Ed Davey

For Liberal Democrats, the political choice between the hard Brexit menus offered by Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt might seem about as tempting as arsenic verses strychnine.

British Politician

Strychnine is always associated with harm and danger due to its toxic nature.

Negative Connotation

It's illegal to use strychnine for purposes other than strict pest control due to its toxicity.

Legal Implications

Strychnine has been used historically for its stimulant properties before its toxicity was fully understood.

Historical Usage

 Williams and them makes the same jar up out of the same stuff we mix that out of heaven one brother drunk a half jar at night and the other brother drunk the other half a jar four hours later they both fell over dead it's so hard to get a hold of strychnine it is pretty powerful it's got a lot of people scared and clothed me