New Green MP Hannah Spencer has doubled down after declaring over the weekend that MPs and parliamentarians in general should not drink in Parliament. In a post on her Instagram today she declared that she ‘loves a blue WKD as much as the next hun.’ Oh boy…
She said:
“Now, I love a blue wicked as much as the next hun. Try and prize one of them out of my hands on a hot day or a night out. Forget it. No chance. Love it. But there are seriously MPs who are trying to tell us that they have a right to get pissed at work.
And that is why they are so out of touch because the vast majority of us could not get away with that. Imagine working in a school or being a cleaner or driving a bus or doing an operation or working in a lab or working in a care home.
If you turned up to work reeking of booze, you would get sacked. That is how the vast majority of us have to live our lives. Why is it different for MPs? I don’t think it’s much to ask that MPs are sober whilst they make the biggest decisions that affect all the rest of us.
And any of them telling you that they have a right to get pissed at work, they’re taking the piss, babe. Remember that at the next election.”
To be fair to Spencer she is new to Parliament and the rigmaroles of constant late-night voting combined with the mindless walking between rooms that the whipping system creates for MPs. You’re not quite “doing an operation” or “working in a lab”…
Spencer added: “I’ve seen them make all sorts of excuses since I made these comments. Apparently because MPs do ‘long hours, lots of stress, late nights’ they should be able to drink whilst working. Every person reading this will know what it’s like to work long hours with lots of stress and late nights…. But you couldn’t get away with drinking in work. So why should MPs?” The Green Party adds another grinch to its ranks…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”