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Assisted Dying Bill passed by slim majority

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smallglassbottle · 20/06/2025 15:24

https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-starmer-assisted-dying-trump-israel-iran-labour-12593360

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ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 15/05/2026 08:58

James Murray is another reality denying word weasel. He's already demonstrated he is prepared to say the truth is as he would wish it to be rather than how it is. That's a really dangerous attribute for a health secretary.

BIossomtoes · 15/05/2026 09:00

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 15/05/2026 08:58

James Murray is another reality denying word weasel. He's already demonstrated he is prepared to say the truth is as he would wish it to be rather than how it is. That's a really dangerous attribute for a health secretary.

Is he now? I don’t suppose there’s a link to show he’s a “reality denying weasel”? Somehow there never is …

CraftandGlamour · 15/05/2026 09:07

DrPrunesqualer · 15/05/2026 00:25

Interesting that some want less protections
What’s all that about ?
Do They just want to kill people ????

what has the world become !

Well yes, exactly this. I used to be a supporter of the dignity in dying movement and then realised what it was actually was a cost-cutting exercise. We have an ageing population who are expensive. Note these bills never include proposials to also improve palliative care. This bill alongside a failing health system is nothing short of a disaster. It was poorly written and proposed impractical 'safeguarding' - as if courts have the time or knowledge of individual cases to be involved. The pressure on patients to not hog beds with their continued living and the fact that health care workers will be forced to comply with an option they may fundamentally disagree with are serious ethical concerns.

You only have to look at how other countries have expanded the initial remit to see where all this is heading. The Canadians model should make anybody pause for thought. Thank God for the HoL. On this and gender madness they've been the voice of reason for the most part.

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 15/05/2026 09:20

He's on record with his twaw nonsense, broadcast them in interviews,no less. If you are okay with politicians telling you a thing is not a thing by virtue of their language games then, that's up to you.
https://x.com/i/status/2055073415229214802

BIossomtoes · 15/05/2026 09:41

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 15/05/2026 09:20

He's on record with his twaw nonsense, broadcast them in interviews,no less. If you are okay with politicians telling you a thing is not a thing by virtue of their language games then, that's up to you.
https://x.com/i/status/2055073415229214802

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So give me a link that isn’t to the sewage farm of X. It’s not hard if there are so many examples.

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 15/05/2026 09:44

🙄oh, good lord. It's there for everyone to see. I'm not playing your virtue game @blossomtoes I'm not here to convince you or meet your threshold but I won't allow your accusation that I am lying to stand.

BIossomtoes · 15/05/2026 09:50

I haven’t accused you of lying. I’m asking you to back up your claim. It shouldn’t be a problem if it’s there for everyone to see.

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 15/05/2026 09:59

Go whistle blossomtoes, your 'Somehow there never is …' was exactly that accusation. And yet there it is - just not as you'd like it. Anybody else who is wondering if your snide remark had any value can see that it did not.

DrPrunesqualer · 15/05/2026 11:43

CraftandGlamour · 15/05/2026 09:07

Well yes, exactly this. I used to be a supporter of the dignity in dying movement and then realised what it was actually was a cost-cutting exercise. We have an ageing population who are expensive. Note these bills never include proposials to also improve palliative care. This bill alongside a failing health system is nothing short of a disaster. It was poorly written and proposed impractical 'safeguarding' - as if courts have the time or knowledge of individual cases to be involved. The pressure on patients to not hog beds with their continued living and the fact that health care workers will be forced to comply with an option they may fundamentally disagree with are serious ethical concerns.

You only have to look at how other countries have expanded the initial remit to see where all this is heading. The Canadians model should make anybody pause for thought. Thank God for the HoL. On this and gender madness they've been the voice of reason for the most part.

Who would have thought we’d have to rely on the House of Lords to protect us

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 15/05/2026 11:45

DrPrunesqualer · 15/05/2026 11:43

Who would have thought we’d have to rely on the House of Lords to protect us

Yes, thank god, it was like waking up the Ents. 😁

DrPrunesqualer · 15/05/2026 11:50

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 15/05/2026 09:20

He's on record with his twaw nonsense, broadcast them in interviews,no less. If you are okay with politicians telling you a thing is not a thing by virtue of their language games then, that's up to you.
https://x.com/i/status/2055073415229214802

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A health secretary with no basic knowledge of biology !!!

The least we can hope for is that he bites his tongue and abides by the Supreme Court ruling

CorneliaCupp · 18/05/2026 18:53

BIossomtoes · 15/05/2026 09:00

Is he now? I don’t suppose there’s a link to show he’s a “reality denying weasel”? Somehow there never is …

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/15/trans-women-are-women-new-health-secretary-said/

Here ya go. Now apologise to @ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera

BIossomtoes · 18/05/2026 18:56

CorneliaCupp · 18/05/2026 18:53

For what?

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