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2026 State Opening of Parliament King Charles III makes the speech from the House of Lords opening the new UK parliamentary session.
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Nonetheless, on Wednesday the king was “entering a Parliament that is febrile,” Prescott said. Though the king was reading Starmer’s words, “there’s deep uncertainty as to whether Starmer will be leading the government over the next 12 months or so,” said Craig Prescott, who specializes in the constitutional and political role of the monarchy at Royal Holloway, University of London.
“I read about Keir Starmer but I don’t know too much about it,” said Tomaso Semola, 65, a vacationer from Venice, Italy, who had just watched Charles’ carriage roll by. Starmer, by contrast, looks imperious on paper, with an overwhelming parliamentary majority and no way for opponents to challenge him until 2029.
However, Baldwin’s Conservatives were in a far weaker position, having failed to win a majority at the recent election. Starmer has dared his mutineers to find the required numbers to challenge him or let him get on with the job.
What's confirmed
- Nonetheless, on Wednesday the king was “entering a Parliament that is febrile,” Prescott said.
- “I read about Keir Starmer but I don’t know too much about it,” said Tomaso Semola, 65, a vacationer from Venice, Italy, who had just watched Charles’ carriage roll by.
- However, Baldwin’s Conservatives were in a far weaker position, having failed to win a majority at the recent election.
What's still developing
- Though the king was reading Starmer’s words, “there’s deep uncertainty as to whether Starmer will be leading the government over the next 12 months or so,” said Craig Prescott, who specializes in the constitutional…
- Starmer has dared his mutineers to find the required numbers to challenge him or let him get on with the job.
- However, Baldwin’s Conservatives were in a far weaker position, having failed to win a majority at the recent election.
- Starmer, by contrast, looks imperious on paper, with an overwhelming parliamentary majority and no way for opponents to challenge him until 2029.
- Nonetheless, on Wednesday the king was “entering a Parliament that is febrile,” Prescott said.
- “I read about Keir Starmer but I don’t know too much about it,” said Tomaso Semola, 65, a vacationer from Venice, Italy, who had just watched Charles’ carriage roll by.