ABSTRACT

Obviously there are things that I don’t know what I’m talking about but if you asked me something that I didn’t know I’d sit there and admit that I didn’t know what to say. But on this sort of subject – crack cocaine – I do know what I’m talking about and it’s something that I can stand up and get a microphone and speak it because I really do want my voice to be heard. Do you understand what I’m saying? I really do want people to understand what this [crack cocaine] is all about. It’s not a fucking joke – put it that way. It’s serious and I want people to realise. Do you know what I mean? [Gritting his teeth] And it is time for these people [starts pointing at people around the café] to understand that, as I said, it ain’t a joke. Ok you can say ‘Well, they’re doing it themselves. It’s self-inflicted’, but at least you’ve got to give them some sort of help because the help we’ve got now is all bollocks.