Declaration of Drinking Preferences

I would tell a man who was drinking too much 'Be a man', but I would not tell a crocodile who was eating too many explorers 'Be a crocodile'." (G.K. Chesterton)

Do you think that candidates should declare their drinking preferences? You can tell a great deal about someone by their tipple, more perhaps than in their manifesto, which is more concerned with principles and promises than practice.

Obviously, someone who goes to L'Horizon is more likely to be a champagne drinker, or maybe even a claret drinker like Roy Jenkins? And have money to burn as well.

Whereas the more modest candidate is likely to drink beer in a pub, which is generally more sociable. Unless they are a lady, in which case a more genteel drink would be suitable. G.K. Chesterton, who always thought politics and pubs went together, would approve.

Here is where I think some of the candidates of St Brelade Number 2 would be placed on a "drinking scale"

Mervin Le Masurier looks definitely like a port and lemon drinker to me.
Martha Bernstein might probably be a sweet sherry
Richard De La Haye - lemonade (as a cab driver)
Montfort Tadier - a French red wine
Jeff Hathaway - best bitter (probably Mary Ann when it comes back)
Sean Power - Guinness


Any suggestions for your own locality, please add as a comment.