tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post6299851265071561459..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: New Year's Eve on the Terrace.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-21770196747675359212012-01-03T01:52:47.204+01:002012-01-03T01:52:47.204+01:00When I was very young I went on a school trip to L...When I was very young I went on a school trip to London and it included a visit to the Palace of Westminster. We had to write an essay on 'the mother of parliaments' and mine was about all the dinosaurs and beefeaters. It evidently left a shallow impression on me compared with the Tower and the Natural History Museum. I do remember the bell going off and all the MPs going to their next lesson, but the lady in charge (who they called the speaker presumably because she waffled on alot) smelt detol and wee. I'm sure it would make a wonderful hotel, and the granny clock is very impressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-29559512292376579152012-01-02T14:35:29.409+01:002012-01-02T14:35:29.409+01:00Always find it strange that many Conservatives wan...Always find it strange that many Conservatives want some form of privatisation / competition in the NHS. Yet when it comes to things such as the Army or Palaces / Parliament they cannot stand it.<br /><br />Personally I don't think there should be any commercialisation of Parliament - questions may arise why they went for this bank instead of another. <br /><br />Nevertheless, I wish you Glyn a good 2012. I really hope that we can all come together and make 2012 a great year (and prove the speculators wrong!). I ask you to do one thing: work with your colleagues to create jobs, and to give the millions of young people hope that one day- they will get a job (without the need to emigrate). <br /><br />That's it- no great Olympic games, not more powers to the Assembly, not electrifying railways - but plain and simple jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com