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Political institution introduces new MPs to ancient rituals

While new MPs are sitting through tedious induction classes to teach them the rules of the House of Commons such as never clap in the chamber or call another member ‘you’, down the road another political institution is laying down the law.

The Kennington Tandoori has been a home-from-home to politicians for decades, with numerous plots and shenanigans traced back to its darkened doors. Though if the sign that has just gone up in their window is anything to go by, the owners of the curry house are not quite as strict as the men in tights:

The Kennington Tandoori lays down the law

The Kennington Tandoori lays down the law

As for rule no.4, Mr S is unsure how happy the last Scottish Lib Dem MP standing, Alistair Carmichael, will be if the SNP drink dry the restaurant’s supply of his constituency’s whiskeys.

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