The hypocrisy of politics is nothing new to those of use who have been involved in the cannabis debate for any period of time. Indeed some would say the situtation which the people involved with the Worthing Cannabis Cafe face is nothing new.

The government have decided, in a last stand before the Conservative oust them from power, to wage a war against working class people who choose to consume cannabis for recreational pleasure, over the government's own tipple of choice alcohol, and in the most blatant case yet, of poacher turned game-keeper, former cannabis smokers Vernon Coaker and Jacqui Smith have between them, decided they will represent a public minority who have decided the Worthing Cannabis Cafe should not exist, and regardless of the fact the Worthing Cafe's have shown a marked drop in crime int he locality.

Chris Baldwin has always been involved in the attempts to legalise cannabis cafe's, and has built a regime which doesn't allow any hard drugs into previous cafe's he was involved with, doesn't allow the sale of cannabis to minors, offers a 10% discount to people in uniform, but perhaps most importantly, doesn't (or didn't) choose to serve alcohol and perhaps with this last fact we are getting a little closer to the real issue.

The British Medical Association has recently slammed the government for its so called "cosy relationship with the drink industry", so it would be fair to assume anything which is likely to threaten alcohol's hold over the Great British public would feel the full thrust of British law and in this instance, that certainly seems to be the case. 

Mr Loughton said the café was the source of great annoyance for people living nearby, and described it as a blight on his constituency.

He added: "It acts as a magnet for all sorts of low life coming into Lancing.

"Despite the best endeavours of the police,