How do you fancy living in a UK led by Priti Patel?
(Although, let’s be honest, if you remember the reason she was forced to resign by Theresa May, you’ll think it’s being run by the government of Israel.)
Here’s The London Economic:
Priti Patel is reportedly ready to run for prime minister as Boris Johnson may be facing a vote of no confidence.
The Home Secretary is considering throwing her hat in the ring to replace her current boss as both the Conservative party leader and prime minister, according to The Sunday Times.
According to The Sunday Times, chancellor Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss already have donors lined up. Other possible candidates are Michael Gove, Nadhim Zahawi, Jeremy Hunt, Tom Tugendhat and Matt Hancock.
What a candidates’ list! Drunks, druggies, liars and lechers; the richest man in the UK (what does he know about the problems ordinary people face?) and the Evil Queen of Cheese.
All of them lining up to stab Boris Johnson in the back.
But it should be clear to even the most devout Tory that their party only won a landslide at the last general election because people believed Johnson’s lies about Brexit – and media lies about Jeremy Corbyn.
They’re now much less likely to believe either.
Without a charismatic figure to rekindle public support, their goose is well and truly cooked.
And they don’t even know what a charismatic figure looks like; they thought Johnson was one.
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Victims of racism and misogyny: Donald Trump has told these four Congresswomen to “go back” to the countries from which they came; they are all US citizens.
Right-wing, and so-called ‘centrist’, politicians in the UK have validated misogyny and racism – and fake claims of anti-Semitism – by failing to condemn the racist tweets in which Donald Trump attacked four US Congresswomen.
All are from ethnic minorities although three were born in the United States, but Mr Trump suggested they should all “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”.
It’s as bad as Theresa May’s racist advertising lorries from 2013, which bore the legend, “Go home.” Here’s what he said:
So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly……
….it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!
He has doubled-down on his words in subsequent tweets:
….they are Anti-Semitic, they are Anti-America, we don’t need to know anything about them personally, talk about their policies. I think they are American citizens who are duly elected that are running on an agenda that is disgusting, that the American people will reject……
Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have condemned Mr Trump’s words. Ms Omar said his “blatantly racist attack” on four women of colour was “the agenda of white nationalists”, while Ms Tlaib called it “simply a continuation of his racist, xenophobic playbook”.
Notably failing to condemn Mr Trump’s racism were Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. They criticised Mr Trump for using the words he did, but both repeatedly refused to say whether they considered the US president’s remarks to be racist.
Commentators in the UK have taken note of this spinelessness on the part of these men, one of whom is certain to be the UK’s new political leader before the end of the month.
Telling four Congresswomen of colour to “go back” is racist. But the Tory leadership candidates can’t bring themselves to say so.
We should stand up to Donald Trump, not pander to him for a sweetheart trade deal which would put our NHS at risk.
Note that Jeremy Corbyn was quick to recognise racism. Messrs Hunt and Johnson failed to do so – but were happy to accuse Mr Corbyn of being a racist, on the basis of no hard evidence at all.
If you think Trump isn’t racist but Corbyn is, you have totally lost the plot and your moral compass.
Watching two men who would be leaders of our country refuse to say Trump's disgusting comments were racist is one of the most shaming moments in recent history. #FinalShowdown
These stupid, childish liars will scweam and scweam about some made-up Labour antisemitism bullshit, but somehow or other just can't see overt, rancid, dangerous, sickening racism when it smacks them right in the face. Odd, that. https://t.co/yPU6Lmdo9V
On the anti-Semitic aspect of the claims, we have this:
A white nationalist openly racist President, that sucks up to anti-Semites, claiming 4 strong pro-human rights females on the left of American politics are prolific anti-Semites, without a single shred of evidence…
Good job we don’t do that sort of thing over here.
— Kerry-Anne Mendoza 🏳️🌈🏴 (@TheMendozaWoman) July 15, 2019
Yes. Well done, UK-based supporters of Donald Trump, on your exemplary service to fascism.
You have supported false, misogynistic and racist claims against democratically-elected representatives of people in the United States.
You have supported the weaponisation of false allegations of anti-Semitism against the same women – and the false labelling of political opposition to the Israeli government as anti-Semitism.
In doing so, you have supported the liars in the UK who have also weaponised false allegations of anti-Semitism and false labelling of political opposition to the Israeli government as anti-Semitism.
And you have done it for selfish reasons (“a sweetheart trade deal that would put our NHS at risk”).
Anybody who actually supports this – especially Conservatives who have or will vote for either candidate in their leader election – should crawl back under their rock and die of shame.
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Johnson and Hunt: I wanted to use the image someone mocked up of them as ‘Dumb and Dumber’ but I couldn’t find it.
Has the Tory leadership election degenerated into a contest about who can lie the most blatantly and get away with it?
If their tax-and-spend pledges are any yardstick, it has.
Jeremy Hunt wants to spend £20 billion from Brexit “war chest” that will only exist if the UK manages an exit deal with the EU – and that would only be available for a year. That’s not enough for permanent changes.
And Boris Johnson promised public sector pay rises that were coming anyway as the years-long Tory-imposed pay freeze finally comes to an end.
According to Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, both candidates were really saying that they are willing to borrow more money.
This means they are happy to continue racking up the highest national debt in the UK’s history – something for which the Conservatives used to blame Labour at every opportunity.
Labour, meanwhile, is having a great time mocking both candidates’ “reckless spending commitments”.
Jeremy Corbyn’s party went to great lengths to disprove claims that its own spending plans were unfunded during the 2017 election campaign, when Theresa May proved unable to do the same.
Now it seems both Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt are unable to do their maths.
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been accused of misleading the public with “extraordinary” tax-and-spending pledges, as leading economists and senior Tories unite in criticism.
The two Tory leadership candidates came under fire after Mr Hunt unveiled a no-deal Brexit spending splurge worth almost £20bn – while a Johnson ally promised big public sector pay rises if the favourite wins.
The spending race provoked alarm from Conservatives, including Philip Hammond, the chancellor, and the former leadership contender Rory Stewart, who warned that such promises would make it impossible to attack Jeremy Corbyn for his “unfunded” pledges.
The head of the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) went further, saying the two candidates were misleading voters in claiming they could dip into a £27bn “war chest”.
Paul Johnson pointed out it was a figure for one year only, so could not be used for permanent tax-and-spending changes – and it would not be available at all if the UK crashes out of the EU.
“There have been some extraordinary pledges – they add up into the tens of billions of pounds,” the IFS director said.
“They claim, somehow, that these will be paid for from this so-called Brexit war chest. Well, they are not going to be.
“First, that is only available in the event of no deal not happening. And, in any case, what they are just saying is they are willing to borrow more.”
Mr Hunt, as he set a new deadline of 30 September for a no deal becoming inevitable, pledged £6bn to compensate some industries from tariffs – claiming £1 trillion had been spent to bail out the banks.
But Mr Johnson said: “It is simply not true that, in any real sense, we spent £1 trillion bailing out the banks in the same way that he’s referring to potentially finding £6bn for the farmers and fishermen.”
And, on public-sector pay, he pointed out the freeze was over anyway – arguing the cash now being spent would be in jeopardy from a no-deal Brexit because “the economy will grow less quickly”.
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Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt: Is time up for the Conservative Party?
It could be argued that an endorsement from a failed ex-Conservative leader and former schoolboy politician may do Jeremy Hunt more harm than good – but the fact is that neither he nor Boris Johnson have covered themselves in glory.
Business leaders have described both candidates’ willingness to offer a hard ‘no deal’ Brexit in order to leave the EU no later than October 31 as the “height of irresponsibility”, pointing out that manufacturing output has suffered its sharpest fall in six and a half years.
It is possible that William Hague was not aware of this when he penned his Torygraph article. He was attacking only Mr Johnson when he wrote, “the fundamental problem with willingly threatening a no-deal Brexit, or saying it will happen at the end of October, come what may, is that this new prime minister has no guaranteed majority in the House of Commons. Faced with that reality, the grotesque expedient of somehow ignoring a majority in parliament – which would mean at worst an election and, even at best, the complete inability to pass any legislation afterwards – has reared its head.” But that comment could be applied to both of them perfectly adequately.
He wrote: “Boris has demonstrated his strong convictions by saying “do or die” and refusing to rule out the proroguing of parliament. But in doing so, however much I wish him well if he is elected, he has lost my vote, because “do and then die” could very easily be the outcome.”
Hague said he supported Mr Hunt because “I watched him, through one winter after another, deal with the strains on the NHS with steady and unflappable competence. Good humoured and rational in all circumstances, he is definitely someone you want with you in a crisis” – without once noting that every crisis in the National Health Service was caused by disastrous Conservative policies.
He wrote of both candidates: “Behind them is the Brexit party in full cry, threatening electoral calamity if the promised exit hasn’t happened soon. But ahead of them is a no-deal Brexit, with its unknown consequences. It is as if a flock of sheep is running full tilt from the wolves while little realising it might be heading for a cliff.”
That seems accurate, but where he describes these as “immense twin dangers” faced by the Conservatives, he could also be describing both Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson.
As the SNP’s Kirsty Blackman described them, the two Tory candidates could be characterised as the “Thelma and Louise of Brexit”, determined to drive the entire country over a cliff to meet a deadline.
The Tories are in crisis indeed. The cliff-edge is looming, and it seems they are going over it, no matter who they back.
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If you thought the UK would be ruined by a Boris Johnson premiership, try to remember that Jeremy Hunt will be just as bad.
Here he is, promising to destroy 350 jobs in Kidderminster for the sake of a few Brexit-supporting votes – because getting Brexiteers to support the Tories is far more important than actually doing anything supportive of the UK, its people and economy. Right?
I find myself in agreement with a friend on Facebook, who wrote the following:
‘This is where we are. No “sunlit uplands”, no “no downside”, no “easiest deal in history”, just “I will burn your businesses to the ground because of a legally questionable vote which all available polling says is no longer the majority view.” The Conservative Party has lost its mind.’
And if you think Kidderminster is the only part of the country that will be affected, don’t come back to me when the hammer falls on you!
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“Where?” Boris Johnson may need a geography lesson to find out the location of the constituency that could make a monkey of him (or even Jeremy Hunt).
Isn’t it frightening that both remaining candidates in the Tory leadership contest have names that can be perverted into terms for genital organs?
We have Boris Johnson on one side – a ‘johnson’ being a slang term for male parts; and on the other side, Jeremy C… Hunt, whose surname has been mispronounced so many times that no further elaboration should be necessary.
Does this mean that, no matter who wins, the UK is f***ed?
It may not make much difference, if current developments in This Writer’s home constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire run their course. Not only is it now to be the location of a by-election that may break the Conservatives as a credible political organisation, but it is also the home of the woman who was brutalised by a Conservative MP at the recent Mansion House dinner.
Janet Barker, of Builth Wells in the constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire, was taking part in a peaceful protest against climate change when Mark Field grabbed her by the throat and marched her out, his face a picture of privileged Tory fury.
Mr Field has since apologised but he has already done the damage. Here’s Ms Barker saying he needs to take an anger management course:
Here is Janet Barker saying Mark Field MP needs to to an anger management course pic.twitter.com/Bjm7L0SAh6
What a proud advert for Conservatism Mr Field is! In thisGuardian article, Ms Barker reveals that after he shoved her out of the Mansion House, Mr Field said: “This is what happens when people like you disturb our dinner!”
Make no mistake; when this man said “people like you” to Janet Barker, he meant people like you, dear reader.
He meant members of the general public who are harmed by Tory policies. He thinks your place is to suffer in silence while he and his kind eat slap-up meals, bought by causing that suffering. He is a fairly typical Conservative in that respect.
Two more fairly typical Conservatives are Chris Davies and Glyn Davies, the disgraced now-former Tory MP for Brecon and Radnorshire and the current Tory MP for neighbouring Montgomeryshire.
The latter seems to think the former has “suffered enough”, as the old saying about Tories caught in wrong-doing used to go, and that he should stand for re-election to the Brecon and Radnorshire seat.
He told the BBC: “There is a process. There is a parliamentary process – we’ve gone through that process… I would vote for Chris to be the candidate. We have processes.”
Gibberish!
Personally, I think Mr (Chris) Davies should stand again for Brecon and Radnorshire.
Consider the mathematics here. One-fifth of the total electorate voted to push him out. A further half of the voters are unlikely to even turn out, as this is a by-election (look at the recent Peterborough result). This means Mr Davies would have to try to get a proportion of the remaining 16,000 or so votes – from Tories who are likely to think he made them all look bad (he did) and ‘Leave’ supporters who will probably see the Brexit Party as a better option.
A Tory with an unblemished record would stand a better chance, I would have thought.
Perhaps there aren’t any left.
I wonder what Ms Barker thinks of these shenanigans?
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“Alternate reality”: Rory Stewart despairs of the BBC’s televised debate between himself and the other Tory leadership candidates. Was it something they said?
What the hell was Emily Maitlis doing, agreeing with Michael Gove that Jeremy Corbyn indulges anti-Semitism when he so obviously does not?
She came out with her extraordinary outburst during the BBC televised Conservative leadership debate, in which Michael Gove responded appallingly to concerns over Islamophobia raised by a Bristolian imam. Here’s that gentleman, explaining himself on Twitter:
Yes he did. Here it is – Michael Gove is so proud of his defamatory statement that he turned it into an infographic:
“If there are Islamophobes in our Party – and there are – we should root them out. But we also cannot have someone aspiring to be Prime Minister who indulges antisemitic hate speech in the way Jeremy Corbyn has.” #Gove4PM#BBCOurNextPMpic.twitter.com/Q7K9t20u3j
He went on to highlight the moment when Mr Corbyn accused two Zionist activists of failing to understand irony when they disrupted an event at which a Palestinian representative was speaking as an example of the Labour leader’s behaviour. The incident has long since been explained: Mr Corbyn was correctly referring specifically to the two individuals concerned but politically-motivated critics had, in bad faith, reinterpreted his words to claim that he was referring to all Jews. The claim is utterly ludicrous.
And Emily Maitlis – the host – supported Mr Gove! She cut off any further comment, saying: “I’m sure you all do agree.”
Quick reminder: The BBC is under investigation by Ofcom, under suspicion of violating its first duty – impartiality. It seems clear that Ms Maitlis was keen to ensure that Ofcom finds against her employer, all by herself.
Result: Public outrage:
Emily Maitlis saying that everyone would agree with the accusation that Jeremy Corbyn engages in anti-Jewish hate speech might go down in history as one of the blackest days in the history of the BBC. The BBC as I knew it has ceased to exist. Just blatant Tory propoganda now.
“Her bias was showing,” tweeted ‘Biker Wolfie With Pilllion Daniel Blake.
“And people say BBC news isn’t biased,” added Nick Mapson.
“Really! That is outrageous!” exclaimed Linda Scott.
The only one who came out of that worse than Ms Maitlis was Mr Gove himself:
I despise Michael Gove a hundred times more than any other Tory. He is smearmongering scum. Jeremy Corbyn has got absolutely nothing against Jewish people. This is just an easy and lazy way to smear him, but also the most atrocious as it incites hatred and fear.#BBCOurNextPM
Mr Gove seems to have a Corbyn fixation. He also said: “Jeremy Corbyn isn’t interested in helping working people; he’s interested in standing up for the Iranian regime,” in a direct reference to the controversy over attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman (The US and the UK foreign office have blamed Iran without concrete evidence and Mr Corbyn has said proof is required).
If anything good came from that debate, it was Sajid Javid’s apparent securing of agreement from all the candidates that an independent investigation should be held into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party.
Another question was about what the candidates would do to lift the tax burden on the working classes – and Rory Stewart attracted undue flak, despite being the only person giving a realistic answer.
"We do not need more tax cuts" says Rory Stewart, adding that if there is more money it should go to public services
He said he wasn’t thinking about promises for the next 15 days, but about the next 15 years.
The questioner’s response defies belief:
Highlight of that debate: Tory voter: “Can you promise tax cuts we can’t afford?” Rory Stewart: *Gives answer showing he is in touch with the fact public services are under strain* Tory voter: “Sorry Rory but you’re completely out-of-touch” #BBCOurNextPM#BBCdebate
Mr Hunt also came out with a howler when he claimed that the UK was one of the most open and accepting countries for people of other ethnicities than the majority. That simply isn’t true any more, and the reason is divisive rhetoric from the Conservative government that has set racism soaring.
At least he got through the whole hour without hearing his name mispronounced once.
Who came out of it best? Rory Stewart, according to the public.
Rory Stewart is the only one with his feet on the ground, in every sense. (If I had to choose a Tory, which I’d rather not, he’s by far the best choice IMHO.) #BBCOurNextPMpic.twitter.com/z3QKRHIAXx
Interviewed afterwards, he was questioned on why he took off his tie (and on why his performance was “lacklustre”, which seems to be another example of BBC bias). He replied that he had felt as though he had been drawn into an “alternate reality” and was trying to re-establish a sense of what was genuine:
“It was a deeply depressing occasion… I’m disenfranchised.”
Former Deputy PM Lord Heseltine says tonight's debate “was a masterclass in avoiding the answers to questions… and there were a lot of assertions which make no sense”#newsnight | @maitlis | #BBCOurNextPMpic.twitter.com/XF8ZE8vvHz
Boris Johnson – the front-runner in terms of votes cast by his follow Conservative MPs – was absolutely nowhere. Asked if, as prime minister, he would do the decent thing and call a general election in order to gain a mandate from the public, he said no.
Ms Maitlis pounced: “‘It’s the arrogance’ – that’s what you said when Gordon Brown became prime minister. ‘That’s what gets me. Gordon Brown will now be in 10 Downing Street without a mandate from the British people. No-one elected Gordon Brown as prime minister. Let’s have an election without delay.’ Why does the same not apply this time?”
Mr Johnson replied: “Because he wasn’t taking over in the context of a national political crisis in which we have to get Brexit over the line.”
It doesn’t take a genius to come up with appropriate response to that howler:
— John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) (@Harryslaststand) June 18, 2019
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Sucker punch: Dominic Raab has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership race after Rory Stewart enjoyed a surge that doubled his support among MPs.
Surprise results from the second round of the Conservative Party leadership election show a big leap in support for Rory Stewart.
Mr Stewart, who scraped into the second round of the election in bottom place, has doubled his support, leapfrogging both Dominic Raab and Sajid Javid.
Mr Raab is out now; Mr Javid may be out next time.
Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove will be disappointed; their support base has hardly changed since the first round.
Neither has Boris Johnson’s. And he will have been hoping to dodge having to clash with Mr Stewart in the BBC’s televised debate this evening (June 18).
Mr Stewart will want to ask the race leader whether he has been making contradictory promises to different groups in order to secure their support and Mr Johnson’s response to this and other questions may dictate the result of the contest.
But who will get Dominic Raab’s votes?
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Blaze: An oil tanker burns in the Gulf of Oman. But was Iran really responsible?
Isn’t it childish that, in this age of climate change and environmental catastrophe caused by fossil fuels, our leaders are squabbling over oil again?
The Conservative government has supported claims by the United States that attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman – on one of the world’s most important tanker routes – were caused by Iran.
Apparently the removal of a mine from one of the tankers by Iranian special forces was portrayed as proof of that country’s guilt by the US government under Donald Trump. He said he guessed one of the mines used to attack the ships did not explode “and it had Iran written all over it”.
The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, under prime ministerial wannabe Jeremy Hunt, said an investigation by the United Arab Emirates had concluded that the attacks had been caused by a “sophisticated state actor”, and Mr Hunt said he was satisfied that the actor in question was Iran.
Let’s pause for a moment and compare this behaviour with the Tory government’s response to United Nations claims that its policies had caused an increase in poverty here – DWP secretary Amber Rudd, and Theresa May, said it was impossible for such a conclusion to be formed after such a short period collecting evidence; less than two weeks. The report on the tankers has appeared in less than two days, it seems.
So we have an arguable double-standard in the Tory government’s stance.
But that hasn’t stopped ministers from attacking Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, simply for suggesting that a little conclusive evidence should be collected first:
Britain should act to ease tensions in the Gulf, not fuel a military escalation that began with US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement. Without credible evidence about the tanker attacks, the government’s rhetoric will only increase the threat of war.
Happily, the response from the public has been to challenge the Tories. Consider, for example, this reponse to Mr Hunt:
Jeremy Hunt brands Labour leader 'pathetic' over Iran comments https://t.co/cVh6WlPlyO Remember Gulf of Tonkin, WMD etc where US proof turned out to be false. It's not soft on Iran, or excusing any of their crimes, to demand evidence we can trust before sounding the war trumpets.
— JewishVoiceForLabour (@JVoiceLabour) June 15, 2019
Let’s face it – a previous UK government tried to convince us that a war with Iraq was a good idea, based on evidence that was later disproved. That was in alliance with the United States, too.
The people slagging off Jeremy Corbyn for this tweet are the same people who cheered for the Iraq War when Tony Blair, George W Bush and John Bolton insisted Saddam Hussein had WMDs. Don't be fooled again.
A war with Iran will make the war with Iraq look like a pillow fight. https://t.co/cXFs58tqjg
— Frank Owen's Legendary Paintbrush (@WarmongerHodges) June 15, 2019
It is the attack on Mr Corbyn that is most offensive, though:
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Andrea Leadsom: She’s the fourth Tory leadership candidate to admit having smoked “weed”.
Can somebody please tell me how having taken drugs in the past makes someone a better candidate to be the leader of the Conservative Party – let alone prime minister?
Jeremy Hunt was the first; he admitted taking a cannabis lassi (it’s a kind of drink made in India).
Then Rory Stewart said he took opium at a wedding in Iran, prompting speculation in some quarters that he was pre-empting a revelation – possibly by a rival.
And then the floodgates opened.
Boris Johnson took cocaine and cannabis at college. Can anybody say they’re surprised?
Dominic Raab has had cannabis, and so has Andrea Leadsom.
And Michael Gove took cocaine. In his confession, he went on at length about the drug’s harmful effects (“drugs damage lives”) and about his feelings on the subject now (“it is something I deeply regret”). This caused more rancour than the straight confessions of the others.
Green MP Caroline Lucas said it was “rank hypocrisy” to admit to “mistakes” while “backing policies that perpetuate harm”.
Crispin Blunt, chairman of the all-party parliamentary group for drug policy reform, said: “Michael has delivered a politically-crafted and deeply unconvincing hand-wringing statement of regret for committing a victimless crime. He should have used the opportunity to join a vital and urgent policy debate.”
Ex-Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron pointed out that all six “continue to back policies that send less fortunate folk to prison for the same thing. It’s disgusting”.
And current Lib Dem leadership hopeful Ed Davey observed: “They might all be historical confessions but the way this Tory leadership is going it’s like they’re all off their heads.”
That certainly appears to be the conclusion of the satirists, who have been having great fun concocting fictional pasts for other MPs. I particularly enjoyed the idea of Jacob Rees-Mogg having used camphorated tincture of laudanum with his nanny in 1899.
And apparently Larry the Downing Street Cat has admitted a continuing fondness for catnip. Well, why not?
In the interests of full disclosure, This Writer is happy to admit a long history of substance abuse including cocktails of diesel, metal polish and (when I can get it) Uranium-239. We journalists run on heavy fuel!
But there is a serious question here.
The issue of illegal drugs has been a major political football for decades. Remember the “war on drugs”? The lives of millions of people have been affected – many ruined – by organised drug-pushers; Michael Gove wasn’t wrong about that. And many people have been punished – sometimes jailed – simply for possession of certain substances.
And the hypocrisy of the mass media should also be taken into account. Remember the thunderous furore after Diane Abbott drank a mojito on a train? In comparison, we get hardly a whimper after people who may become prime minister confessed to serious historical crimes.
Against this background, it is right to question the attitude of these confessors. Let’s have a poll:
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