It’s the Patients At Parliament protest outside the House of Commons today, in support of Paul Flynn‘s Elizabeth Brice bill for legal access to medicinal cannabis, so that is what this week’s vlog is all about. I would really like to be there with all of the other protesters, but my wife can’t afford to take the time off work (she’s incredibly busy at the moment) and we really can’t afford to spend almost £100 on train tickets to enable us to travel to Westminster from Norfolk.
I have almost finished editing the video, when I hear that the bill wasn’t given a second reading due to filibustering by a Labour MP. I feel very disappointed, but I’m sure that disappointment is felt much more keenly by everybody attending the protest, let alone Labour MP Paul Flynn, who expressed his disgust at the time-wasting tactics of a member of his own party. I really cannot understand why MPs are so afraid of cannabis. Alcohol and tobacco are far more dangerous than cannabis will ever be.
I publish my vlog with a heavy heart. The next attempt to have a second reading of the Elizabeth Brice bill is now July – fingers crossed that it doesn’t fall victim to similar tactics then!
My wife’s accountant pays me a visit this afternoon, to provided me with a formal statement of identification that I require to administer my mother’s estate. I should gave arranged this months ago, but I have been dragging my feet. Hopefully I can get together with my brother tomorrow and we can fill out the necessary paperwork and get it posted off.