£40bn to restore Parliament? Maybe Guy Fawkes had the right idea… Opinion The reported £40bn cost of refurbishing the Palace of Westminster is not a serious proposal – it’s a distraction designed to outrage, writes James Ford We are all familiar with the Goldilocks principle of restaurant wine lists. Every wine list is part marketing ploy, part social gauntlet and pure psychological trickery. It is designed to [...]
If MPs can’t fix the Palace of Westminster, how will they fix Britain? Opinion The Palace of Westminster is a perfect mentonym for the state of Britain. It’s recognised and envied the world over. It’s both ceremonial and functional, ancient and modern. Like our democracy, it’s beautiful, but it’s also broken, infested with pests and at imminent risk of immolation in a ball of fire. Yet our entire political [...]
Westminster is broken – literally Emma Revell Welcome to parliament new MPs – now please vote to kick yourselves out so the building can be restored, before it’s too late, writes Emma Revell Labour are making a lot of noise about the mess they’ve inherited from the Tories. But there’s one issue that’s messier than almost any other, and where tough decisions [...]
