This has got to stop

The Sun reports that British taxpayers subsidised the House of Commons Refreshment Department to the tune of £5.5 million over the past year. That’s 43 percent of its running costs – and means that MPs enjoy cheaper drinks than the rest of the country, as well as 12 bars which operate without licence and with no restrictions on hours. I’d sound like a Viz letter writer if I fell back on the “It’s one rule for them, and another for us” cliché. But it’s perfectly applicable in this case…

Hat-tip: Iain Dale