May 29th, 2009 - Times Online

Take a virtual tour of Big Ben
One hundred and fifty years ago tomorrow, the great clock atop the Houses of Parliament began to keep time and became the symbol of political power — but also the focus of scandal, hand-wringing and bitter recrimination. Times have not changed.
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