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March 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The Jubilee line is among the factors blamed for the subsidence
2:48pm UK, Monday January 23, 2012
The iconic clocktower which houses Big Ben tilts by 0.26 degrees (46cm) at the top and if the subsidence gets much worse, MPs may be forced out of the Palace of Westminster.
The House of Commons Commission, which is chaired by Speaker John Bercow, will meet to discuss a new report that offers a range of options, up to and including selling the building and moving Parliament elsewhere.
The crumbling Palace, which has been beset by maintenance problems since it was built in the 19th Century replace the Old Palace destroyed by fire in 1834, needs years of repairs.
It could even sink into the Thames if action is not taken.
The building of the Jubilee Line extension in the 1990s is being blamed for the subsidence and, even though there is a continuous programme of repairs to the 1,100 room Palace, surveyors are expected to recommend sealing off sections for several years to shore up its foundations.
Police entertain tourists outside the House of Commons and the leaning clocktower
It is thought the House of Commons and House of Lords Chambers may also have to close for long periods.
A Commons spokesman told The Sunday Times: “The commission will be considering whether to ask officials from both Houses to undertake a study into the long-term approach to the maintenance of Parliament.
“No decisions are likely to be taken for several years as to whether either House will need to move out of the palace for a period to allow essential work to take place.”
Mr Bercow will take a particularly keen interest in the report as his grace-and-favour apartment is in the clocktower.
Dunfermiline and West Fife MP Thomas Docherty, who is a member of the Commons Administration Committee, said Big Ben is not likely to topple into the river anytime soon.
However, like others looking at this problem, he agreed it needed to be dealt with sooner rather than later, and is likely to prove very expensive.
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