And at the very top, capped with iron painted a brilliant red, was its lantern room, in which rotated the Fresnel lens, as faceted as a sultana's engagement diamond, and which, like the eye of Argus, was
chambered myriad ways, as close to omniscience as technology could dare.
Whether it's on the length of the terms, the system of election, the place of bishops in the second
chamber or a
myriad of other issues, the opposition will be able to offer the carrot of its support for a guillotine motion instantly ending the agony - if it gets its
way.