While in Parliament itself the everyday proceedings brim over with tradition, from the long robes and wig still worn by the Speaker to the special language used by MPs, who must address even their arch political foes as "honorable gentlemen."
除了開議儀典，國會處處充滿了綿延世代的百年傳統：議長先生和書記官的假髮和長袍；「可敬的尖頭鰻」們所使用的特殊語法代號… …，它們與牛津街上的新潮時裝、溫布頓球場的瘋狂音樂會，一同呼吸著廿世紀末的空氣。