Westminster Bubble

The Westminster Bubble (also called the Westminster village) is a characterization of members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as being isolated from life outside Parliament. This includes Members of Parliament, Peers, lobbyists, researchers, secretaries, civil servants, lobby correspondents and leader writers for newspapers and is so named because Parliament is located in Westminster, London. A recent example of the characterization includes Peter Hain speaking in the House on 29 January 2004: In July the previous year he had described it in a newspaper article as:

Westminster Bubble

The Westminster Bubble (also called the Westminster village) is a characterization of members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as being isolated from life outside Parliament. This includes Members of Parliament, Peers, lobbyists, researchers, secretaries, civil servants, lobby correspondents and leader writers for newspapers and is so named because Parliament is located in Westminster, London. A recent example of the characterization includes Peter Hain speaking in the House on 29 January 2004: In July the previous year he had described it in a newspaper article as: