Move parliament out of London?
Discussion
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
I would however enjoy watching the debate - they all love the fact they can enjoy London at our expense and frankly the thought of them dossing in Wolverhampton or similar is a lovely warming thought.
It would save a fortune on the 2nd home allowance. A couple of tower blocks set aside in Heath Town, job's a good'un.Why, in the age of Skype, Facetime, Google Hangouts and all the rest of it do we have to ship MPs all the way across the country in order for them all to be physically in the same place to have a debate and vote on the outcome?
I think we can draw on the experience of the Galactic Republic here - as you'll recall, they conducted parliamentary business in a gishaggingnormous amphitheatre, requiring lots of tedious commuting across hundreds of light years by the delegates, with the speaker poncing about in a floating lectern...and it all ended very, very badly.
Contrast this with the average Jedi Council meeting - generally done using (slightly wobbly, I grant you) telepresence for at least half of the members. A far more efficient means of doing business, I think you'll agree.
(waves hand)
As I'm sure you'll agree.
I think we can draw on the experience of the Galactic Republic here - as you'll recall, they conducted parliamentary business in a gishaggingnormous amphitheatre, requiring lots of tedious commuting across hundreds of light years by the delegates, with the speaker poncing about in a floating lectern...and it all ended very, very badly.
Contrast this with the average Jedi Council meeting - generally done using (slightly wobbly, I grant you) telepresence for at least half of the members. A far more efficient means of doing business, I think you'll agree.
(waves hand)
As I'm sure you'll agree.
eharding said:
Why, in the age of Skype, Facetime, Google Hangouts and all the rest of it do we have to ship MPs all the way across the country in order for them all to be physically in the same place to have a debate and vote on the outcome?
I think we can draw on the experience of the Galactic Republic here - as you'll recall, they conducted parliamentary business in a gishaggingnormous amphitheatre, requiring lots of tedious commuting across hundreds of light years by the delegates, with the speaker poncing about in a floating lectern...and it all ended very, very badly.
Contrast this with the average Jedi Council meeting - generally done using (slightly wobbly, I grant you) telepresence for at least half of the members. A far more efficient means of doing business, I think you'll agree.
(waves hand)
As I'm sure you'll agree.
Did you telepost that from your mum's basement?I think we can draw on the experience of the Galactic Republic here - as you'll recall, they conducted parliamentary business in a gishaggingnormous amphitheatre, requiring lots of tedious commuting across hundreds of light years by the delegates, with the speaker poncing about in a floating lectern...and it all ended very, very badly.
Contrast this with the average Jedi Council meeting - generally done using (slightly wobbly, I grant you) telepresence for at least half of the members. A far more efficient means of doing business, I think you'll agree.
(waves hand)
As I'm sure you'll agree.
Justayellowbadge said:
eharding said:
Why, in the age of Skype, Facetime, Google Hangouts and all the rest of it do we have to ship MPs all the way across the country in order for them all to be physically in the same place to have a debate and vote on the outcome?
I think we can draw on the experience of the Galactic Republic here - as you'll recall, they conducted parliamentary business in a gishaggingnormous amphitheatre, requiring lots of tedious commuting across hundreds of light years by the delegates, with the speaker poncing about in a floating lectern...and it all ended very, very badly.
Contrast this with the average Jedi Council meeting - generally done using (slightly wobbly, I grant you) telepresence for at least half of the members. A far more efficient means of doing business, I think you'll agree.
(waves hand)
As I'm sure you'll agree.
Did you telepost that from your mum's basement?I think we can draw on the experience of the Galactic Republic here - as you'll recall, they conducted parliamentary business in a gishaggingnormous amphitheatre, requiring lots of tedious commuting across hundreds of light years by the delegates, with the speaker poncing about in a floating lectern...and it all ended very, very badly.
Contrast this with the average Jedi Council meeting - generally done using (slightly wobbly, I grant you) telepresence for at least half of the members. A far more efficient means of doing business, I think you'll agree.
(waves hand)
As I'm sure you'll agree.
(waves hand again)
(waves other hand)
Bugger. Toydarian moderators. I hate it when that happens.
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Worked well for Australia. Canberra is a wonderfully characteristic city.
Not.
I would however enjoy watching the debate - they all love the fact they can enjoy London at our expense and frankly the thought of them dossing in Wolverhampton or similar is a lovely warming thought.
Its not meant to be disneyworld. Whats being charismatic (i assume thats the more accurate word) got to do with it? The man is talking about costs and feasibility.Not.
I would however enjoy watching the debate - they all love the fact they can enjoy London at our expense and frankly the thought of them dossing in Wolverhampton or similar is a lovely warming thought.
Eric Mc said:
Winchester - where it used to be.
Or Colchester - if you count Roman rule which if you do, you can also consider Chelmsford.Parliament isn't just 600 MPs having a chin wag, it's the entire machine that governs, guides and keeps the country running (in theory). Something like 30% of London's workforce work directly for government departments where pretty much all of them are headquartered and many more private sector businesses provide goods and services to these departments.
You have the House of Lords which has to be close to the centre of the UK's legal system (Holborn) and of course the city remains the financial hub of the country.
If one was inventing the United Kingdom today, you would of course stick parliament in somewhere like Birmingham. As it is, 70% of the British population lives within 1 hour of London so to move it now would a gigantic waste of effort and money.
Justayellowbadge said:
London is far from the population centre?
London is the population centre, you mildly academically gifted monkey.
Thank you Justayellowbadge for your helpful feedback. For your information, and education,the centre of population (or population centre) of a region is a geographical point that describes a centrepoint of the region's population.London is the population centre, you mildly academically gifted monkey.
According to Professor Daniel Dorling of the University of Leeds, Appleby Parva in Leicestershire is the country's centre of population - at least at the moment. He has been plotting the weighted average population of every district in Britain, and with more people than ever living in the south, the centre has been moving towards Appleby for some time.
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