How the death of the Queen affects government
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🗓️ 12 September 2022
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Summary
The ceremonies following the death of the Queen continue this week. Freddie Hayward speaks to Anoosh Chakelian about what the mood has been like at the public events, and whether some of the policing has been heavy handed.
Then in You Ask Us they answer a listener’s question about whether the events have affected parliament’s ability to scrutinise the new government.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman Hi, I'm Anush. I'm Freddie. And on today's New Statesman |
| 0:11.2 | podcast we discuss the tributes to the Queen and you ask us how does the death of |
| 0:16.5 | the Queen affect political scrutiny. |
| 0:20.4 | So Freddie you were watching some of the tributes in Parliament over Friday. Tell me a bit |
| 0:32.4 | about what the mood was like in the House of Commons and what kind of speeches did |
| 0:35.7 | out to you. Yeah so it was a very somber mood I remember in the press gallery |
| 0:39.7 | had to wait outside while they did the minute silence and then as we walked in |
| 0:43.4 | there was a sea of black below us because obviously everyone was in wearing |
| 0:46.3 | black with black ties. So that was quite noticeable that was quite shocking and |
| 0:49.8 | then we had the first speech from Liz Truss the Prime Minister which was quite |
| 0:54.4 | short to the point I don't think her archery is massively improved within the |
| 0:59.0 | two days since her first speech as Prime Minister. |
| 1:01.2 | Keir Starman's speech however was I thought was quite compelling and well |
| 1:04.2 | written. You also heard from Boris Johnson to Theresa May there was also a brilliant |
| 1:07.9 | speech from Harriet Harmon speaking about the different gender roles when the |
| 1:12.2 | Queen ascended to the throne which I thought was very noticeable actually spoke to |
| 1:16.3 | some of the similar themes Andrew spoke about in his piece for us this week. |
| 1:19.5 | The mood was very much trying to remember amusing lively anecdotes of the |
| 1:23.6 | Queen because obviously many parliamentarians have met the Queen over their |
| 1:26.9 | careers. Okay and did any of the speeches stand out to you or any of the anecdotes |
| 1:30.7 | that you heard? Harmon's anecdote was quite nice it was when she was removed from |
| 1:35.4 | her office at the time I can't remember which one it was and the Queen Center |
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