“I Was Deeply Disappointed by This King’s Speech"

“I was deeply disappointed by this King’s Speech"

Plans for the Government’s next year in power has received differing reactions from local MPs and councillors from welcoming “ambitious” programme to criticising the speech as “tone deaf” and “uninspiring”

Behind the King’s Speech

The Gracious Speech contained a great deal more rhetoric than actual solid policies — or at least did so far more than is usually the case.

The King’s Speech 2026: what was said, what was not, and what it means

King’s speech 13 May 2026 – opening of Parliament Bob Woods One can only assume that whoever was tasked to draft the King’s speech opening Parliament must have wished for a crystal ball given the uncertainty as to who will be Prime Minister by the end of the year. As a consequence, the speech was unsurprisingly splattered with platitudes such as the King’s opening remark: “An increasingly dangerous and volatile world threatens the United Kingdom…