Drink-fuelled antics in Downing Street

The royal yacht Britannia mate its fate down the boozer.

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The royal yacht Britannia: sunk by booze

Booze has always played a vital role in Westminster politics, as Ben Wright noted in The Sunday Times. One way or another it's affected many important decisions. Take the scrapping of the royal yacht Britannia, which so saddened the Queen. The decision to do this, says Wright, was inspired by booze.

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