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dyqik wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:19 am

bjn wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:57 pm

Is legalising/decriminalising actually politically toxic? The politicians behave as if it is, but I can’t see a significant majority getting wound up by the legalisation of marijuana say.

I think it's one of those asymmetric political footballs, like abortion or gun rights in the US. Or prohibition a century ago.

There's a small but dedicated bunch of people who make a lot of noise in opposition, and a quieter* majority that thinks it'd be nice if everyone could be a bit more sensible about that and lots of other things.

*Not a silent majority, but one that actually exists.

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:35 am

dyqik wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:19 am

bjn wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:57 pm

Is legalising/decriminalising actually politically toxic? The politicians behave as if it is, but I can’t see a significant majority getting wound up by the legalisation of marijuana say.

I think it's one of those asymmetric political footballs, like abortion or gun rights in the US. Or prohibition a century ago.

There's a small but dedicated bunch of people who make a lot of noise in opposition, and a quieter* majority that thinks it'd be nice if everyone could be a bit more sensible about that and lots of other things.

*Not a silent majority, but one that actually exists.

I get the impression in the UK it would be very unpopular with the right-wing press, who call a lot of the shots.

A quick google finds a slim majority of the UK public in favour of "decriminalisation or legalisation" of weed, which is a bit hard vs. soft brexit but clearly there are a lot of people happy with the current stupid situation.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/ar ... -towards-c
https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/ ... ugs-policy

Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:16 pm

Fair dos.

Would be interesting to see if there were big swings in public opinion once serious discussion of legalisation started in the various US states and Canada where it's happened.

shpalman wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:04 am

Post-Brexit passport validity issues have nothing to do with covid.

shpalman wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 16, 2022 6:16 am

Martin_B wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:22 am

Did they only add the remaining validity to your passport for a while? My first passport was from Jun '90 to Jun '00. The next was from April '00 to April '10, the 3rd from Sep '09 to April '20, and the most recent Jan '20 to Jan '30. So on 3 renewals twice I've lost ~3 months and the other they gave me a passport which lasted 10 years and 6 months (and 11 days!)

I don't remember my previous ones but I definitely had it on the one which I've just replaced.

Even though Dr Tiganescu had six months left before her UK passport expires, she was barred from the flight and could not head off on the week-long trip because her passport was issued more than 10 years ago.

Gfamily wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:36 am

shpalman wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:04 am

Post-Brexit passport validity issues have nothing to do with covid.

shpalman wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 16, 2022 6:16 am

I don't remember my previous ones but I definitely had it on the one which I've just replaced.

Even though Dr Tiganescu had six months left before her UK passport expires, she was barred from the flight and could not head off on the week-long trip because her passport was issued more than 10 years ago.

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