Don't like the tune? Shoot the pianist!

"The truth shall set you free" so the Good Book says. Tell that to Professor David Nutt who has been peremptorily sacked from his post as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs for saying - quite correctly - that cannabis, ecstasy and LSD are less harmful than alcohol and tobacco. I'm sure he didn't expect to be "set free" in quite that way! What is equally of concern is that the Council was set up to be an independent body - but apparently if it doesn't say what the Government wants to hear, they will not just ignore it, but get rid of it. Wow - just how independent can you get?