Why Should Mps In The Commons Have Their Drinks Subsidized?

[pdq1]

Sign this petition if you beleive it to be wrong

https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/40707

[DaisyNonna]

Because they think they are important. We peasants have no idea how to drink responsibly so they have to show us how. Not that they can afford to do so without a hefty subsidy.
Cheers!

[plowter]

They should have a smart card that allows them to buy only the essentials - no booze, fags or floozies.

[New Judge]

Of course it will all change when the "minimum price per unit" legislation is introduced. Won't it?

[ludwig]

They shouldn't, but I don't think it matters because if they paid full price it's still us that would end up paying for it anyway.
Plowter's suggestion of a card isn't a bad idea.

[LazyGun]

I don't see why it would end up us being the ones paying it. Why should they be able to claim drinks etc on expenses? They should pay for that kind of thing out of their salaries, like all the rest of us.....

I do not wish for MPs to be personally out of pocket just for doing their job, but neither do i see why they should get subsidised drinks at the taxpayers expense...

[sandyRoe]

I've signed. But the petition doesn't go far enough, they also enjoy subsidised meals.

[stewey]

It seems that for thousands of years, the people in charge, whether they're capable of being so or not, have taken certain liberties (or libations in this case). It aint going to change soon.

[modeller]

They shouldn't but that is no different from the millions of business lunches and dinners that are termed expenses every year and ' dare I say it' the subsidised workers canteens throughout the country.
Subsidies and perks are a way of life.
I see that Arthur Scargill is in trouble with his union because they have decided to stop paying the rent and maintenance on one of his properties, which they have been paying for the past 30 years.

[LazyGun]

Arthur Scargill lost his case.
Subsidised canteens were thought to be good ideas principally for increased worker productivity. Equating a works canteen with the MPs bars and restaurants is stretching it a bit :)
Business lunches on expenses have to be accounted for, at least in every company I have ever worked for - i have to justify the spend. Not so for the MPs.

They get a subsidised bar for no good reason that i can see, a subsidised restaurant - might barely be able to justify that one, and, at least before the change in rules with IPSA, they got £20 a day unreceipted subsidence allowance.

As I say, I do not wish to see them out of pocket as a result of carrying out the duties of being an MP, but neither do I want them padding out their exes and enjoying a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of the taxpayer.....

[TWR]

They should not be drinking within the H.P. does anyone else drink within their work place? I think not.