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SMEs key to Westminster revamp

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  1. How can it take 6 years to design & procure ? How can it take 6 years to implement ? Somebody is trying to make a career out of this. What is the point of putting modern facilities into a skeleton that has almost crumbled away and which will, notwithstanding the imminently proposed facade repairs, continue crumbling as soon as the contractors have walked away. Notwithstanding its iconic image, the Palace of Westminster is a Gothic Revival mess. We should knock it down and replace it with a modern fit for purpose building with a facade designed to last 500 years. By all means continue with the current image on sauce bottles thereafter.

  2. Parliament should take this once in several generations opportunity to completely redevelop the entire site, whilst simultaneously embarking upon a program of constitutional reform. Move on, but do not discard the lessons so hard won. Remember the victories, and the atrocities, without being slavishly tied to the past.
    Capture it all digitally, make the data available to the public as a national archive, and rebuild it fit for purpose, reflecting the true cosmopolitan, dynamic and forward thinking nation that the United Kingdom should be.
    The project could serve as a testament to the skill, ingenuity and creativity of the people of the UK (and Ireland).
    Open up the redevelopment as an international design competition, much like how Tower Bridge began. Perhaps a reimagining of Big Ben, by Thomas Heatherwick for example? The possibilities are too enormous to ignore!

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