Michael White was in Westminster for the state opening of parliament as the Queen read out the new government's legislative programme of 22 planned bills.
We hear the thoughts of Nigel Lawson, one of Margaret Thatcher's chancellors, on the viability of making deep cuts to public spending.
Labour MP Gisela Stuart tells us she views the Queen's speech as "highly ambitious" and says that MPs on her side of the house would be able to support some of it.
Sketchwriter Simon Hoggart suggests that the Queen will have favoured a return to plain English in her speeches after more than a decade of New Labour management-speak.
And back at Guardian HQ Jon Dennis discusses the speech with our expert columnists Julian Glover and Tom Clark.
