The Royal Scam
The ConDem’s intention to scrap the 2011 Queen’s speech has been dressed up as a legitimate requirement of the new 5-year fixed term. The fact of the matter is that by delaying the current session of parliament the government is waving aside the constitution to buy more time to push through its controversial legislative programme.
Shadow leader of the Commons Rosie Winterton makes the case succinctly enough:
“This executive decision made using the Queen’s prerogative powers has significant constitutional implications and is an abuse of power.
“No peacetime session of Parliament since the war has lasted for two years. The maximum has been 18 months, at the beginning of a Parliament where the election has taken place in the spring.
“Both the manner of this announcement, and its content, are an affront to Parliament. There was no consultation whatever with the other parties. The Commons was not invited to give its views.
“There is no conceivable justification for this. It has been done solely to ease the passage of controversial legislation.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-fury-at-queens-speech-delay-2078248.html