[BBKing]

A bit harsh to lock him up for that, surely? Also, it says 'middle of the M1' rather than 'middle lane'.

Actually, I suspect there's an interesting legal issue here - since he was parked at the time there's no question of dangerous driving (dangerous parking, perhaps), so it's hard to see what else apart from drink-driving he could be charged with. However, drink-drive laws make it clear that you've got to be under the limit any time you're in charge of a vehicle, even if stationary. Like I said, interesting.

Since he was only twice the limit and hadn't aggravated it by crashing into anyone, presumably a non-custodial sentence would follow. Stopping on a motorway is illegal on its own of course, but jail for it?

[Nasty sectarian sod though, according to his wikipedia entry. Plenty of previous there. Currently someone has altered part of the entry to read 'utter baw bag'. Cheeky.]