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The name for a group of owls is a parliament. Presumably because, like politicians, they have deep-set eyes, toes that point in different directions and swallow their prey whole.
Alas, there is no collective noun for politicians (A scandal of politicians? A promise of politicians? A drone of politicians?). But if anyone decided to release some owls into a legislative chamber, it would be a parliament in a parliament, making headline writers the world over very happy.
Which brings us neatly (sort of) onto Miroslav Radačovský, who was named Slovakia’s ambassador to Cyprus this week. When he was an MEP in 2024, Radačovský released a live dove from a bag in the European Parliament in Strasbourg (which means the bird has a better attendance record than most EU lawmakers).
