Why do we need this Westminster Parliament?
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The year is 2050.  This large Gothic building on the Thames was once a proud example of Great Britain's heritage but now it has fallen into ruin.

A central hall, divided by a long, cracked table, has benches on either side, all covered in mildewed, faded green leather.  At the end of the hall is a large throne, bulging with threadbare cushions (one of which has burst open to reveal a wad of antique pound notes).  The rain pours in through holes in the roof and forms puddles on the rotting carpet.  This building, once called The Houses Of Parliament, is dead.

The British people eventually lost patience...

Westminster parliament in the sunset

The reason it is dead is that the British people eventually lost patience with the greed and corruption exhibited by M.P.'s and they abolished the impotent institution.  They finally realised that all the country's laws were now made by the EU and were simply forwarded to Westminster in the form of orders to be followed without protest.

A better system was brought in: a group of Civil Servants checked the EU laws for spelling and grammar and then forwarded them on to County Councils, who put the laws into effect.  A few redundant M.P.'s were good enough to get jobs with the County Councils but the majority were last seen selling fish at Billingsgate.

The financial savings were colossal and Income Tax was reduced by nearly 5 pence in the pound.

My gripe is therefore simple: why do we continue to support and pay for this redundant Westminster Parliament?

By: Oracle2008


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Yvemaria, I aree with everything you have written,Bring in the Demolition Squad in and make it the into the Best Council Housing Estate.
Buckingham Palace could also be made into a Council Estate too,after all it doe's belong to Us the Public.
*Yolanda  11-Aug-2010 08:19

 
We don't really need a Great Big Building to House over 600 MPs DO WE?

If they were to Gut it out and make it into a Hotel it would be of Good Use,and perhaps?give the Ordinary People in London and surrounding Areas Job's.

Or if Westminister Council do not like the Sound of that how about making it into Affordable Homes for families that cannot pay Large Mortgages?
,Mr cameron doesn't want Council Tenants living in there Council Houses for Life,so Let's Make the Houses of Parliament into Homes for Kicked out Council Tenants,at least they would Benifit from it rather than living in Council Properties that {some of them} were Built in the 1919s and are never going to get anything done to them,Like my daughters House in Burnt Oak,Edgware.
*Yvemaria  10-Aug-2010 09:51

 
If we got rid of West Minister? The EU would take over and dictate to us and the valuable common law that we are used to would go and we would be under 90,000 new laws under the Lisbon treaty with Napolean way of thinking which would be far worse for the UK. We must not let the West Minister building go as one law we can hold on to, that is Magner Carter 61 Lawful Rebellion, once that goes you might as well hand your butt over for the police to have they way. It not West Minister we got to get rid of, it the ones that devaluing our rights to live our lives the way we want. So we must interpret that we must make sure West Minister is strong to keep the European Union at bay. I would like one day we could come together but not the procedures that taking place with EU and America behind close doors that taking our rights away.
*Warrior  05-Aug-2010 12:15

 
Who needs our Parliament? Just turn on the Parliamentary TV channel on Freeview and you would think you have turned on Dave TV: two stand up comics performing a ridiculous comedy duo. an Abbott and Costello, a Laurel and Hardy show, while a Parliamentary chamber full overpaid, bloated sheep look on. Just think of the cost of the show and all its expenses. You are paying for this nonsense, and all it is is Repeats. The real business is never touched upon.
*The Real Scum Show  24-Nov-2009 07:18

 
Gordon Brown's leaving present
__________________________

Gordon Brown decided to resign.

His colleagues decided to name a railway locomotive after him. So a civil servant went from Whitehall to the Railway Museum at York, to investigate the possibilities.

"They have a number of locomotives at the NRM without names," a consultant told the civil servant. "Mostly freight locomotives though."

"Not very fitting for a prime minister", said the official. "How about that big green one, over there?" he said, pointing to 4472.

"That's already got a name" said the consultant. It's called 'Flying Scotsman."

"Oh. Couldn't it be renamed?" asked the official. "This is a national museum after all, funded by the taxpayer."

"I suppose it might be considered" said the consultant.

"That's excellent", said Sir Humphrey, "So that's settled then... let's look at renaming 4472. But how much will it cost? We can't spend too much, given the expenses scandal."

"Well", said the consultant, "We could always just paint out the 'F'...".
*MikeP  11-Aug-2009 19:57

 
Let's have a vote. Who's worse? The Great Train Robbers or The government or The nation's bankers?

Who's worse? The Kray Brothers? The government or the nation's nankers?

Who deserves to be locked away forever?

Would Broadmoor suit any of them?
*Lock 'em up for 30 years at least  11-Aug-2009 18:43

 
Have we forgotten the crooked bankers? Are we so incensed with our corrupt MPs that we have forgotten that they only stole a few bob, and not the nation's heritage?

Forget the Pratt's proposal. We need 500 years of foreign domination to rid our country of its present Godless establishment. Oh Serbia how honest were you!
*How Guilty?  30-Jun-2009 00:35

 
We most definetely Need our westminster parliament because the only alternative is the european parliament.Vote for anybody in Uk parliamentary Elections and vote for nobody in European Elections.
*Mike Pratt  29-Jun-2009 17:16

 
Mugabe´s government is more honest. I didn´t imply that they are any better than your lot. They are a bunch of thieving self-interested conmen. Just like Westminster.

The difference is that nobody expected anything different there, whereas in a so-called Western democracy one has higher hopes.
*MikeP  02-Jun-2009 16:29

 
Mike P - Robert Mugabe's government is more honest? Really? Go live there then.
*dobbo996  02-Jun-2009 13:31

 
I have been to work today and you know what, I feel much better for it. I really feel like I have done my bit, I have contributed.

I would be feeling like I had let the side down and more importantly, myself if I ever began to think I'd not assisted the home secretary, Jacqui Smith and her husband Richard Timney to the lifestyle they so deserve.

If my humble and wretched contribution permits Richard only thirty seconds viewing of adult material on Pay Per View at his own home in Redditch then, my contributory efforts were not in vain.

What an honour it would be if Richard was to call upon me. I would be on all fours, be his human footstool whilst he viewed his favourite channels on his TV.

I have the honour to be your obedient servant.
*Baldrick  31-Mar-2009 11:59

 
There's no money or value left in Britain to pass onto our children or future generations. It has all been squandered. Britain is in debtors' prison, for at least the next 150 years. We don't make anything anymore. We have nothing left to sell. We have nothing left to offer the world of any value. Start learning to live off turnips.
*Tradesman's Exit  04-Jan-2009 09:52


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