Photo by Richard Pohle – WPA Pool/Getty Images In normal circumstances, the state opening of parliament would be a blockbuster event in the political calendar. But these are not normal circumstances. The King’s Speech provided the government with a moment of calm in a week in which the Prime Minister looked under more peril than ever. By Tuesday evening (12 May) almost 90 MPs had called on him to resign, including four junior ministers. Buckingham Palace had even reportedly asked No 10 if they would like to delay, owing to events. But the King’s Speech went on, giving Keir Starmer’s government the opportunity to lay out the policy agenda it intends to pursue in this next, newly opened session of parliament. Sitting on his throne in the House of Lords, King Charles began his third King’s Speech (his second under Starmer’s leadership) by warning of a “dangerous and volatile world”.…