Indeed, and how does one define ‘drunk’? The professor of Law at Sussex would disagree, making the distinction between consent when drunk (legal) and having sex with someone who is unconscious (not-which doesn’t sound like a lot of fun anyway to me). Think ex-Labout MPs are as confused on the law as many other people. If I get a moment today I’ll go and read it, but that probably won’t make anything much clearer.

I can’t see how that could be right though. If it is then a husband and who having consenting sex while they’re both drunk are both technically breaking the law. That can’t be right. Where would the great institution of marriage be without drunken love?

I guess this says something about how difficult it is to legislate effectively on these issues.