Inflation and beer goggles

The extensive refurbishment of researchers' bar the Sports and Social in Parliament has taken all summer, so naturally the only discernible changes are that the walls have been painted and somebody's replaced the lightbulb.

However, not everyone's happy with the new lighter, brighter Sports. A colleague of Westmonster's has expressed dismay that now everybody's lit up like a Christmas tree, even more beer is required than previously before romance can take place.

Whilst it is an outrage that this is effectively a tax on bag-carriers, it's worth spending a moment contemplating that British courtship is a wonderful thing.