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POLITICS: What a state, where Oscar Wilde meets Rouge Dragon Pursuivant.(News)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20071107
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Byline: By Vivienne Morgan

A spirit of modernisation has swept through the House of Commons in recent times - with MPs now even permitted to use their BlackBerries in the chamber.

But over in the Lords, where the 21 st century has only a tenuous presence, Black Rod remains the order of the day and events such as the State Opening of Parliament have yet to fall foul of the reformers.

Dating from medieval times, this magnificently anachronistic ...

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