The throne speech followed by a confidence vote happens at the opening of every new session of parliament. There wasn't some conspiracy between the parties to hold a confidence vote and have it fail. They have this vote every year. It's only newsworthy this year because it's a minority government, meaning there was a chance the confidence vote could fail.

The throne speech followed by a confidence vote happens at the opening of every new session of parliament. There wasn't some conspiracy between the parties to hold a confidence vote and have it fail. They have this vote every year.

The throne speech followed by a confidence vote happens at the opening of every new session of parliament. There wasn't some conspiracy between the parties to hold a confidence vote and have it fail. They have this vote every year.

• Throne speech 2019

The throne speech followed by a confidence vote happens every year at the opening of the new session of parliament.