“...The girl raised her eyes to see who was passing by the window, and that casual glance was the beginning of a cataclysm of love that still had not ended half a century later.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

@JamesPlaskitt10 is so confident that no one’s been coerced into assisted suicide that he’s blocked me. He doesn’t want to hear about duo suicide in the Netherlands, where women with dementia have been judged fit to die with their husbands. Or the risk of coercive control.

Those pushing the euthanasia/assisted suicide bill have a shocking disregard for people with disabilities

Very much as we all thought when the blunt realities of which there are many re medically assisted suicide is explained to many members of the public they are more than formerly supportive, they are rightly appalled at the prospect.

🚨BREAKING: Leading Peer calls on Lauren Edwards NOT to bring back assisted suicide Bill, in light of past comments, The Times reports tonight. The MP still has 36 hours to make a final decision on her Bill. Lord Shinkwin statement in full:

What a thoughtful and responsible approach this MP is taking on this . he says he has been listening to his constituents on this matter and the implication is they have given him pause for further thought . I hope other MPs take heed .

I’m a liberal, not a libertarian. My rights to autonomy end where they entail the loss of freedom for others. We know that AD means that people will die through coercive control, self coercion and through desperation because of awful and inequitable access to palliative care.

The cat who stole the spotlight during a Romeo and Juliet performance in Turkey came back for rehearsal too. She must really love theater.

Unfortunately this is spot on:

Letter from members of the Lords from palliative care, psychiatry and law, on the #AssistedDyingBill. >> "the Bill ... failed because too many of its supporters were unwilling to engage with the complexities of developing a law that is genuinely safe, equitable and compassionate." This is true.

RT @HackneyAbbott: The assisted suicide Bill is a dangerous mess of a Bill, with fewer safeguards than when it began. If the exact same sha…

Top ten responses so far from Labour MPs: —Antonia Bance: “Head in hands” —Ian Byrne: “Grim” —Ashley Dalton: “Very sad…deeply flawed and unsafe” —Florence Eshalomi: “Where to even start’” —Allison Gardner: “An insult to parliament that this bill has been brought back” —Rupa Huq: “Last thing we need” —Adam Jogee: “Insane stuff” —Emma Lewell: “Absolutely dismayed… A deeply flawed and dangerous bill” —David Smith: “Very sad news indeed… I can’t think of a more divisive issue” —Kirsteen Sullivan: “I cannot believe we are back here again. With no humility about the concerns raised previously”

some elements of the current parliament are profoundly anti-intellectual, immune to new and complex information or advised consequences and led solely in their conviction in this case their version of autonomous choice’

she is absolutely right .

This was one issue on which the Scottish devolved parliament really excelled in both their scrutiny and their decision.

West Lancashire MP @AshleyDalton_MP (Labour) is right to be "deeply concerned" that the deeply flawsed and dangerous Assisted Suicide Bill is being brought back to the @HouseofCommons by Lauren Edwards, the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood. Ashley Dalton told the BBC: "Voters put us in power to reduce the cost of living and fix the NHS. We have debated this deeply divisive and flawed assisted dying bill for over a year and supporters have refused to listen or to make the necessary changes." She said the bill would "hand sweeping unchecked powers over life and death and our NHS to future governments". The wisest thing which MPs can do is to reject this Bill at Second Reading. See: davidalton.net/2026/05/27/my… @Jeremy_Hunt @EdwardLeighGB @Meg_HillierMP @timfarron @danny__kruger @RachaelMaskell @carlalockhart @EdwardJDavey @NeilDotObrien @MarieRimmer @wesstreeting @ShabanaMahmood @Tanni_GT @lucianaberger @thelizcarr @historykev @frankcottrell_b @MoncktonR @CharlesHMoore BBC Report bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gy…

Appalling that the Bill’s new sponsor could be so misinformed about the legislation she has signed up to lead through Parliament. And shame on the campaigners who drafted these untruths for her.

If suicide on the nhs comes in under Labour I for one will never vote Labour again for the rest of my life having voted for them for the last 40 years . Offensive to do this when palliative care so weak across the UK

Disgusting, as a lifelong Labour voter, I may never vote for you again

It is infuriating. Even more so when you realise this is a government bill behind the scenes, and it exists because they don’t want to pay for people to have quality palliative care. Kim Leadbeater was the face of this dangerous bill because Labour knew they’d win no votes with this, when their party is already in a wreck. You can read more here- x.com/talkthattalk_k/status/…

I must clarify this is NOT a Labour Bill. There are plenty in the party, like me, that do not support it and find it dangerously flawed and unsafe.