Member

A rich aroma of feudal and patriarchal privilege pervades all aspects of this venerable institution. In the context of restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster, I have argued that to improve accessibility we should remove much of the iconography that surrounds us and replace it with something more representative and inspiring. We legislate between the Magna Carta knights in a temple to the Victorian gothic that celebrates a predominantly white, male power structure instigated by Norman and Plantagenet forebears and venerated by the misogynistic empire builders of the 19th century.