To understand the kings speech you need to read the accompanying biefing note which outlines all the bills and what they hope to achieve. The kings speech itself never goes into any detail.

Its ok the King will help with the cost of the money for growth.

Every government speech is vague, responsibility is for those not in power!

sounds like someone doesn't understand what the purpose of a King's Speech is for.. who has time to give a super detailed rundown of every legislative point they intend on implementing within 5 years in just a 15-minute speech???

This analysis also seems 'quite wishy washy' to me. James has his strengths and weaknesses. He was certainly very 'on it' when it came to brexit, but he's not totally 'on it' when it comes to all issues. Natasha Clark makes me nervous. There was a time when Keunnsberg was a young careerist on the rise...and I feat that she may end up like Keunnsberg over time. She seems to morph commercially to whoever she's talking with on LBC...and she cut her teeth working for the Sun. The takeaway from this for me is 'does the UK really need a king?'

Did you know only 13% of the voting public saw tax as the top priority. Yet the media covered it more than all other topics, this stagnant economy will be the fault of the media with it's obsession with not taxing the wealthy or assets. The NHS was 50% of voters top priority and was barely talked about, because you would have to objectively state that labour the last time in government were not just better on the NHS they were miles ahead. And in a "unbiased" media landscape rather than a truthful one, this is what you end up with. Edit : The percentage for voter priorities is from a Yougov top issues poll and the media bias study is from Loughborough University. The person claiming they found no reference to it in the comments, obviously didn't look in the first place.

It's not _vague,_ it's essentially a list. And each one in that list has then to be carefully constructed in somewhat legalistic language, amended, reported and ping-ponged back and forth between the two Houses before becoming an Act. Did you expect that a final polished version of each Bill was going to be detailed in a (relatively) short speech? Where have you been for the last few monarch's speeches?

Starmer is a lawyer first, and a politician second. If he is not exactly convinced of his ability to deliver, he will state that. Compare to the standard political broken promises. People keep saying that he is uninspiring, he’s just realistic. I think there is a lot in the speech, but he is cagey about how much and how quickly he can deliver.

They have implemented what was in their manifesto, fancy that a party doing what they said they would do but apparently its wishy washy lol

Who cares if the presenter thinks privatising railways will save tax payers money? What do they know.

Of course its vague. If they read out every policy word for word it would be so long that the people complaining, as you could probably see from viewer ratings of the hours of debate to follow, that its vague wouldn't watch it. The fact is you can never please everyone all of the time.

Can we stop this now. We are here because of the tories. I repeat, we are here because of the tories. Labour are doing their best but they have been there for 5 minutes

I still can’t believe they expect infinite growth from finite resources 🤦‍♀️

Man in priceless hat talks about something he doesn't understand

tended to agree with starker that simply making some decent decisions now n then will probably add growth…. We’ve been sooooo mismanaged for a decade and half adult govt will add investment.

King and his empire haven't got enough money, they want more

And right at the end James addresses what I was thinking all the way through listening to them talk about how we're going to build houses when we don't have the builders.

Genuinely think these 2 have never heard a Kings/Queens Speech before. Very poor.

no growth without the EU,

Free Scotland.

Ex Sun woman. I wonder why she is so down on the speech? 🤔

The upcoming debates on the economy between Sunak as opposition leader and Keir Starmer as Prime minister will be captivating from now on

well at least you can't fault his enthusiasm and delivery....

all everyone keeps saying is build affordable housing but what do they call affordable homes the so called avarege working wage is 35k 4x35 =140k tell me what that will bye you

The thing on not being able to get a contractor being a problem for building houses was a bid strange. Don't house builders tend to use employed staff, not independent contractors?

Malignant growth. Where the economic "toning and conditioning" ever? Not all activity's are as valid as just any other. Activitys with educational or environmental value have more value than just any "economic activity." Environmental value is simply not all to do with technology and industry either.

I love James keeping the tory woman truthful!

What is she talking about?

ya can take the girl outta The Sun but ya can't take The Sun outta the girl..

The only growth that will occur under Labour is the population.

Don't tell me this guy hates somebody he normally does

Starmer wants a HoL retirement age of 80, so he proceeds to put Margarets Beckett(81) and Hodge (79) in the lords…

Can anybody point to anything relevant to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland ?

The wider problem is our reliance on growth for our country to thrive. We need to a new economics that allows us to thrive whether we have growth or not.

Erm what were you expecting? A state planned economy and a five year plan? We are very much in a place where government tries to make a country conducive to growth, but business makes the growth happen.

Give it a year or so and people will be begging the Tories to come back.😂

I don’t agree. They have so much planned. What’s with all the criticism?

Behold! Labour voters have sussed the Uniparty of Westminster!!

I miss Theo getting flustered trying to remain impartial, While it has been steadily becoming clear Natasha is a budding Kuenssberg.

'Success of that growth'?? Say what? Do you even know what growth is?

Banned "conversion therapy"? So does this ban preaching from Corinthians?

Perhaps it is just me, but Natasha Clark simply fails to resonate and I find more than half of what she talks about shallow, vague and she often gets simple facts wrong. E.g., She referred to the Welsh Senedd (parliament) as the former assembly in pre-election programme. Not appropriate for a political analyst. Even if it were a slip of the tongue.

O'Brien could not resist that 'abolishing fmop' at the end of that clip 😅😅

Don't journalists realise that the King's Speech is a broad outline of legislation, it would have been absurd if there were details.😂

Meals without service doesnt make the parliament popular, still it was predictable with only 15 knights of the round table that they elect a spokesperson to represent the other 40 odd counties.

From Canada, the King seemed to lift these estimates off the page more convincingly than last time (when 'Rwanda' barely escaped his lips).

I assume that before filming me within the privacy of our home that you were all advised that I was sexually assaulted by undercover police / chis more than once in Plymouth. Or perhaps you were given a slightly distorted version of reality. Either way, you should not have filmed and then broadcast without my knowledge / consent. Article 8 ECHR.

You forgot to mention growth

I am amazed that giving 16 year olds the vote wasn't a priority. It's almost as if there won't be another election for another five years, so it wasn't seen as urgent.

We should not be supporting either Israel or Palestine

It usually is

I think that if you're not in education and your not retired and you're not so well off that none of this matters to you... Basically if you're a normal working Brit whos just trying to keep this country going... You will probably like this speech, and you probably wont if you're any of the other things

Detail on public schools? Has it now been confirmed then what rate of VAT will be charged on the fees? Getting rid of zero-hours contracts - anything said?

0:15 And the green energy investment plans!!??

It was pointless, just like the monarchy.

Have you two ever listened to the State Opening of Parliament before? Seems not. You appear to think it's King Charles job to spell out every policy in minute and precise detail.

Still waters run much deeper than what people consciously think, James, though I agree, personal agency has to be respected...YW...

How will they find the ‘builders’. James, mate. There is a world of difference between getting a bedroom plastered and arguing about how much it costs, and a contract to plaster a whole estate.

I'd click on a conversation about earthworms if Natasha was talking

Growth growth growth, yay lets build on green belt land 😂

I appreciate these guys are jaded, but they project such a conceited attitude.

Growth comes from asylum seekers

King forget to say it’s the continuation to grow the national debt 😂

Please tell your correspondent that create is not pronounced crate

Houses or ''studios'' (bedsits)??

O'Brien still on air?

Disappointed that Starmer did not promise all adults a cadburys cream egg..😅

They usually are. He’s a figurehead monarch, what do you expect?

Find it worrying that they want to build 1.5 million dwellings in 5 years (not a chance they will). But doesn’t this go against wanting to be net zero and do better for our environment? Where does it end, how many fields will be lost for all of these dwellings. Not to mention the added strain for more energy without the answers for that too also. Its all a great thought, but in reality I really don’t think the bigger picture is being seen by the government

Don’t worry, the ‘sensibles’ are back in the room 😂

So, you all listen to a guy with a fancy hat, was never elected, and provided taxpayer money to provide a speech he never wrote. How quaint. And you wonder why Brexit happened? It’s the 21st century. Let the world know when you arrive.

Charging VAT on private school fees is problematic. Firstly a number are special needs schools will be caught unless exceptions are made and so far Labour is not willing to make exceptions. Second parents who are on the edge of affordability will take pupils out of private schools and back into the state system; losing VAT on one end and costing more on the other. Third the extra 6,000 teachers Labour plans to recruit using the VAT charged works out one extra day of teacher per week per school; the benefit will hardly touch the sides. Fourth when this has been looked at in the past by Labour there was a human rights law problem in charging VAT on school fees and so it was shelved. We can expect this to be resurrected by the schools and It will be interesting to see how that is navigated. Fifth - not sure if the EU will be happy with this given EU VAT law and Labour's desire to cosy up to the EU. This is not a straightforward one for Labour to implement and was always red meat to the left. I suspect there may be yet another U turn from Sir Keir who lets face it flip flops on everything.

What is love? Have you ever fallen in love with a lover you love so much, and you threw yourself into the trap of cheating????? Girls are not meant to be abused????To be taken care of????To be appreciated????

Lots of pledges and no substance.

A bit vague, quite wishy-washy...sadly the perfect description of Starmers world view.

If the King announced he was disbanding the entire Royal family and giving back every penny they pilfered over the last 1000 years?

Job loves cheap foreign labour. How about paying more money for uk construction workers instead

Hardly value for money for the tax payer is it. Looks like the 1600s....how many hospitaks can you buy wirh that throne. And we PAY for this?! Uk is a joke

Of course it's vague and wishy washy, it's from Starmer

What are your predictions for the next video?

At least he made it clear that the Government is 'His' Government.

Just buy Bitcoin.

Boring boring what does

Trump2024 😂😂

Vague and wishy-washy. Classic Labour, what else did you expect???

Not Sunak's wishy-washy but Starmer's flippy-floppy.

Ok 40 new hospitals everyone believed that one

No rejoining the EU then. Or it’s institutions. 😢

Kid Starver Starmer

What happens when the winds not blowing. were is the electricity coming from then?

We should not be supporting Ukraine

I like how James is actually being critical of Labour for once and not just blindly supporting Keir and his atrocious views.

Alot of young people voted reform plc.

Sums up Labour

How government will stop long term European residence moving out from UK? And how they gonna stop money flying out of UK to the Europe continent ?

Growth is coming from increasing NHS waiting lists 😂

King pea dough

The Kings speech is a bit wishy washy? I know it normally hammers out every detail and gives immense insight into the future. 😂😂😂 Come on James, although condescending your usually a bit sharper than that.