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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Members of Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs to demand assurance of future independence from home secretary Alan Johnson More members of the government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs are set to resign unless they receive reassurances on its future independence from the home secretary, Alan Johnson. Johnson will meet members of the council on Tuesday, when he will attempt to placate them...
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If Sam Tarran Was In Charge (Free subscription) | yesterday
BBC News: The government is set to produce guidelines to ensure the independence of its scientific advisers, Science Minister Lord Drayson has said. ... A statement from the academics was sent to government officials and ministers, and calls for them to back their academic freedom and independence and to properly consider their advice. In a statement to MPs, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said the reason...
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Jumbie's Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is a crisis at the moment over here in the UK. Prof Nutt the chair of the Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs was recently sacked at the end of October 2009. Prof Nutt has not been received favourably in many UK Psychiatric circles because he is seen by some as instrumental in trying to down grade cannabis from a class B to C drug - and the Government over here weren't happy either. [There are...
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Kemptown Ben's Green Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Unbelievable, really. The Home Secretary Alan Johnson has sacked a scientific advisor on drugs for observing that alcohol is more dangerous than cannabis, and that horse-riding is more dangerous than taking ecstasy. Is it any wonder we have such a problem with alcohol use when the Government is refusing, yet again, to take seriously the advice of scientists? Nationally, alcohol is a disaster for the...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Alan Johnson should not have sacked David Nutt as his chief drugs adviser without consulting government colleagues responsible for science policy, the Science and Innovation Minister, said today.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Alan Johnson announced this week that he would curb the ability of local authorities to use the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa).
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Legalise Cannabis Alliance (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I have to say that I am appalled at the sacking of Professor David Nutt from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) by the Home Secretary Alan Johnson - and the support given to him by our un-elected Prime Minister Gordon Brown. David Cameron is no better for agreeing with their decision to ignore experts' advice if it flies in the face of media-led public opinion. Professor Nutt, head...
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MatBlog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
fairly decent article by Martin Wolf in today’s FT on immigration Alan Johnson, home secretary, has recently admitted that the government has been “maladroit” in its handling of immigration. This is British understatement. It has been dishonest: it has pursued a radical policy, with profound consequences, on weak grounds, without serious debate. That is why the [...]
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Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I believe these headlines are now composed on the internet, by blokes in Australia. So this is no longer the indigenous sense of humour, but one clearly closely allied: MPs demand answers over Nutt sacking Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, is under pressure to fully explain his decision to sack his chief drugs adviser.
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Put An End To War (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
UK Fluoridation - Fluoride Deception Health Secretary Alan Johnson There's a lot of bad press out there on fluoride yet the Health Secretary Alan Johnson wants to add it to our water supply. “I want the NHS to do much more to prevent rather than just treat disease,” Johnson said. He sure does - if the reports are true then he'll be helping to create disease. DR. Monteith goes over the...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Leading academics including a former chief scientist and the president of the Royal Society ask government to sign up to guidelines guaranteeing right to disagree publicly with policies Senior scientists are calling on the government to sign up to a new set of guidelines that would guarantee that scientific advice remains free from political interference following the sacking of its chief drugs adviser...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Poole council used powers introduced to counter crime and terrorism to determine whether children lived in catchment area A woman took her local authority to court today complaining it spied on her family 21 times in an attempt to establish whether her children lived in the correct school catchment area. Jenny Paton, 40, a mother of three, called Poole council "ludicrous and completely outrageous"...
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NO2ID Birmingham (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Formerly 1,600 officials could authorise access to communications records and order surveillance operations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). Only director-level bureaucrats will now be able to do so. As this may mean that fewer people may be charged for putting out their bins on the wrong day I was going to give some grudging praise to Alan Johnson but have now changed my mind....
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Misanthrope And Glory (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
La la la. I can't hear you. La la. I've got my hands over my ears. La la. Still can't hear you. Okay, I'm not the first to pull that particular stunt. In fact I got the idea from Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary. As you probably know, he invited his advisor on drugs policy to sod off, because he didn't like the advice he was getting. You may also think that's fair enough. But what exactly did Professor...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
MPs ask Home Secretary Alan Johnson to explain his decision to sack the government's chief drugs adviser.
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