Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mr Johnson said: "People think Labour has shied away from a debate on it. They may well be right.
Global Visas News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alan Johnson is ready to answer the important questions on UK immigration that may have gone unanswered in the past. See more Immigration News
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB It’s worth trying to identify some of the confusions that have arisen in the controversy over the action of the normally mild-mannered Home Secretary, Alan Johnson , in dismissing Professor David Nutt from his post as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) after the Professor repeated his criticism of the government’s...
Ephems of BLB (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Some interesting issues have been raised by the action of the normally mild-mannered Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, in dismissing Professor David Nutt from his post as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) after the Professor repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to move cannabis into a classification category for [...]
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Following allegations that Government engineered a secret plot to use mass migration to make Britain a more multicultural society, Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, admitted yesterday that the Government has mishandled immigration and that it is now placing a strain on jobs and services. The Home Secretary said Labour had been “maladroit” in its approach to...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Labour got it wrong on immigration, Alan Johnson admitted yesterday.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Alan Johnson the Home Secretary has admitted the Government has been inept over its handling of immigration which has piled pressure on local jobs and services.
Wholly Rude (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
So our Home Secretary Alan Johnson sent this letter to Professor David Nutt, requiring him to fall on his sword - Today in a Sky News interview Mr Johnson aggressively reiterated that he could not have an adviser advising the public on the truth behind drug harm (table published as part of the Eve Saville Lecture 2009 to Imperial College London in July 2009). Mr Johnson, an ex-Tesco...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... a Class-B drug.But Prof Beddington said Prof Nutt was sacked because of a breakdown of trust with Home Secretary Alan Johnson."I think it's very difficult – when clearly trust had broken down between the Home Secretary and Prof Nutt – to see how that could go on," he said. "We need to make a distinction between scientific advice and evidence, which is the role...
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NEWS (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has admitted that the government has made mistakes in handling immigration saying that Labour and Conservative administrations had been "maladroit" in dealing with the issue. Mr Johnson said parts of the UK had been "disproportionately" affected by immigration, with some areas seeing a "strain" on jobs and public services....
Malcolm Clarke Labour (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I watched with interest the urgent question at Parliament today regarding Professor Nutts sacking. Alan Johnson was very open in his criticism of Prof Nutts outspoken views criticising the governments policy on drugs within his position as an government advisor, citing this as the only reason for his dismissal from the post, the views causing a "loss of confidence in Prof Nutts ability...
Lobbydog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Just a few days ago this blog highlighted the backwards decision making at the Home Office relating to the national DNA database. Ministers have decided they want to keep innocent people’s DNA on the database and are searching for evidence to back their stance. It’s a dangerous approach to governance, rather than the more sensible process of conducting an investigation and basing...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
• More government experts support David Nutt • Affair 'will make it difficult to recruit the best people' The home secretary, Alan Johnson, is facing growing anger from scientists and government advisers over his decision to force the resignation of his senior drug adviser, David Nutt. Two other senior scientific advisers to the Home Office told Nutt they were...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... and politicians have met head on and the result is chaos. Nutt was fired in a letter from Home Secretary Alan Johnson on Friday, days after he had expressed dismay at prime minister Gordon Brown's insistence that cannabis remain a class B drug, against the advice of scientists - Nutt included - who say it is no more harmful than alcohol and nicotine. Senior scientists were...
The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
This won't have even registered on the radar of most American readers, but the current British Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, is facing a mass resignation of staff over his decision to fire the Chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for stating that ecstasy and LSD were less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. Two members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of...
