A hashtag which seemingly promoted a protest outside Parliament was actually boosted by people sharply opposed to the demonstration.

It prompted dozens of headlines, external and was the top Twitter trend, external in the UK on Wednesday morning.

More than 30,000 messages were sent with the hashtag #DayofRage, external - a planned protest timed to coincide with the Queen's Speech and prompted, organisers say, by the Grenfell Tower disaster.

But the most influential people using the hashtag weren't left-wing protesters opposed to austerity and angry about the fire - in fact they were conservatives and others opposed to the march. Many accused the protesters of putting an unnecessary burden on police and emergency services.

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Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry says the "threadbare" Queen's Speech "reflects the fact that the government is barely in power".

There's no deal with the DUP so "we don't know how the government is going to stumble from day to day", she goes on.

Ms Thornberry says she's pleased Theresa May has "given up" on grammar schools, fox hunting and social care.

"But if she was really listening then she'd give up on the austerity agenda... people are fed up with this.

"What are they going to do about police numbers? There is nothing in the Queen's Speech about police numbers, public services, nothing at all."

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New Commons leader Andrea Leadsom says the government "will be wanting to reach out across Parliament to get consensus on the things we want to achieve".

She says it does still have "ambitious plans" - both on getting a good Brexit deal and on domestic matters, but she adds: "We will very much be a listening and consultative government."

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Dan Poulter, Conservative MP and practising doctor, tells The World at One the manifesto was "clearly a big mistake" and he is "pleased that there's been a rethink".

He says in the short term, the government will need to give more money to local authorities to help them through the current social care crisis.

And in the long term, he hopes real solutions can be found by building on the Dilnot proposals drawn up under David Cameron's government.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a charity funding research into social policy, says the "threadbare" speech leaves "injustices untouched and people’s prospects held back".

“Some action on energy costs and helping renters is encouraging, but on their own they fall far short of the bold domestic reforms we badly need to see," Campbell Robb, chief executive, says.

“We need a national mission to transform the prospects of our worst-off people and places. But instead we face a standstill generation in British politics and a wasted Parliament.

"Politicians of all parties now need to work together to take the country forward and address the issues that millions of people struggle with day-to-day.”

Director general of the British Chambers of Commerce Dr Adam Marshall says the government's Brexit bills on trade, customs and immigration "must minimise adjustment costs and maximise opportunities" as the UK leaves the EU.

“Importantly, many of the real, practical priorities for businesses across the UK can be delivered without new primary legislation. Ministers must inject real momentum and pace into the major infrastructure schemes that have already been agreed and announced.

"They must cut back on the stifling up-front costs that deter investment and risk-taking, and press ahead with an industrial strategy that helps places across the UK achieve their potential.

"This is an important moment for ministers to show that they are doing their day job, and delivering a stronger environment for growth here at home."

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The Queen's Speech included powers to build the second phase of the HS2 high-speed rail line - something welcomed the Railway Industry Association:

“However, we are concerned about the lack of commitment to Crossrail 2 and Norther Powerhouse Rail (or HS3).

"Rail infrastructure needs to be improved throughout the whole of the UK and major schemes like these provide wider benefits not just to those parts of the country they serve but also to the national economy; and they are essential to helping Britain become Brexit-ready in the years to come."

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We've never seen a Queen's Speech in recent years so shorn of pretty much all significant domestic legislation. Brexit dominates so much.

All of the standout, emblematic policies of the manifesto have gone or been shelved - grammar schools, social care, energy price cap.

That's partly because Theresa May lacks a majority to do those things, but it's also because of Brexit, which sits like a huge heffalump on top of this Parliament and risks squeezing out everything else.

Those eight Brexit bills present a huge challenge for Mrs May too - getting all eight through Parliament with no majority. The big question is whether defeat on any one of those would be tantamount to a vote of no confidence in her and her government.

Derek Cribb, chief executive of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, said:

Stephen Martin, Director General of the IoD said:

Oxford researchers warn that computational propaganda is a powerful tool against democracy.

In a quick huddle with the prime minister's official spokesman, reporters asked if the Salisbury Convention would still apply to the Conservative manifesto, despite significant chunks of it apparently being abandoned now.

What's the Salisbury Convention? Well, it's a constitutional convention under which the House of Lords will not vote down any government legislation promised in its election manifesto.

Political hacks seem shocked that the reply to their question wasn't definitive...