Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
A billion pound fortune buys you many things, it seems, including immunity from prosecution for possessing crack, cocaine and heroin.Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing and his wife Eva were let off with cautions after being caught in the possession of drugs.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
A billion pound fortune buys you many things, it seems, including immunity from prosecution for possessing crack, cocaine and heroin.Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing and his wife Eva were let off with cautions after being caught in the possession of drugs.
Transform Drug Policy Foundation (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
ssMartin's recent post on policy Climate Change is backed up by the publication of a couple of the articles below. Whilst the pieces by Tim Hollis (The Times) and Brian Paddick (Mail on Sunday) reveal a singularly stubborn commitment to the war on drugs by ignoring the obvious flaws inherent in prohibition, Allan Wall and Silver Donald Cameron present rational positions to suggest that...
Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
The UK Drug Policy Commission says that, despite the large sums of money spent tackling drug crime, little impact on cutting supply or reducing demand has been felt. David Blakey, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, and Brian Paddick, former deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, discuss whether drugs are being prioritised as a problem.
Jonathan Fryer (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... much domestic tranquility politicians often sacrifice fo their benefit. Former mayoral candidate Brian Paddick, also in the full flush of health, told a story whose point I didn’t quite grasp, about Puff the Magic Dragon. Something to do with Ken Livingstone, I think. Anyway, as Brian pulled my ticket out from the raffle, netting me a fine bottle of Rioja, who am I to complain?...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Welcome to the 73rd of our weekly round-ups from the Lib Dem blogosphere, featuring the seven most popular stories according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (6th-12th July), together with a hand-picked quintet you might otherwise have missed. 1. Brian Paddick, ‘lined up as President of the Lib Dems’ on Meral Ece’s Meral’s Musings blog. But plays [...]
IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Mr Furnish, of course, is quite the social butterfly. His 553 "friends" seem to be a mixture of topless male models (judging by their "profile" pictures) and celebs. Including: Bryan Adams, Helena Bonham Carter, Brian Paddick, Tom Ford, Lily Cole, Jade Jagger, Graham Norton, Alexander McQueen, Hugh Dancy and David Lachapelle. No Elton John, but he's a bit old for Facebook.
