Tory former prisons minister Blunt pleads guilty to possessing drugs

Former Tory prisons minister Crispin Blunt has pleaded guilty to possessing recreational quantities of crystal meth, cannabis and the sedative GBL. The plea was entered at Westminster magistrates’ court this morning, 25 March 2026. The drugs were found during a police investigation into rape allegations in 2023, but that investigation was dropped for lack of evidence.

During a raid on his Surrey home in October 2023, Blunt pointed out the drugs to police. Meth was valued at £200-250 was on a cabinet next to his bed, a separate mix of b while £200 worth of GBL was in a laptop bag. A small amount of cannabis valued at £10 or less was also listed.

The irony of a prisons minister convicted of drugs is obvious. However, Blunt is one of the more ‘mixed bag’ Tories. Under Boris Johnson in October 2020, Blunt voted to keep poor UK children hungry by rejecting footballer Marcus Rashford’s call to extend free school meals through school holidays. But in 2019 he rebelled to help Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour humiliate Theresa May. He has also condemned Israeli interference in UK politics and serves as a director of the International Centre for Justice for Palestinians.

In 2016, Blunt admitted in a Commons speech to using amyl nitrate ‘poppers’ and opposed the government’s plan to ban them.

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