Its Gothic-revival artworks are decaying: in the Lords chamber, the once-golden sculptures of the barons who signed the Magna Carta are now dull grey, pitted and corroded. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster. Screeds of further studies, papers and parliamentary inquiries have warned, bleakly, of a “looming crisis”, of a “tale of decay, disrepair and dilapidation”. Among them is Sarah Childs, who, as a visiting academic to parliament, published The Good Parliament report last year. The House of Commons chamber was stuffy and, on occasion, downright smelly.

Source: The Guardian December 01, 2017 05:48 UTC