Green MP Hannah Spencer blasts politicians who defend Westminster consuming tradition
She said she did not think it was too “much to ask for an MP to be sober when they vote on decisions that affect everyone else”
Hannah Spencer has been shocked by Westminster’s drinking culture since she became an MP for the Greens earlier this year(Image: Gary Roberts/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)
The Green MP who riled up her fellow parliamentarians by slamming Westminster’s drinking culture has doubled down.
Hannah Spencer said she did not think it was too “much to ask for an MP to be sober when they vote on decisions that affect everyone else”.
The former plumber said: “I’d have been sacked at work if I did this, same goes for almost every profession, but especially working-class jobs.
“MPs defending this and lecturing me are the exact reason I’ve been saying this place is full of people who are out of touch.”
The Gorton and Denton MP caused uproar after saying that she was “really uneasy” about the drinking culture in parliament.
She spoke of her shock that in Westminster “you can smell the alcohol when people are in between votes”.
Ms Spencer warned there had been cases of “questionable and dangerous behaviour” by staff and potentially some MPs because of the “unprofessional” culture of drinking.
Parliament’s Strangers’ bar was forced to close temporarily last year after an alleged spiking incident.
Security measures have now been tightened and visitors and parliamentary staff can only visit the infamous bar with an MP present.
