Moving the Senate - A perceptive transfer

MOVING the Senate to a our Natural History Museum opens a rich seam for anyone who fancies themselves as a wit but the reality is that it is one of the most perceptive initiatives this generation of politicians have come up with.

A cross between a rest home, a gentleman’s debating club and a proving ground for thrusting young politicians, the Senate has little or no relevance to day-to-day life in this country.

No matter how loudly the gentlemen and ladies of our second house squeal they remain members of an ineffectual anachronism and the only regrettable things about the move is that it is temporary and the intrusion it makes on one of the finer cultural institutions of our capital.