First things first: Westmonster has long held reservations about London Mayor Boris Johnson's banning of alcohol on public transport (effective today), simply because we're not sure what it's going to achieve. The majority of normal people who enjoy a cheeky train-drink on route to a pub or club are… read more…

Here at Westmonster we like alcohol. We can think of few things better than the languid conversation that it inspires, or the afternoons that we've wasted in beer gardens amongst the beer redolent spillage of our more inebriated friends and their cigarette smoke. And what about that special rummy brand… read more…

The Government's sinister plan to turn Blighty into an Orwellian Police State (copyright, Henry Porter) continues apace as the details surrounding the latest and most destructive attack on The Liberties We Have Treasured Since The Magna Carta (copyright, as above) have come to light. Prepare yourselves, and try not to… read more…