Dinner with the Stars

Well not quite but last night we went to the House of Commons for dinner with an MP.The grandeur of the building quite takes your breath away, soaring gilded ceilings and marble floors (must be hell on the legs after a day) and lots of staircases with green (for Commons) and red (for Lords) carpets. We ate in the Churchill Room overlooking the river and walked the famous terrace afterwards before going in the gallery to watch a division take place with all its rituals. Being an important bill even at 10pm the House was packed, Ken Clark, William Hague, Michael Howard,Peter Hain, David Cameron and Kate Hooey. And Ian Paisley was tottering about being very aimiable to everyone. Certainly a special evening