Alan Johnson defends Nutt sacking







Alan Johnson defends Nutt sacking

Alan Johnson defends Nutt sacking

The Home Secretary angrily defends his decision to sack his top adviser on drugs David Nutt (Nov 1 2009)

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Guest: Elmo (25 days ago)

Never mind the video, that's the best title I've ever seen!!
   

searchguruSearchguru (25 days ago)

Clearly very similar to tea-bagging

Guest (25 days ago)

Johnson is a nut sack

Guest (25 days ago)

So what you're saying Mr Duncan is that it's fine if your advisor disagrees with you in private, because you can ignore his advice. However, if he goes public and point out that you're ignoring his advice, then he's fired?
   

pc614PC614 (25 days ago)

Who's Duncan? The second an advisor becomes political, he/she needs to go. An advisor who is political is called a Minister ;)
      

Guest: powderingmynoseinthetoilet (24 days ago)

So you think he was rightly sacked? for making his detailed research known to the public...
      

Guest (24 days ago)

Johnson, sorry - they all blend into one these days. Nutt did not become political - he merely said that the drugs rating system was not, but should be, related to harmfulness. This does not make him political - you're forgetting one vital ingredient - power. Nutt had no power to make changes - he was only exercising (what should be) his right to reason. Johnson wanted a lapdog that would pretend that the science matched his inconsistent, but popularist policy.
         

Guest (24 days ago)

An advisor would not be doing his or her job if they said only what the politicians wanted to hear. These advisors have a duty to speak out, and they also have the right to do so, because their reputations are being used to justify policy. Johnson wanted to do something that contradicted Nutt's considered views, but he wanted to do it in Nutt's name. And he sacked him when he found out that he couldn't. That is disgraceful.
            

Guest (24 days ago)

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