{"id":496432,"date":"2026-03-26T13:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496432\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:16:12","slug":"former-tory-minister-admits-drug-possession-and-chemsex-parties-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496432\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tory minister admits drug possession and &#039;chemsex&#039; parties &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxOak1YZFNMemF2Y0NReVAwZFZxRGF4OW85QmZwbnBqSFVGbXJUWTlrcHlXWnIyZE1QM2pYNlpPSndnZTNJZldGQWJmS3h0YVZKZ0dGSmNIM3JSX1VKTU1zU0ZYdlN5Rm5zQVN3QURFMmxwN0VwY3ljRHk1X0VqT1Q0VnNNYmdoQTd6ajE2cTFDNDg3cW5WdWN5QUlKSEhEUTMySDhHQ1Y5NVpadw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Tory minister admits drug possession and &#8216;chemsex&#8217; parties<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFAyZk1XQXdlWjVBUk9BSzJIWS1hMEpJNnAwd2U0a1lxRy0zOG8ybURadXo3RHRCbkRGWkM2eGxHdzZtb2NHeTRRRHlNaE04ODhZd2lrdU9uelhBLWR3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-justice minister fined for possessing illegal drugs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPVTk3UUgzYXg1RFVHZXl4ZVZ2cUt0Rno0dFFnZ0QwaW9VamRvMmFOT1pSREsxVW9yTWZGRlVBRUdSNW9ZVHVlZUEzdG1RVHdzMnpKNWU5M1dhdnlzSV9kTC1qVU1nTVE5NzdXcllnNTRCa01RblZJQWMtamd6QWc0cXZJaFI2Z1pzU3htWDl3d2J4TVZ2cVpLdS1ZUzlrcWNiR1dacEpmTlVWdExtTnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-Tory minister Crispin Blunt fined \u00a31,200 for possession of crystal meth<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxNRXVKNzZDbUZTaVpDN0RuV2tqbG0xMzFlb1BKR3NhVXFmSEcyQ1R5X3pNZk1XMWY5STRrSUx2WWEtc1c5TC1jWmNwSmhzUTlKaVU1TTQ1bE9yUjhiNHA3T04zcjUzV2o3Sm9aREJQdDc2bE00N20zTzVYYVAwY2NkeW50VzllZU5XTmlid3ViRUJsOGZremlncDRQd3VnNUJORHpUeTBqR1RZUWJfMnd6NG5GdExZUzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-Tory justice minister &#8216;used chemsex parties to inform government drug policies&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE8tZ0pieDRmYmJrVUtoRm5rbjduZEYzQlpBZG1DY3pVaHZTTTZRTURYQ0dWWHdQYXY1TDIzNExmMWkyNzNQOVkyYVA1M1NJQnM1V09ic2FFcXAydw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-MP Crispin Blunt charged with drugs offences<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Tory minister admits drug possession and &#8216;chemsex&#8217; parties&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardEx-justice minister fined for possessing illegal drugs&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCEx-Tory minister&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3614,174795,59543,2505,49,50,51,47,52,48,174796],"class_list":{"0":"post-496432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cannabis","9":"tag-crispin-blunt","10":"tag-crystal","11":"tag-drugs","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories","18":"tag-tory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}