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Index
Cover
Half-title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Illustration credits
Introduction
Chapter 1 Government under the Influence
Three-bottle Men
Old Beaujolais
‘Tired and Emotional’
A Rake’s Progress
A Lost Leader
Chapter 2 Parliament: Drinks on the House?
Licensing and Liquor
The Smoking Room
The Terrace
Strangers’ Bar
The Pugin Room
Annie’s Bar
Moncrieff ’s: The Press Bar
The Sports and Social Club
The Lords Bar
The Commons Chamber
Chapter 3 Drying Out
Kennedy’s Curse
Reckless Drinking
Punches and Politics
Nick Clegg Splits a Bottle
Boris
Chapter 4 Prime Ministers: Tipplers at Number 10
Walpole’s Wine
Pitt’s Port
Squiffy Asquith
Winston Churchill
Wilson: Brandy takes the Strain
Thatcher: Winding down with Whisky
New Labour, New Sobriety?
Beyond Blair
Chapter 5 Pubs, Clubs and Parties
Drinking for Britain
Spinning with Bottles
The Political Lunch
Cherry Soup and Slivovitz
Members Only
Clubland
Party Time
Supping with the Leader
A Height for Drinks
Chapter 6 Cocktails and Congress: Political Drinking in the United States
Prohibition
The Presidents
Nixon’s Nemesis
D.C. Drinking
Chapter 7 From Canberra to the Kremlin
Comrade Vodka
Protocol and Alcohol
Chapter 8 Time, Gentlemen!
Barcelona Comes to Britain
A Political Price
Epilogue: Last Orders?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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