Das Parlament wird „von Ratten und Mäusen überrannt“, sagt ein Londoner Abgeordneter vor einer 40-Milliarden-Pfund-Umgestaltung
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/parliament-london-mp-ps40bn-revamp-b1269830.html
Von tylerthe-theatre
Das Parlament wird „von Ratten und Mäusen überrannt“, sagt ein Londoner Abgeordneter vor einer 40-Milliarden-Pfund-Umgestaltung
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/parliament-london-mp-ps40bn-revamp-b1269830.html
Von tylerthe-theatre
29 Kommentare
I had to read the article to make sure your title was correct. Forty BILLION……. BILLION. What in the name of fucking Christ.
That the cost would be eyewatering has been known for quite a while
Presumably some good hunter cats is the solution to the vermin
Left out of the headline is that the renovation is going to take *61 years* because the government refuse to move somewhere else for ~10 years to allow a (cheaper) renovation.
i’m sure the tendering process will be completely above board
Yeah, it’s true, and I’ve heard it has a rodent problem, too.
_Parliament is overrun by rats and mice_
That’s just the MPs.
„Overrun by rats“
Yea theyre called the Tories, not sure if you’ve heard of them
Can’t they just get a few cats from RSPCA or Cat Protection? It would defo be a good deed to give a few cats a home.
Parliament is over run with vermin. Tell us something we don’t know.
Just start the work for gods sake is not like it’s going to magically get cheaper, easier or quicker to do
We know parliament is over run with rats, but I don’t see how it costs 40 billion to kick out all those politicians
well yes its infested with rats, there are also some actual rodents
that £40B will be a 2026 money value figure (so excluding inflation), excluding risk and uncertainty, and likely also excluding VAT and other taxes
Well yes, both chambers are indeed overrun with vermin…
There are over 600 rats in the chamber alone, they can typically be found sitting there in plain site at prime minister’s questions
Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to blow it up Guy Fawkes style?
Surely an online Parliament wouldnt cost that sum – you know, one that was transparent and cost effective, and dare I say it, world leading.
Parliament will burn down before anyone makes a decision on this. Its another one that can’t be won one way or the other.
I’m sorry, 40 fucking billion?
The fucking channel tunnel only cost 9 billion in todays money.
The The Gorges Dam was cheaper
Well, that describes all the MPs perfectly I think
Let’s build a new building or parliament campus(basic housing and transport links) outside of London.
Turn the old building into a museum or something.
I just read that the fricking international space station cost $150 billion. How is this going to cost £40 billion! Get fucked you money grabbing wankers!
It’s entirely falling apart, and not at all fit for purpose. You just need to watch a debate and vote for a three line whip bill to see that the chamber is too small (it only seats 427 people) and that the lobby voting system is ridiculously inefficient.
The best option would be to build a modern parliament building from scratch, and then to renovate the HoP and turn it into a museum. Doing it that way also means that, if we wanted, the HoP could still be used for things like the Kings Speech to maintain its traditional pageantry.
I guess this is the commoner version of ‚the peasants are revolting‘ – ‚I know‘
Build somewhere new and modern. Blocks of 2-3 bed flats for MPs and staff, no more second home payments. Canteen on-site with basic meal allowance, no alcohol.
This is not a serious country. I like preserving old and important buildings/monuments etc. I do, but at that level of cost the sensible thing is just knock it down. And before anyone starts getting aghast and going about it being listed etc., all I can say is that I really don’t care – it’s dreadful as a parliament building to begin with, and to put it on life support for decades only for it to emerge as largely the same thing, all the whilst bleeding the nation dry thought our grandkids lifetime is insane.
Build an actual 21st century building somewhere for a fraction of that cost that features all mod cons and can actually fit all of the MPs in it, and sell off the building and land. We shouldn’t be nostalgic just for nostalgia’s sake, we should be doing things that make sense for national progression and not painfully clinging onto the 1800s because we were a country that could swing it’s dick back then.
Build an actual modern building somewhere else and have this as a tourist trap.
Why don’t we just build a new modern parliment somewhere else and leave the Palace of Westminster as a tourist attraction and world heritiage site? It would be substantially cheaper and open up options for shifting policitians away from London. Not to mention that trying to run a modern country out of a building older than London’s sewer system might not be too efficient.
Or do MPs really need the ego boost of working out of a 200 year old Palance with a river view?
Canada is also revamping their houses of parliament, which are similiar in style to ours. They are spending £3 billion, to be completed by 2030.
Maybe our MPs are being a tad indulgent?
I mean, shouldn’t this be something the public votes on?