The Queen's Speech

This evening our constituency Conservative Policy Forum group will meet to discuss and provide feedback on the Queen's Speech.  The questions for discussion are straightforward; what we liked, what were we disappointed not to have seen included etc.  Having read and re-read the speech in full, I conclude that it is a monumental missed opportunity by a richly empowered Conservative government.  There are plenty of grand schemes to doll out public cash but precious little to encourage a socially responsible property-owning democracy which should be the foundation of any conservative policy programme. And by relegating defence to page 128 under "other measures," the Government shows just how much it believes its own mouth music, "the first duty of any Government is the safety and security of the British people at home and abroad."   Maybe, stealing Labour’s spending clothes and promoting a woke social agenda is the only way to stay one jump ahead of a populist uprising and an Ireland-like drubbing at the polls, and maybe that is the price that we have to pay to keep Labour and other loonies out?  As someone once said, "you turn if you want to," but if you do you will lose a lot of conservative Conservatives like me in the process to say nothing of your new friends in the North.