M.P.s. are calling for the price of alcohol to be reduced in the Palace of Westminster bars. The current price for a pint of Becks Lager is £3.20 and a pint of John Smiths bitter £2.60. At the moment the bar prices are linked to a Wetherspoons pub in Victoria, London. Wetherspoons are renowned for their cheap beer prices compared to other pubs in the local area. Most prices for a pint of Becks lager in the Westminster area would be close to £4 a pint if not a wee bit more.
The M.P.s are suggesting that the bar prices should be linked to pubs outside central London to make them cheaper. Do they not realise that anyone who works in Westminster and wants a pint in the area has to pay the going rate. Very few, if any, people have access to subsidies canteen never mind a reduced bar.
Do M.P.s still live in their House of Parliament bubble not realising that people in the country, especially the disabled, the sick and the poorer, are suffering due to the Government’s austerity cuts? No tax reduction for them unlike the Prime Minister and the thousands of millionaires who have just enjoyed such.
At the moment the tax payer is paying a massive £5.8 million subsidy for the M.P.s to enjoy their cheap food and drink.
Of course they also do not have to worry about getting back to their nightly abode after they have stuffed their face and got sozzled on the reduced prices as they just have to order a taxi, I can’t imagine an M.P. hailing a taxi from outside the commons, again at the tax payer’s expense.
P.S. Earlier this year Eric Joyce, the independent MP, was banned from buying alcohol in Parliamentary bars after he was arrested over an alleged drunken fracas.
McTaggart
they only get away with what they are allowed to. after all who wouldnt want to take advantage of chepaer drinks if their employer alowed them to do so. i know i would as would most of my staff. The public need to speak up and make them more accountable.
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