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Suella Braverman Speech - with 'FUCK THE TORIES' in the background.
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Suella Braverman Wants to Make Cannabis a Class A Drug

By Chris Bovey A new Tory Prime Minister and Home Secretary inevitably mean an announcement on the government's drugs policy. Obviously, nothing sensible, following Joe Biden's announcement last week that all prior federal possession convictions…
Spherical reflector radio telescope, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
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UK applying to join Earth-Solar-System free trade pact

By Chris Bovey The UK will apply to join a free trade area with seven planets in our Solar System now that it has left the EU. Joining the group of fast-growing planets will boost exports the British government says. The comprehensive…
Dead bee near skull & bones sign saying: danger pesticides keep out no entre
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Tory Minister’s husband lobbied to end ban on bee-killing pesticide to use on his sugar plantation

By Chris Bovey The husband of a Conservative MP and head of a British sugar beat company said he is “very happy” with the reversal of the EU ban on bee-killing pesticides, describing it as a “good decision”. Paul Kenwood, Managing…
Photo of a judge's gavel with a cannabis leaf
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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…
A policeman cuts down a door using a chainsaw.
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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 been…
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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…
Commercial cannabis grow room 2020
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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…
Vote in large letters with cannabis buds in the font.
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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…