Hung Parliament?
Is that what we’re going to have in the uk? and what does it really mean? Does it mean we won’t have any new laws passed because the parties will never agree to vote them through the house ( a good thing!) and does it mean all those MPs can now just sit on their benches, taking their excessive salaries/expenses and yet have nothing to do because they’re part of an unworkable government. No one seems to know, and I wish someone would explain.
Of course what we’re really concerned about, is whether this uncertainty will affect small businesses like ours. Will it make people do more home improvement (and install more stone fireplaces) or will it make them unsure about the future, and put off their renovations and leave buying a lovely stone fireplace or stone staircase until the economic climate is more secure.
Apparently it’s 36 years since the last ‘hung’ parliament, and although plenty of us were around then, I’m not sure many can remember the effects it had on the ‘common citizen’ I suppose we’ve just got to wait and see what happens.
We’ve just made some lovely stone copings for a low wall round the front of a restored farmhouse in Warwickshire. They are slightly weathered (angled) to let rainfall run off, but are flat enough to make a comfortable seat. We’ve used a nice open grained but hard limestone, and the copings will therefore look oldish straight away and will soon take on a lovely patina.