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Pomp and politics on King's Speech day.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.1 | Order. Order. |
| 0:08.6 | Hello, I'm Susan Hume, and this is the Today in Parliament podcast for Wednesday, the 13th of May. |
| 0:14.8 | Coming up, the King arrived by horse and carriage to open Parliament in traditional fashion. |
| 0:24.8 | We're in out and out and perfect. by horse and carriage to open Parliament in traditional fashion. Outside, Parliament was by turn, bathed in golden sunlight |
| 0:28.8 | and then battered by freezing wind and hail. |
| 0:32.2 | Inside, the day was marked by state pomp, |
| 0:35.1 | a new programme for government and the Prime Minister fighting for his job. |
| 0:40.1 | The speech written for the King by the government set out 37 bills, |
| 0:44.9 | covering matters from defence to ticket touts, |
| 0:48.1 | and stressed from the outset the precarious times in which we live. |
| 0:52.7 | My government will respond to this world with strength |
| 0:55.5 | and aim to create a country that is fair for all. |
| 0:59.8 | But once the Crown was back under lock and key |
| 1:02.4 | and the horses back in their stables, |
| 1:04.9 | Kemi Badenok in the Commons questioned whether Kier Starrmer |
| 1:08.3 | was the man for that task, saying he was in office but not in power. |
| 1:13.4 | Either Labour MPs agree with this agenda, in which case why are they trying to get rid of the Prime Minister, |
| 1:18.8 | or they don't agree with this agenda, in which case, what on earth are we all doing here? |
| 1:24.1 | Despite his travels, the Prime Minister laughed that off. |
| 1:27.4 | In difficult days, her input is always a ray of sunshine. Despite his travels, the Prime Minister laughed that off. |
| 1:31.2 | In difficult days, her input is always a ray of sunshine. |
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