MPs To Move From Sinking Westminster?
Could MPs really consider ‘selling it to the Russians or Chinese’?
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Monday Miscellanea
More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.
Race Against Chime: Help Clean Up Big Ben
The famous Clock Tower needs some online polish.
Preview: Westminster Village Youth Fete, 11 May
A traditional English fete comes to the gardens next to the Houses of Parliament tomorrow, raising awareness of local youth organisations and offering old fashioned games and entertainment.
Hunger Striker Earns Meal Ticket
Image / Craig Richardson One of the two students who went on hunger strike during the Tamil protest outside Parliament last year has won a legal case against newspapers that claimed that he was secretly scoffing burgers. Parameswaran Subramanyam’s 23-day hunger strike, aimed at pressuring …
Government Plans Act Of Parliament To Evict Brian Haw
Photo / daredevil_81 Anti-war protestor and near-permanent fixture across from the Commons, Brian Haw, will be subject to another attempted eviction when the Government rushes through special laws to oust him, according to the Standard. Haw’s nine-year old encampment was left remarkably unscathed earlier this …
Tessa Jowell Appears On Google Maps
Tessa Jowell, the Labour MP and previous Olympic minister, is showing up as a location on Google Maps. The map positions her in in the eastern portion of the Palace of Westminster, a little ways south of the clock tower. She doesn’t show up at …
Electionist: The Tuesday After The Election Before
Last week, you may recall, Londonist rather hubristically predicted London’s election results. At the time we said we expected not to get everything right. This, it turned out, was our most accurate prediction of the day. Here’s what we predicted: …and here’s what actually happened:
The Wave Washes Up On Parliament
The climate didn’t help out — an early spot of sun switched mercilessly for wind and rain by mid-afternoon — but thousands of protestors (20,000 according to police, double that say organisers) assembled in Grosvenor Square yesterday to serve as drops in The Wave, which …
House Of Commons Christmas Tree Collapse
The lastest Westminster casualty isn’t some expense-happy MP forced to fall on his or her sword, but the Commons Christmas tree, which was knocked over by last night’s strong winds. The 50ft tree, which sits beside Big Ben’s clock tower, is being re-erected at this …
Parliament To Hold First Gay Wedding
Image / Craig Richardson The Houses of Parliament will next year take a major step into the modern world by hosting its first ever gay wedding. Under Pugin’s fixtures and fittings, Europe minister Chris Bryant and his fiancé Jared Cranney will have a civil partnership …
