for “autonomous and electric vehicles” promoted to the top of the list of 20 new laws unveiled in Ms Windsor’s address to the Lords.
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
All the areas that cause working people to feel insecure have to be addressed, through a return to unashamedly pro-worker politics, if the horror of a Farage government is to be avoided, writes IAN LAVERY MP
Deep disillusionment with the Westminster cross-party consensus means rupture with the status quo is on the cards – bringing not only opportunities but also dangers, says NICK WRIGHT