Strangers' Dining Room

Parliament Bars’ 10pm Coronavirus Curfew Defiance Comes to an End | Eater London

"A dining room within the parliamentary estate that was among the spaces reopened to MPs over the summer despite many other parliamentary bars having complied with initial lockdown rules and closed in March. It had been treated under a loophole as a "workplace canteen," which previously allowed it and its staff exemptions from the 10pm coronavirus curfew and certain mask-wearing requirements. After public scrutiny and reports of unequal treatment, the government reversed course and confirmed that alcohol will not be sold after 10pm anywhere on the parliamentary estate; the episode has been cited as illustrating perceived double standards and the curfew’s mainly symbolic role." - James Hansen