Commons Bar

Commons Bar
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Category 	Thread 	 	 	
Run by 	Speaker of the Commons	 	 	
First Bar Opened	18 September 2006 	 	 	
Number of Bars 	15 	 	 	
Website 	Website 	Website 	Website 	Website
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The Commons Bar is the main chat thread for the Model House of Commons. It is used by members to dicuss the MHoC, general politics and other topics.
The bar is run by the Speaker, who is now responsible for setting up new bars and maintaining order in the bar. Occasionally, the Speaker may move coversations from other threads into the bar if they are becoming off-topic.
In September 2006, bikerx23 set up the first Commons Bar so that members could have conversations free of restrictions. Since then, the Commons Bar has become an integral part of the House and after every 10,000 posts a new bar is created.
== Barman ==
Due to the 'bar' aspect of the thread, members sometimes jokingly request alcoholic drinks. In January 2009, ukebert successfully passed an amendment to introduce a position titled 'Barman of the House of Commons'. In this amendment, the Barman would be responsible for intoxication within the House and maintenance of the Commons Bar. Also, the Barman would take the place of the Deputy Speaker.
In May of the same year, daniel_williams proposed an amendment in which the barman would be required to serve alcoholic beverages and to give complimentary drinks to every MP of a party which passes a bill.
== Commons Bars ==
There have been 14 Commons Bars to date with the first one being opened in September 2006 and the current one opened in May 2017. The length by which Commons Bars remain open has varied significantly over the years with the first bar lasting for over 3 years and the and ninth bar lasting for just 3 months.
Bar	Open
1 	18 September 2006 - 26 November 2009
2 	26 November 2009 - 6 August 2010
3 	6 August 2010 - 12 April 2011
4 	12 April 2011 - 18 July 2011
5 	18 July 2011 - 29 April 2012
6 	29 April 2012 - 8 October 2012
7 	8 October 2012 - 21 July 2013
8 	21 July 2013 - 27 March 2015
9 	27 March 2015 - 24 June 2015
10 	24 June 2015 - 27 November 2015
11 	27 November 2015 - 7 April 2016
12 	7 April 2016 - 15 August 2016
13 	15 August 2016 - 21 May 2017
14 	21 May 2017 - 18th April 2020
15 	18th April 2020 - Present
== Biggest Drinker ==
The Biggest Drinker title is given to the member who has the highest number of posts in the Commons Bar. The incumbent Biggest Drinker is Jammy Duel who also holds the record for the most Commons Bar posts of all time.
Bar	Winner 	Posts
1 	DayneD89 	1241
2 	Adorno 	1165
3 	ByronicHero	1340
4 	Teaddict 	1500
5 	tehFrance 	1326
6 	tehFrance 	951
7 	tehFrance 	825
8 	Rakas21 	963
9 	Aph 	1430
10 	Jammy Duel 	1600
11 	Jammy Duel 	1586
12 	Jammy Duel 	1966
13 	Jammy Duel 	1556
14 	Jammy Duel 	925
== External Links ==
* A25 - Barman of the House of Commons Amendment
* A39 - The Commons Bar Amendment
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