I'm sorry but I'm not buying the line "MPs have a tough job and work long hours so need to drink"
The people they represent often work longer hours in tougher jobs & would be sacked for doing the same
Want a drink? Fine, have one after you've done your job & pay for it yourself
Sorry it is so blatantly a massive cope that everyone is making it sound like she’s trying to ban after work pints when she literally says IN BETWEEN VOTES
Reminder that during Boris Johnson's time in Westminster 11 of the 12 bathrooms were found to have traces of cocaine in them.
Since then the Police have been banned from Westminster.
Michael Gove turned up at work to vote completely off his face.
It's totally unacceptable, if you turned up to work like that you would be fired on the spot.
I disagree with almost everything the Green party stands for, but what Hannah Spencer has described here shouldn’t be happening.
The people we elect shouldn’t be drinking on the job.
If one pint is enough to impair your ability to drive, it’s enough to impair judgment when voting on laws that affect the entire country.
This isn’t about party politics, it’s about standards.
"You can smell the alcohol when people are in between votes."
Green MP Hannah Spencer tells us what Westminster is REALLY like.
The full interview is live on YouTube, and as a podcast here: https://t.co/s4mKAc0xku
I love seeing pre Peter Jackson interpretations of LotR and The Hobbit.
There’s something fascinating about getting to see how different artists would envision the characters and environments featured in these stories.
Denmark just made your face and voice your intellectual property
It became the 1st country in Europe where your face, voice, and body are now your property.
A new law gives citizens full control over their digital selves
If arrests for placards were taking place in Russia and China, our media and political class would be vociferously condemning the clear authoritarianism and draconian repression.
Apparently it’s fine when it’s in Britain though.