King's Speech outlines new UK government’s plans | State Opening of Parliament - BBC

[@LordValorum]

Disclaimer, these speeches are written by the Government, not the King

[@christian_coulson]

Written by the shadow gov you mean

[@LordValorum]

@@christian_coulson Is the joke that Starmer is a Tory?

[@tomclare7003]

The problem with the police isn’t a lack of power it’s how they use their power

[@stephanblack4558]

The police love making gay pride flags.

[@jhunt5578]

Two tier policing comes to mind

[@elizabethsamson5591]

The king looks very uncomfortable - is it the weight of the crown? Is it the speech he has to give, does he agree with what he has to say? He sounds rather bored...

[@iGamezRo]

The Imperial State Crown weighs roughly 1.30KG. I don't think it is that heavy for him, nor do I think that the speech itself makes him uncomfortable, even if he personally might not like some things in it. I think that it is his cancer that makes him be in pain and look uncomfortable. Can I just say that I really pity him. He started his "job" when most people of his age are retired for about 10 years. He couldn't do what he wished when he was young, and now is an old ass man with cancer. He had a marriage arranged on him when he clearly loved someone else, had to go through the pain of seeing his children lose their mother. Let's just hope that "William V" will be able to carry his plans on.

[@oreillysc1]

He has look that a lot of our politicians do when they vote for something nobody wants and they said they wouldn’t. That look of being a sell out. Either by being bribed or blackmailed. I’ve seen that look a lot lately

[@ABeautfulMess]

I hope America is listening.. We need major change.

[@randyrios78]

America first

[@Thewatcher10000]

What does that mean?

[@ABeautfulMess]

@@Thewatcher10000 we need to make some changes...

[@Thewatcher10000]

@ABeautfulMess No I was asking what America first means. Never herd of it.

[@ABeautfulMess]

@@Thewatcher10000 I'm not sure myself.. maybe there is some compatiom I'm unaware of..Iol I just want America to listen to other countries and what's working for them. We really suck right now

[@AngiLynnJarman6848]

For Truth, honour, integrity, courage and valour

[@jamesrosen1314]

I like the idea for mental health and also to stop smoking for underage people

[@Kleinshooti]

@@jamesrosen1314 I live in the UK trust me the mental health they're not gonna do shit

[@jinyuichi6460]

@@Kleinshootiwhat do you want them to do?

[@user-vp6cq4sv3d]

Wdym underage people? He wants to increase the age limit. Your comprehension is painful.

[@jules2326]

Have some optimism ​@@Kleinshooti, they've been in less than a month. The manifesto was smaller so that everything could be budgeted, here's hoping effective change can be prompted.

[@stephanblack4558]

He talks shit.

[@AllenTaylor-lu9bu]

A WEF King for a WEF Government.

[@dratz50]

Comment by paranoid conspiracy theorist.......

[@Ann.b23]

​@@dratz50not a conspiracy if its true

[@LeeKennedy-cc6il]

The uk needs a constitution.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

Magna Carta need revising ...the 'Barons' are now corrupt .

[@elmonte-xt2wd]

putting other things aside,I Am always happy hearing His Majesty The King Speak

[@odee7330]

That crown looks heavy!!

[@themcfunnel]

It is

[@jack504]

2.07kg apparently

[@DoomderX]

it is the late queen said it herself

[@JamieBrent]

Shout to A jewellers

[@jfle819]

cole an aubrey know

[@marinblaze]

What happened in Leeds and London yesterday?

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

Hearth Lion of Defences & Justice

[@poolelasssb]

God save the king/ God save the disabled!!!!!!Fairness my backside taking money away from the disabled plans on going a head with torys vouchers idea is utterly disgusting. Pushing those who can't physically or mentally work to work is sick, for some of us it isn't a choice and we only wish we could work. I wasn't always disabled I had an accident at work leaving me in pain 24/7 for the rest of my dam life. All this decision does is so much more harm than good. Leaving the vulnerable even more vulnerable god help us.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

first thing the kings government did was take away Pensioners winter fuel allowance . . .

[@Embarasin]

Thank you

[@vanessabrooks8656]

PROMISES PROMISES PROMISES We have heard them all before WE SHALL SEE.

[@errolbaptiste]

Must wait and see if these promises being carried out during the first term of the new government based on the long term.

[@PKWeaver74]

Which promises have you heard from a previous Labour Government that were not delivered?

[@Teaandcrumpets134]

He literally said same when conservaties was in power.

[@tonyb9735]

​@@Teaandcrumpets134well, he literally didn't say the same things, and anyway, who can believe anything the Tories say? You do know that the incoming government writes these speeches, right? Give this new government a chance to deliver before you become sceptical. I think they are going to deliver for the people, as opposed to the Tories who delivered only for themselves and their chums. Let's see where we are in 2 years time before we judge.

[@Teaandcrumpets134]

@@tonyb9735 shut up

[@Mcfc2Rich]

Allowing unfair dismissal rights from day 1 would be monumental.

[@DorchaEagla]

Wait does the government write the kings speech ?

[@loisbruce]

YES! The King just signs off the papers in agreement.

[@DorchaEagla]

@@loisbruce thank you for taking the time to educate me. I genuinely didn't know and I find that so disingenuous though makes sense his upset on his face when has to do the speech last year as an environmentalist

[@bobsdaman1632]

@@DorchaEaglaWhat no, only this speech is written for him by the government, not everything he says. He very much is a strong advocate against environmental concerns

[@DorchaEagla]

@@bobsdaman1632 apologies I meant in the kings speech to parliament last year there was a bit mentioned that would be harmful to the environment and he seemed quite upset as he said it - which I said makes sense as an environmentalist

[@phillcom3]

its good to ask, but i wish that this stuff was taught to our children more practicaly. so many have no idea how their coutnry works.

[@Dance-Together-m8r]

Great Voice!!

[@HighsLanderAF]

God save one of the best governments system .God save King.God save this Government.

[@simongarthwaite7695]

With you all the way to the last bit but this Government will be a disaster.

[@simongarthwaite7695]

@@thunder-hedge just sense there a lot of people involved that are out of their depth though to be fair I don't think the last lot were much different

[@phillcom3]

@@simongarthwaite7695 liek every oen of them before you mean

[@DrsdrdsAnnaDame]

😂😂😂😂

[@AJunR-16]

NO God only blesses those who work for him, not you. You spend money

[@mazalfamasud2763]

Time will tell

[@johnnylongfeather3086]

God Save the King. 🇬🇧

[@tracymichaelsen493]

Gods not responsible for this freak

[@mickeymouse5652]

@@tracymichaelsen493100x better than your joe Biden do you honestly think Biden could pull off a speech like this

[@JD16Cars46]

By the sounds of it we are teaming up with the EU as if Brexit never happened

[@mmerowing]

THE PROBLEM IS.THEY SAYING WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR AND NOTHING COMES AFTER.

[@carlosmbaziira4137]

I LIKE THE IDEA that parliament and the monarch are in sync😀

[@Beirut27]

The sovereign doesn't have any choice.

[@joerutherford79]

I don’t.

[@bobdown1720]

Well yes..there both tax thieves.

[@Beirut27]

@@bobdown1720 "there" 🤔 ? Where 😈 ?

[@tracymichaelsen493]

really ? Thats why Britains is doing so well then- wakeup

[@poknberry5795]

Ban conversion practices? Is he referring to gay conversion?

[@samueljennings4809]

I think that’s what the reference is to, yes.

[@AlexanderT420]

Well, Britain. It's been a good run.

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

Holly bay GB land like Greath Sir.Son of His Soil under GB Flag

[@muratdagdelen8163]

How can I speak English like this guy?

[@Lrow095]

posh

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

Bay 2027

[@cassandralapache6508]

My government, not the British government.

[@ssmith6550]

Whose mobile phone went off? This is extremely disrespectful and utterly disgraceful. Mobile phones must be banned in the parliament. They are getting paid to do a job. Then why are they allowed to keep their phones on while working? That idiot must be sacked.

[@Beloved-of3sk]

It's not that deep, they may have forgotten to switch it off. It happens sometimes. I doubt it was intentional.

[@bobdown1720]

Get a grip it's just a phone.

[@ssmith6550]

@@bobdown1720 They are not teenagers. How can they be in control of serious issues if they can't even control their phones. No wonder we are a laughing stock in the face of the world.

[@AngiLynnJarman6848]

I'm all for King and Country but not at the expense of own human rights , and up until 7 years ago, I had only ever been a government employee, all in Canada, and as a Canadian citizen

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

King of Art Wadrobes 2 is Gift for longest alies GB & Isreal 2000 yers

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

Fear not ..here you will find your Hope

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

Hi sir King Charls III choicen bay God of Kings & Custeles gifted bay Jezus

[@user-britdirty]

no stop

[@dragonhyroller82]

So vague and gives far to much freedom to a guy and government thats committed to hitting the ice berg

[@theflashfan1016]

Thank you for stopping conversation therapy. My community has suffered for multiple of years. I don't care who you are, or what you believe in, conversion therapy has been proved to cause a HIDEOUS amount of mental harm, and does NOTHING. Thank you ❤

[@collydub1987]

Yes, conversation is truly terrible

[@paladro]

consistency in your words, greatly aids in communication.

[@gaybowser4967]

It's almost certainly a lie. Starmer's banning puberty blockers and general GAC overall. To think he won't go after the rest of the LGBTQ+ community is laughable.

[@jlcraftyscot2]

Time for him to tell the PM to fix the illegal migrant issue. “ Offering condolences to victims’ families IS NOT ENOUGH.

[@zosiatt2520]

I’m sending u a smile 😊 KZbin doesn’t allow me to speak….

[@bobdown1720]

Yep...they suck.

[@T.T7934]

Lol

[@WoolenSeeker]

LET’S PUT OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE, WE HAVE TO BE STRONGER BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS US. GOD SAVE THE KING !

[@bills7595]

Cringe

[@LeHieuThuong_00]

Anh thấy em trưa bao giờ ngừng rơi nước mắt mr -

[@Katstance]

I mean seriously, the optics must change!!

[@stevepollard2169]

Words are cheap unless its the cost of this speech, action is what people hear.

[@ScramblethinkJD]

You might need to give it a second mate. Not everything is a Rustlers burger mate. 'Kin 'ell lad.

[@Teaandcrumpets134]

​@@ScramblethinkJDwhat??

[@Finnbobjimbob]

@@Teaandcrumpets134No clue mate

[@AristotlesRevolution]

God Bless the King

[@tracymichaelsen493]

God would not be his master its the other one

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

Upon the good and faithful 😢 🙏 of evermore

[@AngiLynnJarman6848]

I am not for show, and please reconsider

[@ryvyr]

Qualms with Starmer aside, it is interesting how His Majesty so swiftly labours on fiscal prudence and independent analyses for expenditure.

[@Hud.Alexdavenston]

Oh Charlie, you're a very good & hardworking king, I admire your policies & guide indeed💐 which I love you very much🥀 forever with all my heart❤️💖🌼

[@Beirut27]

The PM's policies, hardly the King's.

[@Hud.Alexdavenston]

@@Beirut27 His ruling period, I mean not about this single speech💮

[@BanaGhoo]

@@Beirut27 Once a bill is presented to the Sovereign, he or she has the following formal options: grant royal assent, thereby making the bill an Act of Parliament. delay the bill's assent through the use of reserve powers, thereby invoking a veto. refuse royal assent on the advice of his or her ministers.

[@Beirut27]

@@BanaGhoo In the xxth and the xxist centuries the Royal prerogative has been purely nominal. Do your homework before commenting, gramp 🙂 .

[@Beirut27]

@@Hud.Alexdavenston Neither did I 😈 .

[@andrewmurray4308]

If the king is serious about security of the country and raising the standard of living then you needs to disolve parliement and call for a new election.

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

Member Of Long Ruts Family in GB Monarchy Money & Welth Experts

[@jammiedodger7040]

We need an English Parliament.

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

Yours Hanest All England churches and Citizens will pray for yours longer succes we will is ajjusted bay Your honest King III of GB CW UK ENGLAND

[@AngiLynnJarman6848]

I need a King and I need respect, regardless of leather I am , at the moment, only a servant of the crown ,

[@hindelarbi3710]

All right dad 😊

[@benhayat851]

Ngl kinda happy to have a king

[@wozza400]

He’s said he’s there for the country , not the people , look out for

[@BanaGhoo]

country is the people

[@gaybowser4967]

​@@BanaGhooif you believe that then you ain't been paying attention. This country is one of the richest in the world, has been for centuries, yet that's not reflected in the people, never has been. Why?

[@AngiLynnJarman6848]

I have no further comment your honour, only to say , we need a king, Not a queen

[@swaldron5558]

Why he say anything about expelling criminal Muslims?

[@Twelve.feb.twentytwentythree]

Remembering always with love for Queen Diana

[@digitaltaverns4622]

"His name is Gregory Joseph Hallett " . Nice garments, Charlie boy.

[@gladys673]

God save the king, king Charles the third ❤

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

its 'Allah' now . .. -not 'God' . .

[@leahfranchi2841]

❤excellent ❤plan ❤God bless 🙌 🙏

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

Greath Member of Charity Greath number one Global Family add Children

[@jamestyrrell4632]

This is NOT a good sign..anything privatized goes down hill fast...and it siunds like the labour party wrote this ...did they?

[@jasminejones7389]

what is being privatised?

[@samuelhefford497]

@@jasminejones7389 Nothing as far as I can tell? Introducing powers to better regulate utilities/transport, and directly bring others back under public ownership was the general theme. I suspect they meant to say publicised. As for their other comment that it sounds like Labour wrote the speech, that has always been the case. The King/Queen's speech is written by the current government and delivered by the reigning monarch (or their representative).

[@jasminejones7389]

really James WHAT is being privatised?

[@jasminejones7389]

@@samuelhefford497 It was generous of you Samuel to try and interpret James's odd comment.. I think he just got the wrong end of the stick since privatised is the opposite of what the speech referred to. I don't think it meant publicised.. that just means they make the information public. Public ownership should equate to nationalisation which is what the people want to get back to. It worked very well for the people, until greedy politicians realised they could profit by privatising everything.... Post Office, Railways etc etc. and the wretched tories were going for the NHS next. I don't know which govt. it was who did all the privatising but I can take a pretty good guess. I'm a LOndoner living in Canada for over 50 years ( thank god I avoided the thatcher years.. I will never forgive her for the damage she did to my homeland ) so I'm not as up-to-date with Brit politics now that I have the USA political situation to concern myself with, and to a lesser degree Canadian politics.

[@samuelhefford497]

@@jasminejones7389 Agreed "publicised" would've been wrong, just like you say trying to point out they had the wrong end of the stick. Well, they would've still been wrong so I suppose in this case it's the wrong end of the wrong stick!

[@jonaen24]

We in Britain miss our EU membership everyday. We miss freedom of movement and long to get it back. We want to join in and co-operate, and help, and work with others on our common future. We want our EU future back. We want to be back in control. We want the Will of the People back in our Europe. We want the chance to vote rejoin.

[@MartinPardoV-zs1ic]

In Holly Angels law Kings III is gifter Bay Holly Scroll Today

[@hmq9052]

By the way, Farage - instead of being there - has run off to be Trump's poodle in America 🤷

[@moreton61]

Farage has more balls and brains than that lot put together buddy

[@hmq9052]

@@moreton61 🐩

[@davespeedy5365]

@@moreton61😂

[@avisian8063]

​@@moreton61you fool

[@ruitachi-6240]

it's funny that he is in the opening of the parliament and was listening to the king's speech in the house of lords

[@wildmags]

Do something we are loosing our country

[@judhisthir]

Majestic..the reason i loved royalty

[@KhalilHerawi-bw7yz]

Long life, the king 🤴 🙌 🙏 ✨️

[@khaleesisnow1683]

🙏🙏

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

All is not well in the kingdom.

[@TheQueenVic]

Absolutely ridiculous cancel that smoke free generation!’

[@AaronTorres-p6g]

Long live the king 🫡🫡🫡

[@AngiLynnJarman6848]

The vision is .. civilized

[@samukis272]

That's... pretty grounded and specific considering their pre-election vagueness. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

In these trying times

[@gorillafilmmakernow]

"his government" 😂 and people think we live in a democracy 😂

[@NyeJ]

It's a symbolic role. Don't be daft

[@gorillafilmmakernow]

​@@NyeJ 😂 tell that to the British citizens from the Chagos archipelago. They fooled you 😂

[@gorillafilmmakernow]

We live in a constitutional monarchy and you need a law degree to understand the constitution, its symbolism like marriage is symbolic. Its underwritten in law and they are still one of the largest land possessors as they didn't pay for it. They used to receive the largest EU subsidy for farming or not farming more like and its a joke they are still here and not just a museum peice. Its awful propaganda and even symbols can shape a nation. Religion being the obvious symbolism. I quite like the guy but the office he hold is despicable in 2024, the people are nice, the institution is deplorable.

[@NyeJ]

@@gorillafilmmakernow yeah but that doesn't really have anything to do with the monarchy. You are just looking for an example of where democracy is weak in the uk

[@NyeJ]

​@@gorillafilmmakernowgood luck with that

[@hmq9052]

He looks sensational. Some good ideas in there too. Well read ✌️🇬🇧

[@matthewkeating120]

He doesn’t write the speech you know. The Prime Minister writes the speech. He just reads it out.

[@hmq9052]

@@matthewkeating120 Hence "well read"

[@brendandolan7763]

​@hmq9052 well read, don't make me. This guy has zero charisma

[@hmq9052]

@@brendandolan7763 I'd argue a King should have zero charisma. Particularly our King, since his role is ceremonial. You want a dispassionate, clipped delivery, free of any hint of political bias. The clothes do the heavy lifting. By contrast he is cold. It's soft power, executed superbly well.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

whats the view like from under the kings Boots .. ?...

[@barbararadon4796]

What is King role in socialist country ? You need first secretary of the state.

[@SwargKaBluewaterpeenahai]

king charles says nagendra is doing fighting with big height man which are making map of india

[@Mega-g7t]

Looks like a character out a cartoon from years ago Womble

[@j.c7719]

The Wombles was stop motion animation 😂

[@bobdown1720]

That's insulting to the wombles...poor wombles.

[@therealmonkfromtibet]

British taxpayers really love to pamper the royal family with those fancy outfits.

[@elrat6668]

Those outfits arent new, theyre passed down from generations like the crown. Typically judt changed/tailored to the new monarchs needs

[@richardarmed4847]

​@@elrat6668 And the tax payers pay for the alterations, these clowns need to go.

[@elrat6668]

@@richardarmed4847 tax payer money pays for everything, and i literally said the only thing that gets changed is colours and size...

[@Finnbobjimbob]

@@richardarmed4847 The monarchy generates huge revenue for Britain, much more than the expenses incurred by the British society for its maintenance. Do some research before you form an opinion, we aren’t destroying a millennia old institution because people are ignorant.

[@richardarmed4847]

@@Finnbobjimbob If I was ignorant, I wouldn't know that France abolished its monarchy in 1792 and is the most visited country in the world and therefore generates far more money from tourism than the UK does. So it's absolute BS that we need the Sponging Royals, there's plenty more to see in this great country of ours. I suggest YOU do your research....ok?

[@IslandVibez-id1up]

How embarrassing

[@johnnylongfeather3086]

Who

[@IslandVibez-id1up]

@@johnnylongfeather3086 the fruit cake king

[@Jaglvnv]

Long live the King. He has been prepared for his moment on the throne for a long time and it shows.

[@Finnbobjimbob]

I can’t believe it… we are actually making progress

[@amasworld7126]

what of this did you think was the best? it sounds terrible to me

[@Bob-e9f9q]

Love his outfit.😅

[@lucasfester]

Thank you for sharing.

[@colinheaton6934]

I've heard it all before. Talk is cheap

[@kevingpotts369]

Britain has fallen

[@ShivamJaiswal-v6y]

Honest

[@firstlastfool]

This is 1st class larping.

[@anonitachi6966]

The absolute cringe of it. Just look at the state of that. Ridiculous and disgusting.

[@jrogers5152]

Everyone laps this up for some reason 😂

[@anonitachi6966]

Yup, Stockholm Syndrome at its finest

[@Finnbobjimbob]

How so?

[@anonitachi6966]

@@Finnbobjimbob do you know what Stockholm Syndrome is? That.

[@minisla]

Think the crown looks a bit on the feminine side. Something befitting a king 👑

[@DigDonRon1]

So basically the same old drool

[@paulmunton1483]

I don't trust you.

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

Not in governence 😢 but in a higher call ing perhaps 😢

[@jonathanpadgett8258]

There’s families that can’t afford to feed there kids, soldiers living in streets then there’s this freeloader dripping in gold and jewels.. jimmy savilles best mate. Wow just wow

[@kcenia777]

Ну так снимите его с этой должности. И пусть идёт на работу, как и все люди. В чём проблема?

[@kumstuke]

​@@kcenia777too many bootlickers, won't work

[@ytalinflusa]

​@@kcenia777they are afraid of the witch sitting next to him. They started the WEF which many world leaders were created by. Their logo contains a hidden reference to that of the 3 wise men .... they see themselves as king makers.

[@Finnbobjimbob]

All the income from the Crown Estates (property owned by the monarch) is given, voluntarily, to the UK government. It's several hundred million. 15-25% (usually 15%, but currently 25% to pay for restoration of Buckingham Palace which is falling apart) of it is given back to the Royal Family as the "Sovereign Grant". In 2021-22 the grant was £86million, and so we can see that if that was 25%, the government kept £258 million, amounting to a tax rate of 75%. There is some private income from land owned by the Duchy of Lancaster, and the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Royal Family voluntarily pays income tax on this, so under UK tax rates they keep less than half of that. The monarch used to be exempt from tax, but The Queen decided to pay just because that was the kind of person she was. A rough estimate is that they get to spend less than 5% of their total income, making them the most highly taxed people in the country. What they give to the country in a single year would pay for many coronations. Consider how much money they bring in from abroad in the form of tourism. That's estimated to be in the billions, keeping the travel industry, hotels, restaurants, taxis etc very busy.

[@jonathanpadgett8258]

@@Finnbobjimbob and yet they’ve never done a days graft between them… 👍

[@techtinkerin]

Silly hat day

[@sherblato9147]

I would have that silly hat any day 😂 💰

[@Queenofgreen515]

That “silly hat” is worth more than everything you own lol.

[@brendandolan7763]

​@Queenofgreen515 and that's a problem