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21 June 2013

Beyond satire: the Tory right’s “alternative Queen’s Speech“

Bills to privatise the BBC, restore the death penalty, ban the burqa, leave the EU and introduce Margaret Thatcher Day are among the 40 proposed by Tory MPs.

By George Eaton

Six weeks too late, the Tory right has launched an “alternative Queen’s Speech” – but it was well worth the wait. The list of 40 proposed bills reads like something from a Chris Morris satire. You can view them all below, but here’s my quick guide to the most egregious/bizarre.

– Ban the burqa (1)

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