Report: MPs 'had their stomachs pumped' amid Westminster drinking culture
‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster
รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️🌈71so you all owe hannah spencer an apology for spending over a month attacking her.
James Woodfield43According to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...
Craig Charlesworth23I work for the NHS and if I were drunk at work I'd be fired on the spot and rightly so. The fact MPs are allowed to get absolutely sloshed at work - and on the taxpayer's dime, no less - is totally insane.
Assembled Person19The bars of @ukparliament.parliament.uk are a subsidised offence to all of the people who would be fired for being drunk on the job. If you can’t stay sober working as a highly paid lawmaker; you should be banned from politics.
matt16Does Gaby Hinsliff have any comment on this?
Graphz11Genuinely, the people that rule over us are all talentless drunks, born to the elite, with no life or practical experience…just venality and a desperate need for power. And they’ve shut average people out of politics to a point where the system no longer functions
Miss Winters30Why are tax payers paying for this bunch of twats to get shitfaced? Serious question.
Jack16Ah, the great noticing begins
Binfire Era15Interesting timing. I wonder if there's something they're trying to get in front of?
The Rascal King of Gregging9I’m old enough to remember a new Green Party MP pointing out that the drinking culture in parliment was actually quite odd, and everyone turned around in unison to deride her. Just another case of being right about something too soon.
Hepatitis 5G8They're all insubstantial ghouls so makes sense they're fucking lightweights.
Penncat7Hmm, I seem to remember the Guardian being rather critical of Hannah Spencer for pointing out the problem: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Joy6'Parliament’s long and unusual working hours, the loneliness many MPs experience being away from home, the pressures of the job, and socialising in order to advance their careers can all act as catalysts for drinking.' Sounds like the entire place & system needs a rethink.
RDCK985I was told that alcohol was a necessary feature of their jobs though
Mags Campbell5The people who act like being disabled or an immigrant makes you a jobless waster? Surely not!
Ayamasa - Champion of Derpwall3But it's women with ADHD and autism who are wasting public money, right?
You can’t be drunk in charge of a vehicle, but drunk in charge of a country is fine apparently. Not fit for purpose! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Scales ⚖️12Imagine my school had a bar - two bars - serving beer and wine to staff at lunch, for free… that stationery companies came in to secure our order by getting us tipsy… that we decided the curriculum by bribing department heads with cup cakes to teach our favourite books…
Dughlas5Loneliness. Cue my tiny violin.
4017xan.bsky.social4No valid reasons for heavy, subsidised, drinking of alcohol in Parliament. Sadly, those who want to keep pouring booze down their throats at our expense are the ones who decide whether to continue. Long hours? Many work long hours doing more than talking. Let them make themselves a tea or coffee.
Johan T.3They just have to vote as they are told.
Dave Hargreaves3Ban the bars in Westminster.
AnthonyF2722You have to wonder whether some of these people are fit for the job of MP. Drinking to excess whilst at work tells me they are not.
