Plaid Cymru have made the lack of a UK government response to the first Silk report the focus of their oppositionto the Queen's Speech and say they will push their amendment to a vote tonight in a device designed to highlight Labour divisions over the assembly's powers.
At least during the new government's first three months, when it will push through its main economic measures, the opposition will be in no shape to resist, argues Jose Luis Machinea, Mr de la Rua's likely economy minister, who ran the central bank under Mr Alfonsin .