[UK Politics]
This is entirely sensible, but won't be painted as such by the conservative, regressive, and ideologically entrenched zealots opposing the bill.
With >300 amendments proposed and broad support across the House, some form of this bill is going to pass, but it'll be a shame to see […]
This is entirely sensible, but won't be painted as such by the conservative, regressive, and ideologically entrenched zealots opposing the bill.
With >300 amendments proposed and broad support across the House, some form of this bill is going to pass, but it'll be a shame to see […]
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@rhys agreed.
The reaction against removing a "safeguard" that would make the entire thing unworkable and has no precedent in countries with well-implemented assisted dying shows how regressive and, frankly, divorced from reality the "debate" on this has been.
This bill's still […]
@rhys also, going a bit off-topic, but I'd go a bit further and say it's deeply concerning the high court judge aspect even made it to draft.
That having a high court judge rule on every assisted dying case, with a strict and arbitrary time limit, wasn't viable really should […]
@DuncanMSussexPol Agreed, particularly given the state of the judiciary at the moment in terms of funding and backlogs.
It is interesting seeing exactly who does oppose it though. Perennially self-styled 'liberal' David Davis offers ostensible support in principle, but is likely to end up opposed. Weirdly placed left-but-conservative Wes Streeting opposes it, alongside weird-left Diane Abbot and […]
I note also that the TERFs appear to oppose it too, which also doesn't surprise. Liberty and moral imperatives aside, theirs is a regressive and conservative movement no matter how much they pretend it isn't, and as much as they can be relied on to enable and not oppose fascism […]
Leadbeater's own words on the matter: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/10/right-to-die-dignified-death-assisted-dying-bill-safeguarding
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