King Charles III made his first speech to parliament as the British
monarch yesterday. “The “Speech from the Throne”is a key part of the
State Opening of Parliament ceremony, marking the start of the
parliamentary year. The speech is written by the government, so it is
essentially Sunaks speech. therefore it is unsurprising that it
“outlined priorities” set by the UK government. While failing to address
many important areas, plans were reiterated to increase powers of
surveillance or as Silkie Carlo, Director of Big Brother Watch terms it,
the “Snoopers Charter” and also showed the UK Government’s almost
complete disregard for human rights according to Amnesty UK
There
was also a complete disregard for the excess deaths in Britain, the
barbaric war crimes, and calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, and much more,
including the fact that
“People are sitting at home unable to
pay their electricity bills…. & then you see all this pomp &
ceremony… I’m not sure this is the right image that anybody wants to be
seeing… said Kirsty Blackman (SNP MP)
he speech included 21
pieces of legislation, notably, lower than the 38 bills announced in the
Queen’s Speech, which King Charles delivered in his mother’s absence,
in May 2022. and despite knowing what the Bills were this time, he said
that his Government’s priority “is to make the difficult but necessary
long-term decisions to change this country for the better”....<<<Read More>>>...