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Queers without beers

Laura Willoughby raises a glass to Club Soda

MINDFUL DRINKING

As a Liberal Democrat councillor for 12 years, Laura Willoughby MBE brought Jeremy Corbyn down to his lowest majority in his Islington constituency on several occasions before leaving politics in 2010. Her job involved regularly frequenting political events, which happened to be well-stocked with cheap white wine. Extroverted, she fully immersed herself in the lifestyle. Simultaneously, as a woman in her mid- 30s dating on the queer scene, alcohol became a growing fixture in her life.

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