British voters cast ballots at boozer

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LONDON, May 6 (AFP): Some lucky London voters combined a trip to the polls with a stop in the pub Thursday, as they cast their ballots in one of the British general election's more unusual polling stations.
Locals who would normally pop into The Anglesea Arms pub for a pint of Broadside, Breakspear or Wandle ale were instead making the much more serious decision of who should represent them in parliament.
Regular punters poured into the boozer in plush South Kensington to choose their MP rather than their main course as they sidled into the half-dozen voter booths in what is normally the restaurant section.
"It's a slight inducement to come and vote! I can't think of many places you can vote and drink at the same time," the polling station's senior presiding officer Martin Carver said.
The pub is around the corner from 1920s prime minister Andrew Bonar Law's old house. Writers Charles Dickens and DH Lawrence lived in the neighbouring terrace.
One mother trooped in with her three children, all wearing their school uniform of navy blue blazers and straw boater hats.