Home

John Reid Hasn't Been Skinning Up - Maybe he should start...

Posted April 29th, 2006 by ringverse
in

The small amount cannabis found in John Reid's home was nothing to do with him. No sir, it had been there since he moved in...

Tokers take note, any drugs found in your house can simply be explained away with the argument that it is nothing to do with you, it's been there since you bought the house!

In a statement Assistant Chief Constable John Corrigan, of Strathclyde Police, said: "I can confirm that we have investigated the discovery of a small piece of cannabis resin in a guest room of a house within the force area.

"The substance found weighed less than one gram with a street value of approximately 85p."

The BBC's political correspondent Mark Saunders said the drugs were thought to have been found while Mr Reid was on an official visit to Afghanistan to visit British troops.

In his statement Mr Corrigan said the owner of the house "has co-operated fully with police and is not suspected of having committed any crime or offence".

He said it was a regular occurrence for Strathclyde Police to find or become aware of very small quantities of Class C controlled drugs that were not in someone's possession.

A spokesman for Mr Reid told BBC Scotland the MP had "absolutely no idea where it came from".

Sound familliar? In 2002, the cocaine found in a police van with Geoffrey Robinson had nothing to do with him either...

"...while Mr Reid was on an

On April 29th, 2006 Bob Piper (not verified) says:

"...while Mr Reid was on an official visit to Afghanistan to visit British troops".

Yes, I gather you can get a good deal in post-Taliban Afghanistan since the US re-instated the drug barons.

Does anyone know how long he

On April 29th, 2006 Davide Simonetti says:

Does anyone know how long he has had his house?

that's just got to be cheap

On April 29th, 2006 quarsan says:

that's just got to be cheap hash, at those prices it's 24 quid an ounce, or was that the Kabul price?

Either JR needed some help

On April 29th, 2006 sona says:

Either JR needed some help to regurgitate those nondsensical talking points or his househelp is inept in house cleaning.

Of course John Reid was at

On April 29th, 2006 TheFatMan (not verified) says:

Of course John Reid was at Stirling Uni in the 60's - as all old Scottish hippies know the clouds of dope smoke over that campus were legendary - wonder if any Stirling alumni have any relevant recollections.
j

Reid has lived in the house

On April 29th, 2006 ringverse says:

Reid has lived in the house at least since 1988 -

The house was the Reid family home when his first wife, Cathy, was alive, and "hundreds" of people are said to have been in the house over the years. She died in 1998, and the couple had two sons. Mr Reid, 58, later married the film director Carine Adler.