Who is trying to buy Britain?
This comes from Charlie Stross' site , but that site is crashing under heavy load, so I've reposted it here. Did somebody just try to buy the British government? By Charlie Stross ( Hat tip to [REDACTED] over on LJ for spotting this one ... ) ( DUE TO THE HEAVY LOAD WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING, I'm going to disable comments for a couple of hours. Normal service will be resumed as and when the load drops below 50,000 readers/hour — cs. ) Hansard is the official printed transcript of the proceedings of the houses of parliament — in other words, the working log of the British government. It is an authoritative primary source, and records every speech made in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Interestingly, it also records words spoken under parliamentary privilege . So when an eminent member of the House of Lords stands up six hours into a debate and blows the gaff on a shadowy fore...