Politics as the Black Swan

[Telarus]

A line of cocaine is now cheaper than a pint of lager or a glass of wine, or so the telegraph.co.uk claims. The average price of a pint of lager is around £2.75, although some pub chains have reacted to the credit crunch by cutting the price of a pint as low as 99p. A glass of wine typically costs £3.50.

In 2003, 6,813 kg of cocaine was seized by police and customs officers in England and Wales. In 2006/07, it was 3,191kg. The last time cocaine seizures were smaller was 1999.

The most common price for the drug is £40 per gram. Home Office figures for 1998 show the average price was £77. Based on reports from police forces, the Home Office said that cocaine is now being sold for as little as £20 a gram in some parts of the country. A gram of heroin can now be bought for as little as £25, with the average price somewhere between £40 and £50 per gram. In 1998, the average was £74.

The Home Office figures are based on data collected from police forces and the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

The politician is one who addresses the Black Swans for his community, a line of cocaine can cost as little as £1, with an average price per line of between £2 and £4.

James Brokenshire, the Conservative shadow home affairs minister, called the figures "startling."

He said: "These startling figures show the reality of drug use in Britain. Price falls of this nature indicate that the supply of hard drugs into this country has jumped. It's a serious indictment of Labour's failure to combat drug crime and stem the flow of drugs onto our streets."

A successful one knows to find the biggest Black Swan in the room and accuse his opponent of not keeping it on a leash while it shits all over his shoes, mangles his children's fingers, and tries to mount his fluffy little dog.

Less cocaine is being intercepted on Britain's borders. The Home Office figures last year showed that the total weight of cocaine seized actually fell by 15 per cent a year, and it has halved in five years.



This Black Swan is called "All Prohibition Drug Policies fail, but no-one is willing to verbalize it."

Remixx source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4602051/Cocaine-cheaper-than-lager-and-wine-as-drug-price-falls-by-half.html

[East Coast Hustle]

the moral of the story is: Brits are still paying retarded prices for blow but they think that shit is cheap now. Smuggle a few keys into the UK and don't worry about working a regular job for a few months afterward.