There was chaos in Parliament this morning as an unlimited crack opened up within the roof of certainly one of its important buildings, dumping a ‘gallon’ of water of unsuspecting MPs, staffers and advisors.

The farce unfolded within the property’s Portcullis House constructing, an unlimited trendy glass and metal improvement on the opposite facet of the highway to the principle Parliament constructing, related to the Commons and the Lords by way of an underground passageway.

One observer, who captured the second water poured in, with a visibly flooded flooring, commented that the “Ceiling of Portcullis house just cracked open and water pouring in!”

Mirror journalist Mikey Smith who was additionally within the massive lobby when the catastrophe occurred and reported nobody was harm, “but a laptop and a leather sofa have seen better days.”.

He joked: “If you’re coming to PCH, bring your bathers. It’s an absolute lido in here.”

A really massive pool of water may be seen on the ground.

Portcullis House often is the most trendy a part of the Parliamentary property, but it surely’s been beset with issues over the previous few years.

It got here in at a complete value of £235 million to construct when accomplished in 2001, 9 years after works started.

The complete was £60 million over that initially budgeted, and it’s seen plenty of severe breakages since then.

In 2016, a 12-month £210,000 technical examine fee by the House of Commons stated the roof was “stable and posed no safety risk”.

However panels have fallen out previously, doubtlessly brought on by “seasonal variations”.

The report stated “breakages would reduce over time”, however warned as much as £1.5 million could should be spent repairing the glass-panelled roof.

A 12 months later, it was warned that the invoice might actually come to £100 million.

Other faults have included the £150,000 ornamental fig timber having to be eliminated as they stored falling over, and the elimination of high-priced water options after related faults.

A Commons spokesperson stated: "Teams are currently attending to an issue with the atrium roof in Portcullis House. Safety mitigations are being implemented as a precautionary measure, and to allow us to continue our investigations. Further updates will be provided in due course".

Twitter customers all made the identical joke round as we speak’s constructing chaos, with one posting: “Amongst the worst pieces of feedback editors give is 'This metaphor is too on the nose’”.

One MP staffer joked: “Fun day at the office (this place is falling apart)”.

A 3rd stated: “The glass ceiling has finally been broken in Parliament”.

No accidents have been reported right now.