Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -

    Gordon Brown Admits He Bullied The Cabinet To Reclassify Cannabis Against Scientific Advice

    Robert Jay, QC. Counsel to the inquiry

    “Were policies such as the u-turn on casinos, reclassification

    of cannabis and the retreat on 24-hour drinking attempts to

    appease the Daily Mail in your view?”

    Gordon Brown

    “No. If you look at each one of these individual issues — and I

    don’t want to bore you with them– I personally have strong

    opinions, as an individual, about the evil of excessive gambling.

    I thought that the 24-hour licensing was causing us problems,

    and on cannabis, you know, I don’t hold what is probably the

    more conventional view about the effects of soft drugs, so I was

    against the reclassification of cannabis and in fact we reclassified

    it back. These are views that I hold personally and I hold them 

    quite strongly and I may say that probably I used my position

    to persuade members of the government who were not as keen

    on that policy as I was.”

    Source: The Leveson Inquiry transcript

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    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=572305772 Christopher Carman

      This is disgraceful and corrupt

    • http://www.facebook.com/fred.flash.9 Fred Flashheart

      so admittance of what is abuse of the ultimate position of authority but will Mr Brown be held in account for his actions? 

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000005860263 Louis Fitzpatrick

       of course he wont. if anything he’ll carry on doing it…

    • justextreme

      corrupt prick

    • steve a

      What rubbish that headline is.  Either Brown is a liar or those who surround him are very easily bullied.  He wouldn’t last 5 minutes in my peer group, let alone do any bullying.  who writes this crap?
       

    • Focusonpeace

        As he’s drinking his Liquor…Fucking bastard

    • http://www.peter-reynolds.co.uk Peter Reynolds

      I write this crap Steve.  Gordon Brown is notorious for his bullying which is widely documented by his ex-colleagues.

    • steve a

      Then shame on you.  It may well be he claims bragging rights in his narrow little world but I still stand by my assertion that he would not last 5 minutes in the public bar of the Goose and Musket.

    • venom2255

      i smoked cannabis all day every day for 3 months and learnt the alphabet backwards in my head and pulp fictions speach the path of the ritchous man is fore set on all sides by the selfish and the tirreny of evil men 

    • Douglas Fraser

      Implicit in his statement is the assumption that his personal views on matters mean more than scientific data, the opinions of the populace, etc.  The Blair, Brown and now Cameron’s government all are exhibiting behaviors that reveal their unconscious assumptions that they are everyone’s “betters” and therefore can do as they see fit, and to hell with the efficient functioning of society.

      At least the Queen and the Royal Family know their place – all these politicians need to be –taught– their place….  a storm is indeed coming.

    • http://www.peter-reynolds.co.uk Peter Reynolds

      You explain the very essence of the issue Doug.  Thank you.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=574531137 Raif Riddim Weaver

      what you gonna do

    • cshaws

      Proof of the old proverb that in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king ! 

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=574531137 Raif Riddim Weaver

      The large majority of politicians have this way since politics began. Don’t sit back and pretend a storm is coming….The storms already here but they are sitting far above it watching.

    • http://www.facebook.com/simon.blackledge.31 Simon Blackledge

      Peter would i be able to stand for clear in the my next local election also i have some ideas id like to discuss with your self and the party in a more privet setting if posible

    • http://www.peter-reynolds.co.uk Peter Reynolds

      Simon, you can contact me on peterreynolds@clear-uk.org

    • steve a

      There is the members only forum if you wish to discuss some matters with the membership rather than the general public but it is very low volume. And, unfortunately, since the hacking incident moderated entirely by an appointed executive so not entirely free from censorship.