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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Peter Robinson's anger over party political broadcast for cannabis campaign party Cista in Northern Ireland 🌿Peter Robinson's anger over party political broadcast for cannabis campaign party Cista in Northern Ireland
A new party campaigning for the relaxation of the laws on cannabis will spark up debate after it secured a party political broadcast in Northern Ireland.
Their breakthrough came last night when they recruited a third candidate to run for them, automatically qualifying them for a broadcast.
The party is called Cista (Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol) and its latest recruit is Neil Paine, a 45-year-old former British soldier who lives in Coleraine. He is standing in East Londonderry where he hopes to unseat Gregory Campbell of the DUP.
First Minister Peter Robinson reacted with fury to the news of the broadcast - though he does not fear Cista electorally. "It shows how ludicrous electoral law and the role of broadcasters has become when we get cranks being given airtime for that. Why not have Screaming Lord Sutch on the leaders debates?" he asked.
The other local Cista runners are...
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