MPs meet to stop Big Ben's tilt from getting worse

Architecture and its monuments belong to arts and culture.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16677456

A committee of MPs is to investigate how to ensure Parliament's Clock Tower - better known as Big Ben - can be prevented from tilting further, after surveyors found it was leaning.
The Palace of Westminster, built during the 19th Century, is also suffering from cracking.
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During their meeting the MPs are expected to discuss a proposal to sell the Palace of Westminster and move into new offices, although this is thought to be highly unlikely to happen.

Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower.

The tilt is tiny and normal for a building of that height and age. There is no reason to suppose that it is getting worse or that any action is needed. So this MP's meeting is approximately as useful as other MP meetings. At least the chance of them inflicting damage on the country while they're pondering tower inclination is reduced. Just imagine, they could be in a meeting discussing more money for asylum seekers or more centralised control of curriculum.

Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower.

The tilt is tiny and normal for a building of that height and age. There is no reason to suppose that it is getting worse or that any action is needed. So this MP's meeting is approximately as useful as other MP meetings. At least the chance of them inflicting damage on the country while they're pondering tower inclination is reduced. Just imagine, they could be in a meeting discussing more money for asylum seekers or more centralised control of curriculum.

There is nothing better than the meetings to correct the defective building foundations. At least, nothing better is known.
And as for the centralized curriculum control - one could honestly argue both sides of it. In the good hands it used to produce decent education [say, who could fault the gymnasiums of Bismarckian Germany for delivering bad quality output?]

Well, it appears they have the inclination as well as the time.

They have a 14th century church of S. Stephano in Venice, Italy - its bell tower is seriously leaning. I have some photos [not digitized], but there is one I found on the web:

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Well, it appears they have the inclination as well as the time.

Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower.

I dunno, that's not what Roger Miller tells me.

Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower.

I dunno, that's not what Roger Miller tells me.

Different Tower. However Bobbies do ride their bicycles between the two, by two.

Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower.

I dunno, that's not what Roger Miller tells me.

Different Tower. However Bobbies do ride their bicycles between the two, by two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRK0N4AHs4s

Well, it appears they have the inclination as well as the time.

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