{"id":29573,"date":"2019-10-01T20:06:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firdevstalkturkey.com\/?p=29573"},"modified":"2019-10-01T20:06:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:06:53","slug":"toxic-divisions-in-britain-is-pushing-scotland-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firdevstalkturkey.com\/toxic-divisions-in-britain-is-pushing-scotland-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic divisions in Britain is pushing Scotland away"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/strong><\/p>\n Britain\u2019s adversarial political system with its customary gladiatorial exchanges across red lines on the floor of the chamber, two swords\u2019 distance apart, amid plenty of cheering and jeering, always seems peculiar to the uninitiated.<\/p>\n Those of us, a little more familiar with the conventions of the Parliament, can explain the quirks and idiosyncrasies of it with being so deeply steeped in history.<\/p>\n The House of Commons\u2019 web page<\/a> links the combative style to its chamber\u2019s adversarial rectangular pattern. In 1943, following the destruction of the Commons Chamber during the Blitz, the House debated the question of rebuilding. Winston Churchill wanted to keep the shape of the old Chamber, which he believed was responsible for the two-party system, the essence of British parliamentary democracy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us\u201d, Churchill said.<\/p>\n 76 years on, a crumbling Palace of Westminster is awaiting a multibillion-pound programme of restoration.<\/p>\n But it is not only its iconic towers and grand halls, riddled with asbestos and mice, that are decaying.<\/p>\n With the anticipated Brexit date of 31st October getting nearer, the political atmosphere in its debating chambers are becoming poisonous, too.<\/p>\n Last week, after an increasingly heated and toxic debate around Brexit, a civility awards scheme for politicians was launched by members of the House of Lords and campaigners.<\/p>\n Lord Wood, a Labour peer, one of the names behind the awards said that the politics in the UK was facing a crisis of trust and civility.<\/p>\n