arabianights
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My afternoon today
10:30ish: Notice that Speaker is going to resign
10:31-12ish: Dither. Also trade a bit, but that's not as exciting as rail journeys!
12:01: Look at P&L, decide just about acceptable, and reckon will go to houses of commons to see speaker resign
12:05: Board first train at Moorgate
12:08: Notice train is not Circle line, but District line. Catch next train at Liverpool Street
12:10: Notice train is not Circle line, but Metropolitan line. Catch next train at Aldgate
12:30ish: Arrive at Palace of Westminster, and locate entrance. Told entrances to viewing gallery start at 1:30 for admission to gallery at 2:30.
12:33: Walk to Trafalgar Square to buy book for something to do. Get "For whom the bell tolls" just in case interviewed by TV, because visual puns are in this season.
13:00ish: Start queuing. Third in the queue behind two poles (who I cunningly overtake a bit later). Read first two pages in book, decide Hemingway's even more tldr than trader_dante.
13:40ish: Get inside St Wotzit's Hall, find some other folks are mysteriously there first.
13:45ish: Invited on free guide to question time, apparently best chance of actually getting in. Quite good actually, the only part of this afternoon I didn't feel like a strong drink. Also got lots of documents with which to mess desk up more (always a bonus). Will read them after I get around to Bagehot, which is approximately never I suspect.
14:30: Not possible to go into gallery in time without a ticket bought in advance unfortunately. Catch a glimpse of speaker walking past.
15:15: Decide that the only thing more boring than sitting in queue is what I am about to face, i.e. Questioning of David Milliband. Bail just in time.
15:25: Get on District Line train...
10:30ish: Notice that Speaker is going to resign
10:31-12ish: Dither. Also trade a bit, but that's not as exciting as rail journeys!
12:01: Look at P&L, decide just about acceptable, and reckon will go to houses of commons to see speaker resign
12:05: Board first train at Moorgate
12:08: Notice train is not Circle line, but District line. Catch next train at Liverpool Street
12:10: Notice train is not Circle line, but Metropolitan line. Catch next train at Aldgate
12:30ish: Arrive at Palace of Westminster, and locate entrance. Told entrances to viewing gallery start at 1:30 for admission to gallery at 2:30.
12:33: Walk to Trafalgar Square to buy book for something to do. Get "For whom the bell tolls" just in case interviewed by TV, because visual puns are in this season.
13:00ish: Start queuing. Third in the queue behind two poles (who I cunningly overtake a bit later). Read first two pages in book, decide Hemingway's even more tldr than trader_dante.
13:40ish: Get inside St Wotzit's Hall, find some other folks are mysteriously there first.
13:45ish: Invited on free guide to question time, apparently best chance of actually getting in. Quite good actually, the only part of this afternoon I didn't feel like a strong drink. Also got lots of documents with which to mess desk up more (always a bonus). Will read them after I get around to Bagehot, which is approximately never I suspect.
14:30: Not possible to go into gallery in time without a ticket bought in advance unfortunately. Catch a glimpse of speaker walking past.
15:15: Decide that the only thing more boring than sitting in queue is what I am about to face, i.e. Questioning of David Milliband. Bail just in time.
15:25: Get on District Line train...