Coronavirus Curfew Rules Don’t Apply in Westminster | Eater London

"Designated as a "workplace canteen," this parliamentary bar complied with initial lockdown rules and closed in March but was later reopened to MPs during the summer. That classification has been used to exempt the venue from the 10pm curfew and from certain staff mask mandates, a move that has been criticized as a loophole-driven privilege. The situation has amplified public frustration about perceived unequal treatment under COVID rules — with commentators even jabbing that such places might next be offering eye tests — and reinforced the view that the curfew is more symbolic than scientifically or economically justified." - James Hansen