Overview
- Spencer followed up her interview with an Instagram video saying she “loves a blue WKD” but insisted MPs should not drink on the job and accused some of claiming a “right to get pissed at work.”
- In her PoliticsJoe interview, the new Green MP said she could smell alcohol between Commons votes and described seeing colleagues drinking in a room near the voting lobbies.
- Nigel Farage mocked her on X by claiming the Greens would legalise heroin and crack, and Labour’s Luke Charters dismissed her concern by saying MPs sometimes have a drink.
- The Greens’ published policy backs legalising some drugs under strict controls, with cannabis sold by licensed retailers and substances like heroin available only on prescription under medical supervision.
- Parliament’s standards watchdog said in 2023 that alcohol had been linked to behaviour problems on the estate and noted MPs were reviewing the issue, underscoring a long-running dispute over Commons bar culture.