The new MP is right that parliament’s drinking culture is fundamentally weird. But to change it, we need to reset the whole institution The new MP is right that parliament’s drinking culture is fundamentally weird. But to change it, we need to reset the whole institution Seven o’clock on a Monday night and I am standing in the House of Commons , nursing a glass of vinegary white wine. All around me are people doing the same, though it’s polite sipping rather than getting sloshed. Waiters ferry