Winston Churchill: “Noi plasmiamo i nostri edifici e poi sono loro a plasmarci“
British House of Commons 1834
In the debate on rebuilding the bombed House of Commons held in 1943, the wartime parliament agreed overwhelmingly with the prime minister that their chamber should be rebuilt exactly the same shape and size as the old.
It was in this debate that Winston Churchill stated the great truth, that “we shape our
House of Commons before WWII
buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us” and argued that the new chamber “should not be big enough to contain all its members at once without overcrowding and that there should be no question of every member having a separate seat…
Bombed House of Commons
We attach immense importance to the survival of parliamentary democracy. In this country it is one of our war aims.
We wish to see our parliament a strong, easy, flexible instrument of free debate. For this purpose a small chamber and a sense of intimacy are indispensable.”
British House of Commons today
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François Fillon, Primo Ministro francese
Le Monde, pag 10, 14.2.2012
Fillon risponde a una domanda sulle difficoltà dei partiti minori nel raccogliere le firme necessarie per potersi presentare alle presidenziali (in Francia si raccolgono le firme dei sindaci).
Incoraggerete i sindaci a firmare per lei (Marine Le Pen)?
Non ho consigli da dare. Bisogna aprire il dibattito per la prossima volta? Perché no. Ma è inimmaginabile cambiare le regole del gioco alla vigilia delle elezioni o propendere per l’anonimato. Sarebbe una regressione democratica inaccettabile.
