British government's legislative agenda

Since the text comes straight from 10 Downing Street and parliamentary elections will probably take place in half a year, this enumeration of planned legislation deserves close examination.

What was Prime Minister Tony Blair trying to say to us through the mouth of Her Majesty?

Firstly, he has studied closely the election victory of his ally, George Bush.

The contemporary variant of the historical secret recipe that the state of the economy determines the outcome of an election is this: "It's the security, stupid."

Appealing to people's fear of violence and crime works even better than fear of losing work -- particularly in a country that is in the comfortable position of having a low jobless rate.

Of the 37 bills that the Queen announced on her government's behalf, 11 came from the law and order department.-- Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Germany