Judge Ends Mushroom Abuse Case

One judge seems to have some sense of justice. Yesterday, Claire Miskin, a Crown Court Recorder, stopped the case against two men accused of selling magic mushrooms.

According to the Guardian, she ruled

the law was so ambiguous that to put them on trial amounted to an "abuse of process". She recommended that parliament consider new legislation to clarify the legal position.

Two years ago the Home Office issued guidance that selling magic mushrooms was legal. Now it seems to want to change its mind, and the police in some parts of the country are rounding people up with a view to bringing charges.

What does it say about the police that they can be so susceptible to Government pressure?

What does it say about Government and officialdom that they think they can in effect make and unmake the law at whim? And then make fun for themselves prosecuting those then ensnared?