UNELECTED monarch Elizabeth Windsor trumpeted plans yesterday to impose a 50 per cent turnout hurdle on strike ballots — on behalf of a Tory government backed by less than quarter of Britain. Attacks on trade unions would be among the Tories’ top priorities, she revealed amid the pomp and ceremony of the Queen’s Speech.Plans to introduce the Trade Union Bill were on the first of her government-penned three-page speech.

She announced: “My government will bring forward legislation to reform trade unions and protect essential public services against strikes.”

On top of the 50 per cent turnout threshold, the Bill will include further barriers in essential services such as health, education, fire and transport.