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    Il rinnovamento del Parlamento potrebbe costare 40 miliardi di sterline e richiedere 61 anni

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    1. PoggleRebecca on

      Wouldn’t it be cheaper and easier to build something new for parliament and just turn this building into a museum? I get that it’s a historic building, but surely sometimes practicality has to come first?

    2. TheElectricCamel on

      That’s roughly on par with what we’re paying Mauritius to give them the Chagos islands

      Keep the shell of the building and modernise the interior

      Build a new parliament in the centre of the UK – Morecambe

    3. Cottonshopeburnfoot on

      How? Like, how? If this is the baseline estimation I dread to think how many billions and how many more decades it will actually take

    4. D0wnInAlbion on

      Surely it would be cheaper to just keep the clock tower and the Medieval bit and just replace the rest.

    6. Visa5e on

      Most of the costs are because its a listed building. But that can be fixed with an act of parliament. Just pass a law that de lists it, then everything becomes a lot cheaper.

      Then once its done just reverse the earlier decision.

    7. AnalThermometer on

      It’s a microcosm of how politicians have managed the country. Refusing to invest in infrastructure until the very last moment, hiding inside a remnant from the Victorian glory days, and refusing to do anything outside of London because that’s where the prestige is. They don’t need a palace. Move parliament to a utilitarian office block-style building in Birmingham as despite all the façade they are just glorified council workers at the end of the day.

    8. InsecureInscapist on

      Honestly should just build a brand new hemi cycle somewhere and turn Westminster into a museum

    10. Necessary-Product361 on

      Putting aside the cost, how the fuck would it take 61 years?!? Its not the sagrada familia. Like what would they be doing that takes 6 decades?

    11. Silver-Stuff-7798 on

      By the time they finish fixing it, I expect the Thames will have flooded the rest of Central London.

    12. tykeoldboy on

      £40 billion is a lot of money, even spread over 61 years. The amount is probably high because building companies will inflate the cost because this a a cash cow for them at the taxpayers expense. The palace of Westminster is grade 1 listed building but it still shouldn’t cost that much

    13. DXTRBeta on

      Old buildings, no longer fit for purpose.

      But the postcard industry lobby is powerful, so I guess moving parliament to new premises is out of the question.

    14. nacentaeons on

      Build a new parliament building in Manchester. Turn the Palace of Westminster into a museum.

    16. Different_Lychee_409 on

      I have no problem knocking down the Victorian Gothic bit and keeping the Palace of Westminster intact. Parliament can sit somewhere else whilst their new digs are being thrown up. There must be a sports centre / school hall somewhere they can use.

    17. WinHour4300 on

      Maybe we should just get rid of Parliament and democracy to save money, seems to be the direction of travel anyway. 

    18. Astriania on

      When you get to numbers like this the answer is obviously to build a new parliamentary facility and do a minimal renovation to make it safe as a museum space.

      As a bonus we could put that somewhere not-London so we could get a separation of political and commercial capitals, giving us two in demand cities with a strong identity rather than one overheated leech like we have now.

    19. takesthebiscuit on

      What a nonsense story! Get on and fix it

      It needs fixing this headline is the slower job that will cost more overall but less per year

      The other option is shorter but costs more per year

      It’s like putting it on the credit card vs paying it off faster

    20. FluidLock1999 on

      It’s one of the most iconic buildings in the world, made even more iconic since it’s a working building. Just like Windsor Castle is a living castle.

      61 years is absolutely ridiculous and most likely made to scare people off.

    21. SkepticalBelieverr on

      Sometimes you need to leave stuff in the past and move on

    22. cloudberri on

      Sell it to Trump!  Just don’t tell him it’s falling into the river.  

    23. No_Suit_9511 on

      61 years…

      The whole thing was built from scratch in less than half that time, and that was a project bedevilled by delays.

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