Parliament restoration plan could cost up to £5.7bn

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33184160

Parliament restoration plan could cost up to £5.7bn

Major restoration of the Houses of Parliament without moving MPs and peers out would cost £5.7bn and take 32 years, a report says.

If MP and peers were moved out for six years, the cost would drop to £3.5bn, an independent report has said.

The 150-year-old Grade I listed building is partly sinking, contains asbestos and has outdated cabling.

(continued, cheaper to demolish and use portacbins?))

[Svartalf]

portapotties given what takes place inside

[Forty Two]

They should hire Guy Fawkes. He'd do it for much less.

[Svartalf]

that's the demolition side, then there's the whole rebuilding to take into account

[cronus]

Recoup costs by halving the size of Parliament. A smaller rebuild. A smaller state starts at the top.

[Svartalf]

samaller paliament means smaller representation for the citizenry

[cronus]

samaller paliament means smaller representation for the citizenry

Most people don't deserve representation. So long as I get some what do I care happens to losers in the new utopia?

[Svartalf]

I can't get any even with the currently bloated system, I won't recommend a slimming regimen

[Forty Two]

that's the demolition side, then there's the whole rebuilding to take into account

One man's demolition is another man's construction of a pile.

[Forty Two]

samaller paliament means smaller representation for the citizenry

Each citizen should be his own MP.

[Svartalf]

That's ideal, but hardly practical, Athenian democracy is not built for large populations or people who have to work for a living.

[Forty Two]

O.k., then. Anarchy in the UK?

[Svartalf]

Why not, let's start by hanging all politicians

[JimC]

Parliament should move to Scunthorpe.

[Hermit]

samaller paliament means smaller representation for the citizenry

Parliaments representing the citizenry? How did I miss that innovation?