Demagogue

Item 1: Two political parties propose making it illegal to smoke pot in public; the Minister of Justice is opposed.

• Quote: The Liberals say they have no moral objection to cannabis, but people should only smoke at home or in coffeeshops.

Item 2: The leader of Amsterdam's largest political party, to which the mayor belongs, calls for the city's famous legal red-light district to be shut down.

• Quote: Asscher said women who wanted to earn their living by prostitution would be better off working in a brothel.