Boris Johnson is down with the kids...

Boris Johnson professed his love of da herb (marijuana) yesterday when asked whether he thinks it should be made legal for medicinal use. Perhaps that explains his famously whimsical sense of humour.

As part of a question and answer session held by the Telegraph, Mr. Johnson got groovy when replying to a question from an audience member by stating that he had been excogitating the issue. If it allayed a person's pain then why the jolly hell not, he said.

Many suspect that he was about to say more on the issue but, as Mr Johnson was suddenly overcome with an uncontrollable laughter, audience members were forced to change the subject.

The statement makes Johnson the most senior Conservative MP to argue in favour of marijuana use; a fact that will no doubt cause a little concern for other members of his party. This is especially true considering that the news comes at a time when Gordon Brown is considering reclassifying the drug as a Class B substance instead of the more clemently labelled Class C. The issue is a controversial one.

Following the revelation of Bojo's feelings towards marijuana, the portly one launched into a scathing and paranoid tirade aimed at Mr. Livingstone and his cronies. As part of the censorious rant, Mr Johnson claimed that Mr. Livingstone was secretly planning to raise the ticket prices for London's public transportation systems. Nobody knows if this statement is actually true or just a paranoid fantasy from smoking too much.

The news comes a week before polling day for the mayoral election, and after the revelation last month that Boris has dabbled with drugs in his university years. As that's what most students seem to be doing in London these days perhaps it shows that he's down with the kids.

The case continues, man...

Written by Oli Anderson on 25 Apr 2008 1:12 PM. Permalink