FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY INSIDER, NORBUT LYZE
Following on from yesterdays lead story about the pissed pensioners of Harrogate whose glass or two of an evening is leading them towards the abyss, the reason for the draconian stance on elderly imbibers has been revealed exclusively to this reporter by Westminster insiders.
Whitehall is agog with rumours of a new and extremely dangerous terrorist threat to Britain. This danger, which is far more potent than the risks posed by the IRA or Muslim extremists is thought to emanate from a habitually inebriated middle aged woman working alone.
As yet there have been no formal press briefings but senior politicians of all parties whisper that every time the subject of terrorism is raised, Prime Minister Gordon Brown starts talking of the need for a strategy to deal with Alky Ada.
