No babies allowed in Commons, MP Stella Creasy told

[Dextrous]

@Morticia

Don’t be pedantic … the site is old, as old as the Normans. It needed rebuilding after a fire that’s all

Mystery to me why government buildings need to be so close to the centre of the capitol anymore.

[Omah]

@Bruce

BTW it is not ancient it was built in the mid 19th Century, I don’t know why people get the idea it is very old because it is not. It it is only 75 years older than our “Old” Parliament House

Before that, you had nothing - Australia was just a collection of British colonies.

[Omah]

@Morticia

@Bruce

BTW it is not ancient it was built in the mid 19th Century, I don’t know why people get the idea it is very old because it is not. It it is only 75 years older than our “Old” Parliament House

Don’t be pedantic … the site is old, as old as the Normans. It needed rebuilding after a fire that’s all.

… and Westminster Hall (erected in 1097 by King William II) is 924 years old, having survived the fire …

[Psmith]

There was an interesting TV show here where we found out that:
“Parliament House was opened in Canberra in 1927, there were no women’s toilets in the building. Even though Australia was the first country in the world in which women could both vote and run for parliament, no one thought they would ever make it to Canberra.” The first woman MP had to go home.
I wonder if it was the same at Westminster ?

[Dextrous]

@Psmith

I wonder if it was the same at Westminster

Am sure we all recall the spitting image sketch with Mrs T using the urinals in the gents.

[Omah]

@Dextrous

@Psmith

I wonder if it was the same at Westminster

Am sure we all recall the spitting image sketch with Mrs T using the urinals in the gents.

Not me …

[Omah]

@Psmith

I don’t know how long she was going to talk but I’m sure the infant could have waited to be fed somewhere more appropriate.

@Bruce

You’re obviously not familiar with the needs of a baby, they don’t wait for anything.

@Morticia

Exactly! They’re small portable milk converter to manure factories which is why it’s not the best place to have a baby,

Made me laugh …

[Bruce]

@Morticia

Don’t be pedantic … the site is old, as old as the Normans. It needed rebuilding after a fire that’s all.

The site probably goes back many millennia but that is hardly the point. it is not being pedantic to point out that the Palace of Westminster is not ancient as claimed but merely less than 200 years old.

[Bruce]

@Morticia

Exactly! They’re small portable milk converter to manure factories which is why it’s not the best place to have a baby,

I suspect she had the baby in a hospital somewhere I don’t think the Parliament offers birthing facilities.

[Omah]

@Bruce

@Morticia

Don’t be pedantic … the site is old, as old as the Normans. It needed rebuilding after a fire that’s all.

The site probably goes back many millennia but that is hardly the point. it is not being pedantic to point out that the House of Commons (as the subject of this thread) is not ancient as claimed but not even 200 years old.

It’s got a long history, though - your parliament hasn’t:

House of Commons of England

The division of the Parliament of England into two houses occurred during the reign of Edward III: in 1341 the Commons met separately from the nobility and clergy for the first time, creating in effect an Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber, with the knights and burgesses sitting in the latter. They formed what became known as the House of Commons, while the clergy and nobility became the House of Lords.

[Bruce]

@Omah

@Bruce

BTW it is not ancient it was built in the mid 19th Century, I don’t know why people get the idea it is very old because it is not. It it is only 75 years older than our “Old” Parliament House

Before that, you had nothing - Australia was just a collection of British colonies.

Ha ha. How wrong can you be? Yes, even colonies need government. The NSW Parliament House and Government House are both older than your Johnny come lately Parliament building.

The Parliament House was originally a public hospital (the Rum Hospital I think - built by Governor Bligh - Captain Bligh to you) Built in the very early 1800s and occupied by the Legislative council before your Parliament even burned down.

Next please…

[Bruce]

Correction - it was Governor Macquarie not Governor Bligh - I should have guessed - it is on Macquarie St

[Omah]

@Bruce

@Omah

@Bruce

BTW it is not ancient it was built in the mid 19th Century, I don’t know why people get the idea it is very old because it is not. It it is only 75 years older than our “Old” Parliament House

Before that, you had nothing - Australia was just a collection of British colonies.

Ha ha. How wrong can you be? Yes, even colonies need government. The NSW Parliament House and Government House are both older than your Johnny come lately Parliament building.

The Parliament House was originally a public hospital (the Rum Hospital I think - built by Governor Bligh - Captain Bligh to you) Built in the very early 1800s and occupied by the Legislative council before your Parliament even burned down.

Next please…

Colonial architecture - how quaint …

Still, it would have impressed the locals …

[SilverTabby]

@Bruce

You’re obviously not familiar with the needs of a baby, they don’t wait for anything.

They do if you establish a proper routine from day one.

[Bruce]

@Omah

It’s got a long history, though - your parliament hasn’t:

That’s true but then we are a democracy which is more than the UK Parliament can claim, so perhaps a long history doesn’t count for much.

[Morticia]

@Bruce

Ha ha. How wrong can you be? Yes, even colonies need government. The NSW Parliament House and Government House are both older than your Johnny come lately Parliament building.

The Parliament House was originally a public hospital (the Rum Hospital I think - built by Governor Bligh - Captain Bligh to you) Built in the very early 1800s and occupied by the Legislative council before your Parliament even burned down.

Next please…

Yes …yes, I believe you …so when are you going to hand it back to the indigenous aborigines. Undo all the wrong of the dirty Brits and reburnish your halo.

[Bruce]

@Morticia

Yes …yes, I believe you …so when are you going to hand it back to the indigenous aborigines. Undo all the wrong of the dirty Brits and reburnish your halo.

What a really stupid pointless post.

[Morticia]

Ah … but you replied to it didn’t you.