Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

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Will that is because most politicians aren't beer drinking legends.

The fastest person to down a yard glass – early years​

Hawke’s reputation as a beer lover began while at Oxford University in the UK. In 1954, he sculled a yard glass (two and a half pints) of beer in just eleven seconds – an achievement that earned him a spot in the Guinness Book of Records.


His beer appreciation continued throughout his time at university and early years as a union rep.


While he made the responsible decision to put his beer drinking tendencies aside throughout his nine-year leadership of Australia, his various appearances throughout the period often involved beer drinking supporters. Even once his leadership was over, Hawke was right back at it, and his reputation as a man of the people continued



Source: https://beerisok.com.au/blog/bob-hawke-beer-drinking-legend/

Good read

One of our current high profile politicians is often pictured with a pint in his hand, likely as much to do with endearing himself to ‘Britishness’ s as his enjoyment of hops.!

Winston Churchill was strongly reputed to have a bottle of champagne with his breakfast (more likely lunch/dinner) - not sure what kind of knife he was using though - but I’d like to think he beheaded the cork with a traditional sabre