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On his last warning
One of Chancellor George Osborne’s senior economics advisers has stepped down after being filmed smoking crack through a Martell cognac bottle.
Professor Douglas McWilliams was filmed slumping on a sofa in a drug stupor after smoking rocks of crack in a north London drugs den.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, a source said, ‘Last Sunday McWilliams turned up at the den around 10pm and was there about a hour and a half. There were two rocks of the drugs. He smoked it over a table and then sat there all spaced out.
‘He was in a suit and started talking about the economy and all that for about 20 minutes. He kept mentioning someone famous he worked with but didn’t make much sense. He was asked if he wanted any more and said, ‘I’ve had too much.’
Professor McWilliams, 63, is to leave his role at the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) after footage emerged of him apparently smoking crack cocaine in a north London drugs den.
The think tank, which he founded, says he will take a five month ‘sabbatical’ and plans to return to full-time work there in August.
Prof Williams said tonight that he was ‘Taking time off to deal with issues I have not had the chance to address fully when I have been in full time work.’
http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/02/georg...of-him-smoking-crack-cocaine-5085158/?ito=v-b
Professor Douglas McWilliams was filmed slumping on a sofa in a drug stupor after smoking rocks of crack in a north London drugs den.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, a source said, ‘Last Sunday McWilliams turned up at the den around 10pm and was there about a hour and a half. There were two rocks of the drugs. He smoked it over a table and then sat there all spaced out.
‘He was in a suit and started talking about the economy and all that for about 20 minutes. He kept mentioning someone famous he worked with but didn’t make much sense. He was asked if he wanted any more and said, ‘I’ve had too much.’
Professor McWilliams, 63, is to leave his role at the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) after footage emerged of him apparently smoking crack cocaine in a north London drugs den.
The think tank, which he founded, says he will take a five month ‘sabbatical’ and plans to return to full-time work there in August.
Prof Williams said tonight that he was ‘Taking time off to deal with issues I have not had the chance to address fully when I have been in full time work.’
http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/02/georg...of-him-smoking-crack-cocaine-5085158/?ito=v-b
