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Students have been slammed for organising a “Hagueathon” in which they will down 14 pints of beer.

The young Tories’ booze binge is in honour of Foreign Secretary William Hague who claimed to have done the same as a teenager.

Medals will be given to York University students able to drink the full 14.

But Labour’s Grahame Morris said the May 4 event, advertised on Facebook, set a “bad example” when the country is battling a binge-drinking crisis.

The Commons Health select committee member said he spent Sunday night at a casualty unit coping with drunken youngsters.

He said: “I suspect William Hague’s capacity for 14 pints of Yorkshire bitter was a figment of his imagination.

“In the current climate when the Government is supposed to be doing something about the alcohol crisis, this sets a bad example.”