Last week my friend did something she hasn’t done in her two decades of living in London – she called herself a cab. She has always been principled, always trusted public services, to the extent of hauling her luggage on public transport on her trips to Europe.

This week’s Queens speech offered a view into our Prime Minister’s vision for a global, one nation United Kingdom that works for everyone with his optimism and true belief in our country. 

Last Thursday, the Government’s Domestic Abuse Bill passed its Second Reading in the Commons, meaning it is now one step closer to becoming law. 

Over the weekend members of the Labour Party have pledged to abolish OFSTED, the regulatory body in charge of overseeing school standards, abolish private schools, and to seize and “redistribute” investments and properties held by private schools.