Poldie wrote:
> On 7 May, 19:37, "Col" wrote:
>> "Sofa - Spud" wrote in messagenews: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?
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>> 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.
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>> The point is, if they were going to reclassify *anyway*
>> why not just do it and cut the crap?
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> Gordon Brown's legacy, once he's kicked out at the next election, will
> be that he squandered what little support was left for Labour once
> Blair left by changing the tax system in a confusing way which
> punished people on a low income, and undid the only vaguely
> progressive piece of drug legislation change since the ridiculous law
> was brought in almost 40 years ago.
But Gordon brown tinkered with the tax system just as soon as he got his
hot little Socialist paws on it! It didn't just happen on Tony's departure!
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