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That's true but it wouldn't be government paying for it - that's the point. Having conferences in a suitably restored building would be a big selling point

Why on earth is voting Sell it Off, troll voting? As I said in my other post, we could move parliament outside London - you could build a new building with the money from selling off the Barry building - slapping a preservation order on it to keep it intact. It would be an instant attraction as...

What would happen is that a whole army of hangers-on would move too: the lobbyists, the consultants, the special advisors, the spin doctors etc - they'd no longer want to live in London. Government departments could move to, and that means a troop of civil servants would decamp north as well...

This. Moving the government to Manchester or Birmingham would completely transform the country. We're far too London-centric and this could be the impetus for massive change