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Forget the fanfares, and focus on the politics.
The new law-making cycle, which begins with this Queen s Speech, will be the last full one before the next general election.
So, from the point of view of the government, the main point of the next 12 to 14 months will be to lay the foundation of the Conservative offer for the next election, which many of the party s MPs now expect in 2023, and shift gear from Covid grimness to sunlit uplands.
This may not be easy, because while some predict a strong economic bounceback, the hangover of the pandemic will be painful for many people and industries, as the first moves to pay off the extra borrowing, the removal of the Universal Credit boost, furlough and the suspension of evictions begin to bite.
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