Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Old Goats (Chin Chin)

22 June 2017 Old Goats What are they doing in parliament? by Chin Chin It is the goat I felt sorry for.  Okay, the Queen’s Speech had to be changed a bit to accommodate the election result but what about the goat whose skin was used for the original version? The tradition has long been… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Old Goats (Chin Chin)

Issue 41:2016 02 18:Vellum is forever(well nearly) (Lynda Goetz)

18 February 2016 Vellum is for ever (well nearly) Is £80,000 per annum really such a waste? by Lynda Goetz Just over sixteen years ago, on Tuesday 2nd November 1999, plans to end the centuries-old tradition of printing copies of Acts of Parliament on vellum, fine parchment made of goats skin, was thrown out by… Continue reading Issue 41:2016 02 18:Vellum is forever(well nearly) (Lynda Goetz)

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