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Dutch MP Boris Dittrich just floated another hot air balloon. According to Boris the Queen should no longer read the government's speech at the opening of the parliamentary year. Instead, (according to Boris) the Prime Minister should read the speech because "he writes the speech, and not the Queen"...
Sigh....
(It's no wonder D66 (Boris' political party) has been diminished to something like six seats in the lower house...)
Dear Boris: IT DOES NOT MATTER!!!!!
It is not important. It is a matter of protocol. Everybody knows that the Queen does not write the speech, but she is still the Head of Government. If we would be a republic again (I am a stout republican, but that is beside the point now) the President would read out the speech.
And do you really think JP the MP (Jan-Peter Balkenende is the current PM of out Kingdom) writes the speech himself? Come on! It is a joint effort! Before you know it we have the entire cabinet singing the speech a capella! Or maybe put up a nice blonde secretary of the Ministery of General Affairs (the PM's ministery) read the speech on nationwide TV (because she typed it out)! |
