Col wrote:
> "Sofa - Spud" wrote in message
> news:fvsrc5$t3$3@aioe.org...
>
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>> How much paper work will all this cost and will it actually achieve
>> anything ? All this media who haa about skunk ( which I'll be honest
>> only today on R5 did they say Skunk is what I used to know as
>> Sinsemilla) is where this U turn has come about.
>
> Why go to the trouble of hiring a panel of experts when you
> are going to completely disregard their advice when it
> doesn't suit your political objectives?
>
> It is obvious that Labour think they can gain some political
> capital with a 'tough on drugs' stance.
> OK fair enough. the voters may or may not be responsive
> to that. However that's not the point.
>
> The point is, if they were going to reclassify *anyway*
> why not just do it and cut the crap?
Because they want to be seen to be "considering" options. It's the same
with all the Post Office closures. They had decided on numbers long before
the plan went to "consultation".
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Enzo
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
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