Labour 'committed' to assisted dying vote, Sir Keir Starmer tells Dame Esther Rantzen
Labour 'committed' to assisted dying vote, Sir Keir Starmer tells Dame Esther Rantzen
He did not specify whether he intended to bring forward legislation, as a government, or make time for private members bill
David Lammy had already said (two weeks ago on Question Time) that he's not going to listen to his constituents but instead listen to his church group and vote against any laws on religious ground. So I do wonder if this is Sir Keir's way of quietly kicking this into the long grass.
Then his constituents need to kick him out - he is there to serve them, not whatever deity he personally believes in. A good proportion of which will not believe in or worship the same deity.
Then his constituents need to kick him out
This isn't how ultra safe Labour seats work 😅.
But yeah I understand your point and totally agree. I just don't think that'll happen.
He's hardly the only MP who does that (Tim Farron and Simon Hughes, famously, over same sex marriage for two Lib Dem examples).
Assisted dying requires really good legal protections or we end up with a system that pushes people who are in desperate situations into death. There needs to be legal provisions that those applying have actually had all medical interventions (even those that could kill them) and they are actually fully supported socially too to live a reasonable life. It needs to be a legal requirement that the government must ensure these things happen and quickly to alleviate suffering.
The problem is we currently live in the country that is actively trying to kill the chronically ill and disabled with below poverty levels of social funding and a healthcare system that isn't fit for purpose and regularly abuses patients. We need to fix these before we can talk about a safe assisted dying system or its just eugenics.
cough Canada cough
I wholeheartedly agree with you
Can't wait to ask for a mental health appointment just to be offered Euthanasia
I'm not voting for labour
Does the NHS not prescribing puberty blockers to children anymore count as assisted dying as well?