COMMENT: From Mother To Mausoleum

Has Parliament interred the body politic in a tomb of grandiose vanity?
After a recent work trip to the House of Lords (his very first), Mark Cantrell was left wondering if the Mother of Parliaments isn't more like a museum or a mausoleum dedicated to a bygone age, rather than a living legislature standing up to the challenges of a modern world

 AFTER the armed guards at the gate it was easy, or so I thought. I hadn't counted on the security checkpoint inside; the mugshot it scanned for...