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In the British Parliament, there are lines which separate the MPs on the two sides. These lines are a bit more than two swordlengths apart, to prevent them from
by semi-extrinsic 10y ago
In the British Parliament, there are lines which separate the MPs on the two sides. These lines are a bit more than two swordlengths apart, to prevent them from stabbing each other.
- thomasahle 10y agoWouldn't it be enough to have them just a bit more than one sword length apart? I suppose that's part of the reason for the London housing crisis.
- keithpeter 10y agoAnd the Speaker has a nice big heavy club just in case... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/82544.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/82544.stm
- dazzawazza 10y agoThis is regarded as a bit of a myth. Search for swords in this official PDF https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/HoC-Chamber.pdf https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-offi.... MPs have never been able to carry weapons in to the chamber so if it was a rule it's a bit silly (which doesn't mean it's not true given how silly the rest of the UK democracy is).
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoThey do still, to this day, have a loop on the cloakroom for hanging their swords on though so it's not totally out of character.