The Greens’ Hannah Spencer said MPs shouldn’t be drinking on the job, and they are furious – 21 people who agree it’s time at the bar
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This is why so many people are scared of MPs like Hannah . They dare to point out the obvious and they won’t accept the status quo. Their values align with most of us, go well Hannah and thank you 🙏 https://t.co/0K29o1w9di
— Dr Peter Weeks (@DrPeterWeeks1) April 26, 2026
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Also, can you remember the nastiness when Diane Abbott had a tinned mojito on the train home? https://t.co/E9tWUGVb6W
— Held der Arbeit (@HeldinEU) April 26, 2026
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Realistically, if MPs want to get their hands on alcohol they will and it’s much better if they do this legally in a safe and controlled environment than if they pick up alcohol laced with god knows what from a dealer in an alleyway https://t.co/mpvWdnmZ2Q
— Bovril-Gesellschaft (@BovrilG) April 26, 2026
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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… https://t.co/BaWhxEHAq3 pic.twitter.com/K5Wrltaw0b
— Ben Graham (@BenGrahamUK) April 27, 2026
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She’s absolutely right about this. Normal working-class people can’t drink while working, let alone be encouraged to do so with multiple bars offering subsidised prices at a cost of £6 million a year to the taxpayer. https://t.co/GsAQlIpZxE
— Sean Galloway (@SeanGalloway_) April 26, 2026
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She’s absolutely right about this. Normal working-class people can’t drink while working, let alone be encouraged to do so with multiple bars offering subsidised prices at a cost of £6 million a year to the taxpayer. https://t.co/GsAQlIpZxE
— Sean Galloway (@SeanGalloway_) April 26, 2026
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Our representatives should be breathalysed before making decisions that affect us all.
I know of no other job were the employees have a bar. https://t.co/xu95S853sG— Sir Norman of Nowhere. 🏴☠️ (@Normanjam67) April 26, 2026
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After the depth of depravity and chaos Westminster has descended into – corruption, sexual assaults, lying, stealing, cheating – we should not only have an alcohol ban but we should be insisting on random drug screens. https://t.co/LWS1aIsnSL
— Dr Dan Goyal (@danielgoyal) April 27, 2026
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I work in alcohol. My living is from people drinking. Even in booze – you would never, ever, turn up to your next meeting having been drinking. How on earth is that acceptable for people that make decisions for the whole country? https://t.co/GbY8IIhIqw
— Ginger Tucci (@Ginger_Tucci) April 26, 2026
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As a recovering alcoholic, the response to this by journalists and think tank politerati is really reminiscent of when friends would very kindly ask me to go easy on the pints and I would take it really personally and get defensive.
Hit dogs holler, is all I'm gonna say. https://t.co/zePCgLRqbi
— Thomas Necchi (@rabiddogkt) April 26, 2026
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