Saturday, March 17, 2007
Drug fiend Tory Cameron is dogged by cocaine rumours
Yes, even in the Top People's paper, the "London Times" : David Cameron is being haunted by a renewed bout of speculation about his possible use of cocaine. Tabloid newspapers have dispatched investigators to try to pin down the truth of persistent Westminster rumours that he has used the Class A drug. Stories surfaced in the Sunday papers raising questions about Mr Cameron’s possible link to cocaine without actually answering them.
The drug issue dogged Mr Cameron’s party leadership campaign in 2005, and his failure to deny the rumours meant that they have lingered on ever since.
The Mail on Sunday republished an old story about how David Ruffley, a Conservative MP, stopped a colleague formally asking Mr Cameron during his leadership bid whether or not he had taken drugs. Mr Cameron was the only leadership contender not to be asked the question by MPs, and when it was sprung on him in a Channel 4 interview his response did not settle the issue.
Mr Cameron refused to deny the cannabis story, admitting that he made mistakes when he was young but insisting he had a right to a private life before he was involved in politics.
The Independent on Sunday ran a double-page feature titled “Cannabis, cocaine and the court of Cameron”, repeating speculation that he might have taken drugs when he was director of communications at Carlton Television or even when he was a Home Office adviser under the last Tory Government.
IMO: Of course, it has frequently been claimed that drug taking was rife during that Tory Govt and that they have been a direct major cause of street crime.
The drug issue dogged Mr Cameron’s party leadership campaign in 2005, and his failure to deny the rumours meant that they have lingered on ever since.
The Mail on Sunday republished an old story about how David Ruffley, a Conservative MP, stopped a colleague formally asking Mr Cameron during his leadership bid whether or not he had taken drugs. Mr Cameron was the only leadership contender not to be asked the question by MPs, and when it was sprung on him in a Channel 4 interview his response did not settle the issue.
Mr Cameron refused to deny the cannabis story, admitting that he made mistakes when he was young but insisting he had a right to a private life before he was involved in politics.
The Independent on Sunday ran a double-page feature titled “Cannabis, cocaine and the court of Cameron”, repeating speculation that he might have taken drugs when he was director of communications at Carlton Television or even when he was a Home Office adviser under the last Tory Government.
IMO: Of course, it has frequently been claimed that drug taking was rife during that Tory Govt and that they have been a direct major cause of street crime.
# posted by uv : 1:18 PM
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