In 2013, British reporters have found evidence of
cocaine use in the cubicles of the toilets outside Strangers’ Bar and in
private areas close to MPs' offices, areas of Parliament that are NOT PUBLIC.
In 2005, a German television station found traces of
cocaine in 41 out of 46 MEP’s lavatories tested at the European Parliament in
Brussels.
Random drug tests are carried out in Britain on our
Armed Forces and failures are kicked out.
Sportsmen and women are regularly and routinely tested for illegal drug
use. Unannounced drug testing for a
range of other types of employment is now becoming common. Clearly, it is now necessary to extend this
to all top government positions.
It is essential that those entrusted with the
responsibility of Britain and how hard-earned taxes are spent, are clean,
clear-headed, responsible and answerable at all times to we, the British
people, who employ them.
Illegal drug use in Parliament has been uncovered
using cocaine indicator swabs, which are regularly used by the police and
customs officers. As Parliament’s
toilets are cleaned regularly, the white powder must have been snorted in the
few hours prior to the swabs being taken.
This must make us wonder as to how frequent and routinely illegal drug
use has become in Westminster and the other British regional parliamentary
institutions.
The British people have the right and responsibility
to demand the comprehensive, compulsory drug testing of all MPs in the British
Parliaments of London, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, all peers in the
House of Lords, and representatives in all other upper chambers.
Drug testing for illegal substances should also apply
to all highly positioned civil servants, third sector and civil society
"leaders" who are performing a high level of responsibility in a
third sector-type, public sector role, or a role that would formerly have been
that of a public sector employee prior to the strengthening and growth of the
third sector over the last 25 years.
This should also include “leaders,” CEOs and managers
in the private and charity sectors whose organisations have received British
Government grants or tax breaks, and are therefore in a role of responsibility,
and are beholden, to the British tax payer.
This must also include all MEPs, and the entire European Parliament, and
all other EU institutions.
The testing for illegal drug use should include ANYONE
in charge of public money and who are therefore in positions of trust.
Random tests must become widespread and in force at
all times. Instant sacking and prosecution through the police and courts should
follow for all who fail, irrespective of their position and status!
New government departments of narcotic use will need
to be set up to deal with this, both in Britain and in Europe.