DAILY EXPRESS: GORDON Brown outraged traditionalists yesterday by delivering his own version of the Queen’s Speech.
The Prime Minister cast aside more than 150 years of Parliamentary protocol to announce his Government’s plans for the next 18 months in the House of Commons.
In true presidential style, he unveiled 23 proposed Government Bills, including a pledge to build three million houses in an attempt to ease the shortage of affordable homes.
Many MPs were astonished by his decision to usurp the Queen’s annual visit to Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament in November.
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Mark Alexander
