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Can Cameron win the fight over the Queen's speech? Can Cameron win the fight over the Queen's speech?
(4 months later)
Gove: I feel it's time to make clear I believe Britain should leave the EU.Gove: I feel it's time to make clear I believe Britain should leave the EU.
Cameron: Et tu, Gove?Cameron: Et tu, Gove?
Gove: Don't get all like that, David. You know you can rely on me totally ...Gove: Don't get all like that, David. You know you can rely on me totally ...
Cameron: To see which way the wind is blowing.Cameron: To see which way the wind is blowing.
Gove: It's really not personal. I still admire you immensely. It's just that I've seen the latest opinion polls.Gove: It's really not personal. I still admire you immensely. It's just that I've seen the latest opinion polls.
Cameron: Not more of your bogus stats.Cameron: Not more of your bogus stats.
Gove: And it is a far, far better thing I do to snuggle up to Nigel than watch my personal ratings nosedive by supporting you.Gove: And it is a far, far better thing I do to snuggle up to Nigel than watch my personal ratings nosedive by supporting you.
Cameron: So how do we stand?Cameron: So how do we stand?
Gove: How about we say that I am 100% behind you except when it suits me not to be?Gove: How about we say that I am 100% behind you except when it suits me not to be?
Cameron: Well, at least Barry Obama is with me on Europe...Cameron: Well, at least Barry Obama is with me on Europe...
Obama: Who is this man?Obama: Who is this man?
Oval Office staff: The Brit prime minister.Oval Office staff: The Brit prime minister.
Obama: What's he want?Obama: What's he want?
Oval Office staff: Sanctuary from his own party. They all hate him and he needs a few days of looking important and statesmanlike sitting next to youOval Office staff: Sanctuary from his own party. They all hate him and he needs a few days of looking important and statesmanlike sitting next to you
Cameron: What do you think about Europe, Barry?Cameron: What do you think about Europe, Barry?
Obama: Not a lot.Obama: Not a lot.
Osborne: Bad news, Cam.Osborne: Bad news, Cam.
Cameron: What's up? How could the economy be getting any worse?Cameron: What's up? How could the economy be getting any worse?
Osborne: Surprisingly easily. But it's the backbenchers this time. They are planning to vote against the Queen's speech because there's nothing about a referendum in it.Osborne: Surprisingly easily. But it's the backbenchers this time. They are planning to vote against the Queen's speech because there's nothing about a referendum in it.
Cameron: Bugger the lot of them. Well, I'll show them that I mean business.Cameron: Bugger the lot of them. Well, I'll show them that I mean business.
Osborne: How?Osborne: How?
Cameron: By getting the Tory frontbench to abstain on the Queen's speech.Cameron: By getting the Tory frontbench to abstain on the Queen's speech.
Osborne: Shouldn't we be supporting our own legislative programme?Osborne: Shouldn't we be supporting our own legislative programme?
Cameron: Absolutely not! We can't afford to look as if we have been wrong-footed by a bunch of opportunist...Cameron: Absolutely not! We can't afford to look as if we have been wrong-footed by a bunch of opportunist...
Gove: You called?Gove: You called?
Cameron: UKIP clowns.Cameron: UKIP clowns.
Osborne: You're so right.That will show them.Osborne: You're so right.That will show them.
Cameron: Better still, we can get some backbenchers to totallysidetrack us from messing up the NHS by letting them debate a private member's bill saying how crap the Queen's speech was for not making it clear how much we hated the EU. That will show everyone how goddamned relaxed I am.Cameron: Better still, we can get some backbenchers to totallysidetrack us from messing up the NHS by letting them debate a private member's bill saying how crap the Queen's speech was for not making it clear how much we hated the EU. That will show everyone how goddamned relaxed I am.
Osborne: Then why has your face gone red and your voice gone squeaky?Osborne: Then why has your face gone red and your voice gone squeaky?
Clegg: Well I think it was a lovely Queen's speech and I am definitely going to vote for it.Clegg: Well I think it was a lovely Queen's speech and I am definitely going to vote for it.
Cameron: Don't you have any principles?Cameron: Don't you have any principles?
Clegg: No. That's why I'm chatting to Milidee about forming a coalition in 2015.Clegg: No. That's why I'm chatting to Milidee about forming a coalition in 2015.
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