Conservative backbenchers David Davis and John Redwood have attacked their party on plans to raise capital gains tax. Can the independent streak that runs through the Conservative backbenches be contained?
In the studio to discuss this we have Julian Glover, Georgina Henry and Michael White.
Also in today's show: the Queen has opened parliament for the 59th time in her reign. Is the legislative programme she announced workable? And can any of the bills be welcomed by the left?
Plus, Alistair Darling used an unscheduled session in the Commons to berate the new government for announcing its programme of cuts outside the chamber. We ask whether the "primacy of parliament" is a concept only ever talked up by the opposition.
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