A chance to break with our record of war and inequality  A
Queen's speech which offers more of the same will further
alienate voters. Labour could instead use it to offer real
leadership Governments running out of steam do not shape events,
they react to them. Politicians focus on ambitions rather than
providing leadership. That, in a nutshell, is the story of
today's Queen's speech. The rapid draining of authority from the
prime minister means that Tony Blair's last Queen's speech will
certainly fail to set the agenda for the decade, as he once
hoped.  Instead it will pay lip service to climate change, the
continuation of a Daily Mail law-and-order agenda and the next
obsessive wave of privatisation of our public services. Gordon
Brown will make supportive noises off, seeking to demonstrate
prime ministerial breadth, and John Reid will relish a fresh
assault on civil liberties as he positions himself for a
potential populist leadership bid.  An alienated electorate
meanwhile looks on with scepticism, turned