Cannabis splits parties hoping for power

25 August 2005 / By KIM RUSCOE

Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is signalling that United Future could be left out of a joint coalition deal with Labour in a clash over the two smaller parties’ cannabis stances.

Tensions ran high between the two supposedly allied parties during a Radio Live debate yesterday, with United Future leader Peter Dunne ruling out the Greens as a coalition partner, saying his party would not do business with any party that changed the legal status of the drug.

‘It doesn’t look like he’s going into coalition with Jeanette Fitzsimons,’ quipped Radio host Michael Laws.

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