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Speaker 0 argues that Big Ben, the Elizabeth Clock Tower, London, is older than the official narrative claims and was not built by “our civilization.” He states he and his team contacted the parliamentary archives, which allegedly said Big Ben was commissioned, funded, and built as part of the Palace of Westminster reconstruction after the 1834 fire, a government-funded project designed by a parliamentary architect under state contract. He emphasizes that because it was government funded, official drawings, blueprints, ledgers, specifications, inspection certificates, and related records should be in parliamentary records and accessible to the public.
He sent an inquiry to the parliamentary archives asking for original materials related to the Great Clock of Westminster (Big Ben), specifically the original blueprints, engineering drawings, ledgers, calculations, specifications, communications between architect, builder, or officials, any dialogues, any construction photographs, and inspection certificates. He notes that this would reveal whether such records exist and, if not, would undermine the mainstream construction story. He claims that the parliamentary reply indicated surprisingly few architectural drawings exist in their collections and that they do not have construction records proving the eighteenth- or nineteenth-century construction as described. He presses further, asking whether the parliamentary archives ever held the complete set of original architectural, structural, or engineering drawings for the great Clock or the clock tower, whether those records were ever transferred, lost, or never held, and whether there are any catalog references or accession numbers for remaining materials.
The response he received allegedly asserts that architectural drawings were never part of the parliamentary archives collections because they were not produced by Parliament, and that Big Ben was not built by Parliament. He argues this contradicts that the Palace of Westminster was a government project built after the 1834 fire, with Parliament approving or paying for the project, and that under the Public Records Act of 1838 all documents created by government departments must be preserved as public property. He maintains that if construction began two years after the act’s enactment, the records should exist, and their absence would imply a violation of law.
He then poses two possible scenarios: either the original blueprints, ledgers, and engineering documents exist and prove the construction story, or they do not exist, which would contradict the Public Records Act of 1838 and the mainstream history. He states the National Archives at Kew should hold government records, including those about Big Ben, and that Parliament has admitted they do not possess the original blueprints. He reports that the senior archivist acknowledged alignment with the Public Records Act and said such records would be held by the National Archives at Kew.
Subsequently, he says they contacted the National Archives to prove these blueprints exist under government custody. The plan is to force a formal admission that the records exist or do not exist, exposing the construction story as false and creating a legal paper trail. He notes that the National Archives indicated that they cannot confirm the existence of Big Ben construction records and that the collections are being transferred and not available to the public until 2026, creating a deflection.
He concludes that this constitutes a potential historic revelation: the most famous clock may lack foundational construction evidence, and the inquiries open the door to reexamining other historically claimed pre-1800 structures. He ends by signaling future exploration, including plans to examine the Field Museum in Chicago, and thanks supporters and sponsors.