The starting pistol for spring election has just been fired
With just six months to go until the General Election, it should surprise no-one that the last Queen’s Speech of this parliament was deeply political and aimed at drawing clear dividing lines between Government and Opposition for the fraught battle ahead.
Even before Her Majesty read out the legislative programme, Lord Mandelson and other senior ministers held an election-style news conference at Labour HQ, underlining the fact -- if any emphasis were needed -- that the starting pistol to the election has been fired.
