Despite its name, the King’s Speech is not written by the monarch but by the government, which uses it to detail the laws it proposes over the next 12 months. In the introductory notes, Starmer vowed to move “with greater urgency” to make Britain “stronger and fairer”. His proposals, many of which have already been announced, include deepening Britain’s relationship with the European Union by giving ministers the power to align the UK with some laws without giving MPs a vote. BLACK ROD Other plans include fully nationalising British steel, reforming the asylum system, lowering the voting age to 16 and cracking down on ticket touts. But questions remain over whether Starmer will even be around to implement them. “It is clear his authority has gone and that he will not be able to deliver what little there is in this King’s Speech,” opposition Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told parliament. “This is a government less than two years in office which has already run out of ideas and run out of road.” Under Labour party …