Upon your counsels. her first was winston churchill. he was protective of this new young sovereign who had so much to learn. archive: now, upon the shoulders of sir anthony falls the role of the queen s first minister. after churchill came anthony eden, whose decision to send troops to suez in 1956 brought national humiliation. in 1964, harold wilson became the queen s first labour prime minister. she does her homework, i hadn t done mine. i hadn t read a particular cabinet committee, which i didn t chair, and i was leaving for the weekend. she knew i hadn t done my homework, she was very nice about it. the queen s constitutional right is to be kept informed of government policy she offers encouragement and advice. every prime minister, i would guess, from talking with other prime ministers and from my own experience, has the greatest friendliness from the queen. on rare occasions, the queen has very subtly aired her views, like this speech where mr callaghan s government was conside
The queen s views are kept private, political neutrality carefully adhered to, her words written by her prime ministers. i pray that the blessing of almighty god may rest upon your counsels. her first was winston churchill. he was protective of this new young sovereign who had so much to learn. archive: now, upon the shoulders of sir anthony falls the role of the queen s first minister. after churchill came anthony eden, whose decision to send troops to suez in 1956 brought national humiliation. in 1964, harold wilson became the queen s first labour prime minister. she does her homework, i hadn t done mine. i hadn t read a particular cabinet committee, which i didn t chair, and i was leaving for the weekend. she knew i hadn t done my homework, she was very nice about it. the queen s constitutional right is to be kept informed of government policy she offers encouragement and advice. every prime minister, i would guess, from talking with other prime ministers and from my own experienc
Brought national humiliation. in 1964, harold wilson became the queen s first labour prime minister. she does her homework, i hadn t done mine. i hadn t read a particular cabinet committee, which i didn t chair, and i was leaving for the weekend. she knew i hadn t done my homework, she was very nice about it. the queen s constitutional right is to be kept informed of government policy she offers encouragement and advice. every prime minister, i would guess, from talking with other prime ministers and from my own experience, has the greatest friendliness from the queen. on rare occasions, the queen has very subtly aired her views, like this speech where mr callaghan s government was considering devolution. i cannot forget that i was crowned queen of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. you ve had a very long day. when margaret thatcher became britain s first female prime minister, there were reports that the queen privately disapproved of
The queen s views are kept private, political neutrality carefully adhered to, her words written by her prime ministers. i pray that the blessing of almighty god may rest upon your counsels. her first was winston churchill. he was protective of this new young sovereign who had so much to learn. archive: now, upon the shoulders of sir anthony falls the role of the queen s first minister. - after churchill came anthony eden, whose decision to send troops to suez in 1956 brought national humiliation. in 1964, harold wilson became the queen s first labour prime minister. she does our homework, i hadn t done mine. i hadn t read a particular cabinet committee, which i didn t chair, and i was leaving for the weekend. she knew i hadn t done my homework, she was very nice about it. the queen s constitutional right is to be kept informed of government policy she offers encouragement and advice. every prime minister, - i would guess, from talking with other prime ministers. and from my own ex
Budget, but she set out spending plans forfour years and budget, but she set out spending plans for four years and said she would prioritise the national health service and announced some dramatic increases in welfare payments, as some of the social security benefits come under the control of the scottish government, being moved from westminster. there is a down side, there is a squeeze on almost all over spending in scotland and that will affect for example local government, the police, prisons, universities. now, miss forbes said part of problem for her is there wasn t enough money coming to scotland from the treasury and the scottish government needs more levers to control its ability, such as the ability to borrow. the conservatives said that was nonsense and the situation was one of her own making and that snp incompetence was the problem. labour said there should have been more detail and