Advocate for legalising voluntary assisted dying and proportional representation in the UK. Supports @MDMDMyDecision and @MakeVotesMatter.
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I hate to break it to you, but there's a lot of other things Labour MPs focus on. It's actually you who does nothing else.
šÆ. All of Labour focussing on the battle to force a terrible bill into law and plunged into civil war because of a decision by a single MP, who proceeded despite warnings of what this would do to the Party and the ability to focus on problems facing the country
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What is "fishy" about getting the Lords to scrutinise a bill to conclusion?
Already something very fishy about Lauren Edwardsā assisted suicide Bill. Edwards says she doesnāt think the Bill should be enacted through the Parliament Acts, yet is insisting exactly the same Bill be passed by the Commons as last time, refusing even to incorporate Lord Falconerās 70 amendments from the last session.
There can only be one reason for this: the Parliament Acts require the same Bill to be passed by the Commons in two sessions. Iāve no doubt that Edwards will continue to present her Bill simply as an opportunity for the Commons to ask the Lords to āfinish the jobā, but the idea that the Bill wonāt end up on the statute book if the Commons passes it again is, frankly, disingenuous.
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This time around the pressure on peers like @Tanni_GT and @IloraFinlay to complete their scrutiny will come from opponents of assisted dying, as they seek to see the Terminally Ill Adults bill amended as heavily as possible in their favour.
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Whilst this is a good day for democracy, let us spare a moment to pray for the filibusterers at this difficult time. š
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"Chapel hill Fort Dietrich Bioweapon Injections". The assisted dying rabbit hole runs deep with this one.
Thanks for the Blessing . You need to do a D Dimer test to see how long you have left . Good news there is an antidote to the Chapel hill Fort Dietrich Bioweapon Injections
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For anyone interested, you can follow Lauren Edwards on the social media platform Threads.
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Excellent news, the Lords should have another chance to consider the assisted dying bill. This time they should be more inclined to reach a conclusion.
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I would ask @alancampbellmp, if he thinks Private Members Bills are not the correct route for assisted dying legislation, and successive governments including his, choose not to put forward a bill, how is parliament to fully consider the issue? @kitmalthouse @JamesMacCleary
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That's not true, Sharon. I am not and never have been a member of Reform UK. I strongly suggest you remove this post.
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Thank you @AndrewGeorge_ for your contribution to the debate on the timely progress of bills through parliament.
Where a bill has secured a mandate in the Commons and the PMB process shows its limitations in the face of Lord's "dark arts", there is certainly a valid point here.
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Jun 8
MoJ concerns over the IoM's assisted dying bill revealed. The ECHR ruled that whilst there were no breaches in regards to voluntary euthanasia itself in a case in Belgium, post-death review was insufficient. IoM is amending their bill for re-submission.
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Jun 7
It will be interesting to watch this debate tomorrow and hear points of view around whether it is right that bills passed by the House of Commons are made to fail by a few peers in the unelected house without so much as a vote. @JamesMacCleary
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"The Other Half" is telling women what they shouldn't do. š¤¦āāļø
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The Leadbeater assisted dying PMB failed under scrutiny.
But plans are afoot to revive it, and force it into law.
Pressure is now being put on Labour MP Lauren Edwards to put her name to the Bill.
We turned out with her constituents to ask her to make a different choice.
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Anti-democracy campaigners gather outside Lauren Edwards constituency office in an attempt to persuade her not to uphold primacy of the elected Commons over a handful of unelected peers.
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The debate must continue until parliament reaches a decision say peers backing the assisted dying bill, as they call on MPs to make that a possibility.
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Their death is either avoidable or it isn't. If it's avoidable they wouldn't be terminally ill and wouldn't be entitled to assistance. If their death isn't avoidable and they face certain death by starvation, I don't see the argument against assistance.
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Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED), which is what the clause you are citing addresses, is not the same thing as anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder, not a voluntary decision to stop eating and drinking. People with anorexia do not typically cease intake of fluids. The illness involves distorted beliefs, compulsive behaviours, and impaired decision-making - it's not a simple choice to stop food and water.
This clause offers no protection to people with eating disorders.
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"A person who would not otherwise meet the requirements of subsection (1) shall not be considered to meet those requirements solely as a result of
voluntarily stopping eating or drinking." - that amendment from Naz Shah already exists in the bill.
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My piece for @LBC on the fatuity of attempting to revive the assisted death bill through the Parliament Act, even after some of its strongest supporters acknowledged that it would place people with eating disorders at risk.
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.@Tanni_GT isn't the only former Paralympian with a view on assisted dying. Marieke Vervoort lived her life to the fullest, due to the knowledge she could use an exit route if she needed it. express.co.uk/news/uk/221012ā¦
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"And the public deserves to know that the last bill did not die because the case for assisted dying was defeated. It died because parliament failed to finish the job."
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