Parliament’s bars are exempt from the 10pm curfew – only 5 responses you need

John Plunkett. Updated September 28th, 2020

As you’ll probably know by now, the government’s latest so-called strategy to tackle the pandemic is requiring pubs, restaurants and the like to close at 10pm (although it might not entirely be having the desired results).

It turns out not every bar is subject to the 10pm closing time and you’ll never guess which ones. No, of course you will, only partly because we’ve already told you. It’s the bars used by MPs in Parliament, obviously!

the optics of this https://t.co/fpq793VsuX pic.twitter.com/EE0wwqzjeM

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) September 28, 2020

And these are the only responses you need to that.

But of course pic.twitter.com/Sk5xGibLDa

— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) September 28, 2020

https://twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1310488422935662592?s=20

“We must all obey the rules” update pic.twitter.com/WgmiKQkWsr

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 28, 2020

https://twitter.com/_JD_Black/status/1310494845744619520?s=20

We're all in this together. pic.twitter.com/arpJffR1GL

— The Sun Apologies (@SunApology) September 28, 2020

To conclude …

They’re taking the absolute piss at this stage. https://t.co/SVZAq9bpAF

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) September 28, 2020

And this.

The public heading to the parliament bar after 10pm pic.twitter.com/95lhDt25rt

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 28, 2020

There was later suggestions that a U-turn had been made, but it’s apparently that the same rules still don’t apply.

This is still special treatment for parliament's bars. Virtually every other hospitality venue has to be *closed with all patrons out* by 10pm – it's not last orders by then. https://t.co/JeEQJGwie7

— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) September 28, 2020

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