Comments | pozorvlak: Room at the inn

pozorvlak

Room at the inn

Apr 07, 2009 08:46

The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith MP, is currently on the radio arguing that she shouldn't have to resign over a £10 expense claim for porn films for her husband. In my view, she's quite correct: she shouldn't have to resign over such a trivial thing. She should be beheaded and have her head impaled on a spike on Westminster Bridge for her ( Read more... )

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susannahf April 7 2009, 08:33:10 UTC

Nope. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

the_barlow April 7 2009, 08:33:13 UTC

There are some fine old Peabody Trust estates around that part of town. I'm sure some of the residents would happily make space for the MPs, in exchange for a slight increase on their own housing benefits no doubt! :D

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taimatsu April 7 2009, 08:38:08 UTC

his occurred to me yesterday, though I hadn't realised they wouldn't need a personal 'home office' space. Your plan works if their usual offices are available 24/7.

pozorvlak April 7 2009, 09:05:54 UTC

The Palace of Westminster's open 24/7, so presumably their offices are too. I can see that it would be convenient to have a home office too, but how much space do they actually need? I'd be happy to throw a desk in there too :-)

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pozorvlak April 7 2009, 09:03:45 UTC

If you read the Paul Flynn article, you'll see that he didn't use his kitchen in seven years of living in a flat!

necaris April 7 2009, 09:04:39 UTC

And for "security" the flats would be CCTV monitored, and there could be occasional runs of "MP Big Brother" for maximum transparency *and* accountability :-)

ext_5743 April 7 2009, 09:57:20 UTC

Even better, why not just buy a second-hand cruise liner or prison ship, moor it next to the Palace of Westmister and turn it into accomodation for MPs...

totherme April 7 2009, 12:53:47 UTC

Or they could take a leaf out of the BBC's book, and move westminster to the North.

Cheaper accommodation, stimulate the ecconomy, all that sort of thing.

They could even make the commons a touring event, like in The Merlin Conspiracy.

New wormcan ext_5743 April 7 2009, 14:56:05 UTC

Of course, there's something to be said for a proper Federal UK, with a federal parliament in a capital outside London. Since the geographic centre of the UK is in Lancashire, how about making Preston the new federal capital?

Re: New wormcan susannahf April 7 2009, 15:02:30 UTC

Speaking as someone who comes from nearby, I would answer that question with "Because it's a dump". There are pretty bits nearby though, and the housing is cheap and plentiful.
Seriously, they invented motorways so that people could avoid Preston ;)

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