general election comes into view. this is in every respect a momentous day. in the house of lords, look at the magnificence of the chamber. such expectation. the peers and guests have already started to arrive to secure their seats for the biggest event in the parliamentary calendar. you don t get in if you appear without the suitable attire. it is a case of first come, first served as well. once on the throne, there it is, the monarch s throne and the consort of s thrown beside it. the king will unveil the government s legislative programme for the session ahead. it is a political moment and a first for rishi sunak on his first state opening as prime minister. we will be discussing all the wider political context later in the programme. once the imperial state crown is on, the political gloves are well and truly off and we will get a real sense of the battle lines over the next year or so, the issues that will win or lose the election. so to explore what all of this, and the
A labour peer says colleagues must stand up for the interests of the young. This house should be urging a rethink on this whole project. This house should be saying, not in our name. But a conservative offers peers this reassurance on brexit even if theres no deal. There is no greater nonsense than the claim that in the absence of a trade deal with the eu we shall be falling off a cliff edge. There is no cliff edge for the simple reason that there is no cliff. Also on the programme some powerful speeches and surprising revelations during a debate about donald trump. Which one of us has not made some ridiculous sexual comment sometime in our past . Well, in private, you know, let. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. All right . But first, the Bill Authorising the government to start the formal process for leaving the eu has been approved by the commons. Now its the turn of the House Of Lords to chew over the legislation. In a Marathon Debate over two days, there were 184 spe
The House Of Lords weighs into the arguments over brexit. A labour peer says colleagues must stand up for the interests of the young. This house should be urging a rethink on this whole project. This house should be saying, not in our name. But a conservative offers peers this reassurance on brexit even if theres no deal. There is no greater nonsense than the claim that in the absence of a trade deal with the eu we shall be falling off a cliff edge. There is no cliff edge for the simple reason that there is no cliff. Also on the programme some powerful speeches and surprising revelations during a debate about donald trump. Which one of us has not made some ridiculous sexual comment sometime in our past . Well, in private, you know, let. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. All right . But first, the Bill Authorising the government to start the formal process for leaving the eu has been approved by the commons. Now its the turn of the House Of Lords to chew over the legislati
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