a note for first-timers

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reservations

There's a sign right beside where I'm working today that reads:

RESERVED FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY


(FREE FOR OTHER USE IF NOT TAKEN BY 9AM)

I'd like to be able to tell you I'm working in the Houses of Parliament and that various members of the public and Liberal Democrats have nabbed the seats beside which there was a sign like that. I'd like to, but I can't. Because I'm not in the Palace of Westminster at all - I'm fairly close to London Bridge.

Still, it amused me nonetheless and I'd like to think it's something the Tories have brought with them from Conservative HQ; something they usually use to reserve their seats for Prime Minister's Questions.