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Just who has Alan been married to?! Is he now not married to this " Kirsten Imrie"? Jamesedwardsmith 21:56, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Why? MurphiaMan 07:31, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
I think this section is a bit weak. Polly Toynbee suggests he might be a future labour leader so that warrants a section? I would be very suprised if he's ever a labour leader and Toynbee's comments say more about her own viewpoint than Johnson's future prospects. Petepetepetepete ( talk) 16:53, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
What's the purpose of the addition about whether he believes in God or not (sourced from a Daily Mail (to Americans that's like sourcing something from the Weekly World News). Similar statements have been added to many politician's articles (mostly Labour politicians). The Daily Mail article, like most Mail articles, was written in such a way as to imply that not believing in God was something negative and the prose in the article made clear that those who refused to answer the question or said they weren't sure were misleading the public. It then sought to make up claims about why the person did / didn't believe in God (because he was brought up in extreme poverty, etc.). Statements about a belief in God (unless it's an integral part of that person) have no place in articles about British politicians. It may be suitable for articles on American politicians because the USA is a much more religious country.-- Xania talk 00:56, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
This whole section is too big now, it is coatracking of these advisers that don't like the fact that they are not politicians, they want their advice to be law, the government makes the decisions, they are just advisors, the sections should be trimmed, they have their own article so anything worthwhile needs moving there,
A group of Drug advisors led by .... resigned when they wanted their advice implemented into law, the government thanked them for their advice and explained we have many things to consider, not only your advise. Off2riorob ( talk) 14:35, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
This whole section is too big now,
it is coatracking of these advisers that don't like the fact that they are not politicians
they want their advice to be law,
the government makes the decisions
they are just advisors,
the sections should be trimmed
True.
the government thanked them for their advice and explained we have many things to consider,
whatever _you_ may think yourself about the matter. If there were a wiki entry for Off2riorob, such views might be put there by others, but your views are not relevant here. The fact that must be recorded is that Mr Johnson did sack Nutt, with the effect that the ACMD is now depleted and weak. You may wish to suppress this _fact_ for your own reasons, but it is time for you to stop playing God with wikipedia. Cheers, and have a nice life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.149.126 ( talk) 09:20, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
( edit conflict)Far too much in this article about this single issue when there is a better article that can be referenced out from here via a see main article - Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Leaky Caldron 09:22, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
I've removed the "religion" field from the infobox, which read "atheist". It was sourced well, but ultimately boxes are for highlighting facts from the article not introducing them. Johnson may be an atheist, but I don't see any evidence he's prominent or outspoken as one, or that it has become a matter of public debate. Given that, I'm not sure he should be in the atheist category either. Per WP:BLPCAT "Categories regarding religious beliefs and sexual orientation should not be used unless the subject has publicly self-identified with the belief or orientation in question; and the subject's beliefs or sexual orientation are relevant to their notable activities or public life, according to reliable published sources."-- Scott Mac 13:28, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Infoboxes seem to be collections of facts, and his atheism is a fact. A vast number of infoboxes list people's religions without them being in any way outspoken about their beliefs, and without those beliefs figuring in the articles at all.-- 94.173.208.118 ( talk) 13:20, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
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