DELEGATES REDISCOVER INSTINCT FOR SURVIVAL

(...) ILLEGAL GRUGS: Mr Tony Newton, leader of the House of Commons, commented on reports that Mrs Emma Bonino, the EU's commissioner for consumer affairs, had called for more liberal drug laws.

Mr Newton, who is in charge of co-ordinating a UK government strategy against drugs, declared: "I can only say that I believe that would be a charter for drug dealers across Europe. Our answer is quite clear. We will not legalise any currently illegal drug, and I do not believe that we shall be alone in that view."(...)