The Lib Dems are in a mixed-up muddle when it comes to nicotine and cannabis.

At a recent Calderdale Council scrutiny meeting we discussed a proposal by a Liberal Democrat to ban all smoking anywhere in council buildings and vehicles. Her colleague, a smoker, who said we should think of the welfare of council officers who wanted to smoke, opposed this at the same meeting.

In a further twist, their national leader, Charles Kennedy, has recently stated his opinion that cannabis ought to be decriminalised. If you forgive the pun, what foggy logic from the Liberal Democrats.

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