This has got to stop
Peter Hoskin 8:56am
The Sun reports that British taxpayers subsidised the House of Commons Refreshment Department to the tune of £5.5 million over the past year. That's 43 percent of its running costs – and means that MPs enjoy cheaper drinks than the rest of the country, as well as 12 bars which operate without licence and with no restrictions on hours. I'd sound like a Viz letter writer if I fell back on the “It's one rule for them, and another for us” cliché. But it's perfectly applicable in this case...
Hat-tip: Iain Dale
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Austin Barry
July 22nd, 2008 10:58am Report this commentWhat other workplace in the UK has 12 bars? Close the bars and have these characters work in similar conditions to the rest of us.
Travis Bickle
July 22nd, 2008 11:31am Report this commentBet they won't be prevented from buying large glasses of wine....
Frank Pulley
July 22nd, 2008 12:41pm Report this commentIt's the comany they keep, y'know. It drives then to drink!
Liz Brown
July 22nd, 2008 12:46pm Report this commentAnd they can still smoke in them - the bastards - just as they do in Brussels
August Varlet
July 22nd, 2008 1:59pm Report this commentThey still have watered down ale though.
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