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    Peter Reynolds Voted UK Politician Of The Year 2011

     

    THE leader of Cannabis Law Reform, a registered political party campaigning to end the prohibition of cannabis in Britain, has topped a poll for UK Politician of the Year in 2011.

    In a poll by the Politics UK website, Peter Reynolds, leader of Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR), was voted UK Politician of the Year 2011.

    Votes cast for the top five nominees were as follows.

    • Peter Reynolds 801 (23%)
    • Alex Salmond 331 (9.5%)
    • Caroline Lucas 217 (6.2%)
    • Tom Watson 198 (5.7%)
    • Nigel Farage 189 (5.4%)

    Peter Reynolds said:

    “Thank you to everyone who voted for me. I think this just shows how out of touch the mainstream politicians and media are with the issues that really concern people. MPs run scared of the cannabis issue because they are terrified of what the Daily Mail will say. Meanwhile, current policy provides no protection at all for children, consumes £500 million per annum in criminal justice resources, gifts a £6 billion market to organised crime and denies people in pain and suffering access to this important medicine.”

    Alan Wyllie, editor of Politics UK, said:

    “Mr Reynolds is a new breed of politician. He treats the electorate with respect and will argue his point, not with ideology but with facts and data to back it up. Winning this poll reflects on his ability to connect with the general public. His fact based arguments have changed people’s opinions on the merits of regulation of cannabis. Congratulations from all at Politics UK.”

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    • Anonymous

      Well done Peter!
      This must now get you onto question time at some point.Then you can really drive home the truth about all the lies that are being told to the British public by the government and media about Cannabis, one of the greatest medicines and safest of all recreational drugs known to man.The tide is turning and the opposition can’t surf!

    • Sykesbenson

      Well Done Peter, and yes an appearance on QT would be unmissable!:-)

    • http://www.dope-smoker.co.uk Andy

      What a great result. 

      Very well done to you.

    • Christopher

      To suggest Peter Reynolds as a panelist on Question Time, you can do so on the BBC web site here

      http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/7827200.stm

      The more suggestions, the more likely it will happen; Howard Marks was on once, so no reason Peter should not be asked.

    • Sykesbenson

      Thanks for the link Christopher I “suggested” Peter for the show!:-)

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Williams/1072934911 Derek Williams

      I’m not sure if being voted a good politician is a compliment or not to be honest :) Well done Peter, lets have more of this sort of thing!

    • Mouthpiece

       Congratulations!

    • Anonymous

      Excellent stuff – well done, Peter!

      Thanks for the link, Christopher.

    • Chris Philbin

      you certainly have all the attributes of a politician Mr Reynolds. Good luck for 2012

    • Gabriel Presland

      Congratulations! Fantastic achievement!

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/2DENNCXDPW3VK73QPQ2DXYDBPY Paul

      Maybe he could sit in the same chair used by Nick Griffin – Im sure he will be comfy in it!