Post #1946734
2026-05-03 17:00 UTC
@celeduc @NicelyManifest New Green Party MP Hannah Spencer, who won the Gorton and Denton by-election in February, said some politicians even drink alcohol between voting on key issues.
However, speaking to the BBC's Politics North West programme, Labour MP for Oldham WestJim McMahon said he had never seen anything amounting to "drunkenness".
Cheadle MP Tom Morrison said the claim "tarred all MPs with the same brush" and it was not an issue among members in general
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@celeduc@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 17:03
@Geri @NicelyManifest it sounds horrible, part and parcel of the entire culture of physical intimidation and punishment. It's medieval.
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@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 17:28
@Geri @celeduc 100% positions are rarely true in life. Gove, for example, has been seen clearly under the influence - but that may be something stronger than alcohol ...