It’s November, and I feel like the world’s died. The weather’s in mourning.

November and December sometimes seem like bonus months, included in our calendar to make us think we were getting a good deal, when really they just weren’t good enough to be included in the shorter calendars other planets got.

It’s a strange time. Two months left until the numbers flip us over into a new decade. Six months left until we get a new government. The promise of change, but change on its own is not hope.

5,416 members of the Facebook group “Support and Reinstate Professor David Nutt: We want an evidence based drugs policy”, but no petition yet on Number10. (I can’t believe no-one’s thought to submit one — does Number10 not put up petitions at the weekend?)

Odd thoughts:

• Nutt is not the issue: Nutt is a symbol; the issue is having an evidence-based drugs policy
• it doesn’t matter what Labour’s policy on drug classification is: in half a year’s time Labour will not be setting government policy on drug classification or anything else
• do we need to persuade the government (of whatever party) or the tabloids? (or their readers?)

How should we word the petition?