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Tuesday, 22nd July 2008

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 comment

What 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 comment

Bet they won't be prevented from buying large glasses of wine....

Frank Pulley

July 22nd, 2008 12:41pm Report this comment

It's the comany they keep, y'know. It drives then to drink!

Liz Brown

July 22nd, 2008 12:46pm Report this comment

And they can still smoke in them - the bastards - just as they do in Brussels

August Varlet

July 22nd, 2008 1:59pm Report this comment

They still have watered down ale though.

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