However, the appointment, which was expected to be announced in Tony Blair's conference speech on Tuesday, may be delayed for logistic reasons. Once Parliament reconvenes after the party conference season, MPs from all sides are expected to argue for the law to be changed. Paul Flynn, Labour MP for Newport West and a consistent campaigner for decriminalisation, yesterday signed the Independent on Sunday petition for decriminalisation. Their efforts are likely to attract a hostile reaction from Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, but Mr. Flynn, Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year, is undeterred. At raves, it's a phenomenal 90 per cent who break an unenforceable law.
Police prefer dealing with friendly huggers at raves rather than handling violent, puking drunks.
It's been done and failed. America has had a 20-year war against drugs. I rolled my first joint on a hot June day in Hyde Park. Summer of '68. Desperate to be grown-up.