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Posted: **11 Jul 2010, 19:49**

BBC News - 11/07/10

A Kent MP has apologised for being drunk in the House of Commons and missing a vote on the Budget.

Mark Reckless said he did not feel it was appropriate to take part in the vote in the early hours of Wednesday because of the amount he had drunk.

The Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood told BBC Radio Kent: "I made a mistake. I'm really sorry about it."

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Posted: **12 Jul 2010, 11:24**

I don't blame him. I got smashed on (nearly) a litre of apfelkorn the day they doubled the national interest rate. A body can only do so much.

Posted: **18 Aug 2010, 18:43**

They're all drunk.................................with power.

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You couldn't make it up!

You couldn't make it up!