Talk Hearts Daily News Thread

[Herman Boyce]

It is an absolute monstocity and should never have been built in the first place. As you say, Donaldsons was sold around the same time it was built for c£15m.

It's tacky and rank and not surprised to hear it has a short life span.

Agreed. The building itself looks shit and because of the materials used, it looks even worse. It's filthy because of pollution.

I look at Donaldson's and think it could've been our Stormont. Call me a traditionalist but it's how a parliament building should look.

Admittedly I've no idea how much a refurb would've cost but I'd have thought far less than the £500m or whatever Holyrood cost. There's plenty room for a purpose built chamber either in the courtyard or at the back of the building.

It will be totally wasted as housing and as you say, what we've got is a terrible parliament building, which in under 50 years might not be fit for purpose. On top of that, even if Holyrood had been the real thing as a building, pretty much everyone's overriding memory of it will be how much over budget t ended up.