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Alcohol is literally poison they don't need. If they have a physical dependency, they need rehab, not public office.

I wish I was that poorly paid ...

It's exactly the same shit as their refusal to move out of Westminster because they want to keep cosplaying Pitt the Younger amid all the collapsing masonry. Most of their problems are down to self-imposed refusal to engage with modernisation.

Weird that the perks aren't mentioned, like all expenses paid trips to Israel.

Probably not the best thing for them to draw attention to most MPs not having any qualifications for the role...

'Democracy *requires* Oxford inbreds to block constituency voices for 30 years' is a very funny line to throw in there.

"Everybody with power is severely crunched and sleep-deprived. So, in order to make these people - whose decisions will affect millions - more comfortable, they also get drunk on the job." Excellent. Very reassuring.

Whoever wrote that is talking absolute bollocks. I bet it was someone in the Westminster bubble. Poorly paid, long hours 🙄 There are many actual poorly paid jobs with actual long shifts that don’t get perks, expenses and subsidised food and drink and you actually have to work

I heard a candidate for parliament over here (denmark) talk about how the toughest part of campaigning was how much alchohol they were required to drink in order to maintain their political network (volunteers, stakeholders, candidates etc.) Seems like it's very ingrained in the political culture.

Everyone working in the MoD, civie or otherwise, should be allowed to tell them to Fuck Right Off.