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63 year old man sentenced for growing cannabis to treat his arthritis

By Akash Hashmi A 63-year-old plasterer from Falmouth was caught with 19 cannabis plants and sentenced for two months in prison, suspended for six months. Stephen Barnes, 63, said he used cannabis for arthritic pain relief, a widely known…
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Runcorn police destroy door with chainsaw to find half a joint

By Kevin John Braid Police in Runcorn have boasted on Facebook about a door they vandalised with a chainsaw in a bust to recover half a joint. The post boasted that a "Misuse of Drugs Act warrant was executed and a quantity of drugs had…
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Tory Party donor facilitates licenses to grow weed in the UK

By Chris Bovey A new commercial venture, Crop17, has been set up to help people jump through the hoops of fire to obtain a Home Office license to legally grow cannabis in the UK. Real estate company Savills and cannabis consultancy Hanway…
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2019: the world is turning to pot and weed | yearly review

By Chris Bovey 2019 was another year where the world showed much promise in moving towards the ending of the prohibition of cannabis. As predicted by Feed The Birds, the minor changes to UK law on medicinal cannabis the British government…
The majority of Brits did not vote for the Tory Party.
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Bo Jo the Clown remains Prime Minister, but nothing has changed

By Chris Bovey Shortly before the polls closed, I was hoping for another shock exit poll predicting yet again a Hung Parliament. Deep down I knew this was unlikely, or otherwise, we would have seen a similar shift in the opinion polls…
Tactical voting van in Devon urging people to vote for the party best places to beat the Conservatives.
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Tactical voting and vote swapping to get the Tories out

By Chris Bovey With only a few days to the election, the true horrors of Boris Johnson securing five more years of Tory government to deliver his ghastly Brexit for Billionaires is sending shivers down our spines. The opinion polls are…
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Cannabis: where do the British political parties stand?

By Chris Bovey The UK general election is only two weeks away and the undemocratic First Past The Post voting system will decide who will govern the UK for the next five years in our illusory democracy. The Canadian Liberal’s surprise…
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Conspiracy theorists and their alliance with the Tory right

By Chris Bovey Ever since the Brexit debate started, I have seen a number of memes and links on my Facebook feed with some of the most bizarre claims about the European Union. While some of the posts from the leave camp come from your…
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Better to reform kids than to bang 'em up in prison

By Richard Shrubb The Mirror screamed the other day: “'Posh turf war' thugs walk free from court 'because they wouldn't "cope in jail", adding, “Four thugs who battered a teenager in a "posh turf war" have been spared jail after their…

Perverts walk free while young stoners are caged for 3 years

By Chris Bovey A teenager has been locked up for three years for selling cannabis and three ecstasy pills worth £200 in total. According to the Liverpool Echo, Lewis Bates, 18, of Grangemoor, was ordered to serve three years in a Young…