пьянство в политике: опыт Соединённого Королевства

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Кончина политической карьеры лидера британских либерал-демократов Кеннеди стала поводом для статьи в Slate о пьянстве в политике:

And yet the days were when heroic drinking was part of political life in many countries, maybe not surprisingly so, since that life is often a compound of tension, aggression, and boredom. For all those conditions, ethyl alcohol can be an effective, if temporary, palliative.