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[Politics] Gove, politicians and drugs
- Thread starter indy3050
- Start date
Gove - The first man in history to make cocaine look uncool.
Yes, but I didn't go around saying 'drugs are bad, vote for me'. Your first sentence is very correct.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,290
i didnt myself (honest) but know so many that did especially in the 90's.
midnight_rendezvous
Well-known member
It’s not that he took cocaine that bothers me. It’s the sheer hypocrisy of it all. In 2014 he introduced a teachers' code of conduct with lifetime bans for teachers caught using Class A drugs like cocaine. Whilst I’m not against the aforementioned, teachers are deemed unfit to teach if they use cocaine but he's fit to run for PM? Baffling.
Years ago I had pretty bad dandruff and after scratching my head for a couple of minutes had enough dandruff to rack up a small line for my mate whilst he was in the bathroom. He obliged not knowing of course and 20 years on we are still good mates but I just can’t tell him.......... would you?
studio150
Well-known member
Maybe this was part of the Tories rule change on electing a new leader, whoever can snort the longest line gets in
To be fair, if I was in the Tory party I’d also need to be on mind bending drugs.
And as recent as a few hours ago he was saying people shouldn’t be defined by their worst mistake. Hypocrite.
Gove is a very able politician in the current Tory government but he was not an impressionable easily led teanager when he took cocaine he was a thirty year old man as such he must stand down as a contender for the highest of posts
Able, as in he lies and is a hypocrite?
Able as he is an capable political operator not sure he has lied would be interesting to have sight of the USA visa applications he has completed in the past maybe they will surface over the next few days and then we may see, hypocritical yes he as nearly all politicians have been.
To me it's the fact he took class A Drugs as an adult and what made him admit now was he about to exposed by his dealer or othe crackhead buddies this is such an error of judgment that it makes him standing to become our next Priminister is totally unacceptable, he should now withdraw from the race not to do so will be another error of judgment
southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 5,639
Which politician hasn't done drugs at some point? Gove is undoubtedly part of the majority who has.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,067
No, never taken any such class A drugs. Sorry, but this is what’s so ****ed about our society. Everyone who commits offences excuses their actions with the old ‘but everyone’s done it’ chestnut; and then calls anyone who didn’t a liar or bore or something else that denigrates higher integrity or better judgement. It’s about time people stopped condoning such behaviour. Gove ought to go, he had zero credibility after Brexit and even less now. I don’t want politicians who fuel the drug trade running my country; everyone knows cocaine trade is funded by wealthy westerners. The hypocrisy here makes his position untenable.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
If I had to f**k Sarah Vine I’d need to be on drugs you mean
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,067
But we’re not talking about class c Woodstock hash. This is serious stuff
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Wasn’t there a would be local politician who tried to erase stuff from his past ? Unlucky for him it didn’t work and it won’t for Gove
southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 5,639
Agreed, but class A drugs are rife at so many public schools where so many of our politicians have come from. In the city Coke is practically easier to pick up than a pack of cigarettes
And don't tell me Boris hasn't taken something at some point? I'd be more worried if he had'nt!
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,067
I care not that lots of others are doing class A drugs and making the world a miserable place as a consequence. I don’t want my potential next Prime Minister as someone with a history of taking Class A drugs. It’s not ok. If more people fought against rather than meekly accepting that their kids take, it’s socially acceptable etc then perhaps our society wouldn’t be in such a ruinous state. We’re all suffering the affects of the drug trade. Amazed and saddened by the brain numbing idiocy people condone drug taking with. It’s more damaging than anything this world has ever faced before: Famines, WW2, Great Plague of 14th century included.