Mandatory drunkenness required for MPs

Parliament should think twice before trying to stop its members from showing up drunk for work. Given the record of sober MPs in decades past, we might get better legislation if we required them to be drunk.

My husband, who is an authority on drunkenness, testifies that he has made some of his best decisions when he was drunk. He was drunk when he proposed to me. On the other hand, he was sober when he invested in Lehman Brothers. He suggests setting up a bar inside the parliamentary chambers, with cheap prices and prolonged happy hours. This will ensure that MPs will get drunk and stay drunk when crafting important legislation. This principle might also be extended to the US Congress.

Constance Beasley

Bangkok