Westminster - Big Ben bell tower in scoffolding

Westminster - red London buses

This is what we find: familiar views but of Westminster as it is in September 2020: few tourists, scaffolding everywhere but still the buses all come along together even though they are almost empty.

Westminster - Houses of Parliament in scoffolding

London Eye and City Hall

This is what we find: familiar views but this is Westminster as it is in September 2020; there are few tourists, there’s scaffolding everywhere but still the buses all come along together even though they are almost empty.
It’s very tempting to make political metaphors along the lines of democracy under wraps (the Houses of Parliament - Palace of Westminster) or London democracy has become a tourist attraction (City Hall) or the man on the Clapham Omnibus (the figure of speech representing the ordinary voter) doesn’t go out any more on the line of almost-empty London buses.