PM makes war on drugs the election battleground

Anthony Butcher · 21-11-2004, 04:27 AM

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/pol...p?story=585132

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Tony Blair will this week make drugs the key battleground for the general election when he launches a sweeping crackdown as the centrepiece of his new legislative programme.

The Prime Minister will use the Queen's Speech on Tuesday to highlight what aides claim will be a crusade to reduce the damaging effects on society of drug abuse.

New powers to compulsorily test those arrested for minor crimes will be balanced by enhanced treatment programmes. Police will be allowed to prosecute users for possession even if the only drugs found on them are in the bloodstream. Laws that allow the closure of crack dens will be extended to enable councils to evict tenants who allow their properties to be used for even casual drug use.

I rather like this idea. However, the tests should surely only be compulsory for someone convicted of a crime? People are still innocent until proven guilty in this country. Or at least they were before Labour started turning Britain INTO phpbb_a police state.

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Labour's election planners, who kept a careful watch on recent campaigns in the USA, Australia and Spain, have concluded that left-of-centre parties cannot win elections simply by fighting on economic issues unless they also appear strong on security-related questions.

I am fairly certain that Labour abandoned any pretence at being a "left-of-centre" party some time ago.

Nationalist · 21-11-2004, 09:31 AM

Labour will never get tough on anything, except for maybe bananas that are too bent or sickening criminals who sell in imperial measures.

These pansy liberals wont do jack. An alarming number of burglaries and muggings are to pay for a drug addiction. Shooting galleries that dole out free drugs and clean needles have been set up all around the world and most have proved successful with regards to cutting crime and overdoses.

Couple that with a policy to execute traffickers who bring it INTO phpbb_the country and you're on to a winner.

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21-11-2004, 09:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nationalist Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 82	Labour will never get tough on anything, except for maybe bananas that are too bent or sickening criminals who sell in imperial measures. These pansy liberals wont do jack. An alarming number of burglaries and muggings are to pay for a drug addiction. Shooting galleries that dole out free drugs and clean needles have been set up all around the world and most have proved successful with regards to cutting crime and overdoses. Couple that with a policy to execute traffickers who bring it INTO phpbb_the country and you're on to a winner.