Working at the interface of Christianity and healthcare. Writing, editing, speaking, and making a general nuisance and fool of myself.
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very proud of you, @countesscadbury for standing up for #earlyyears #justiceforunder5s at #eyeprotest2023
24 Jun 2023
This is why we are standing here on a Saturday @EarlyYearsEqual @EYFSF #rightsforunder5s
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The idea that hospices would be defunded if they refused to carry out assisted suicide is, frankly, revolting. It will cause more suffering.
Successive governments have already chosen to underfund palliative care, leaving it mostly at the door of the charitable sector.
Jun 14
As Malthouse has clarified, the bill promises—among other things—to defund hospices if they decline to provide assisted deaths:
“Should they still be able to deny what is a legal service, if they are in receipt of public funds?”
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Jun 14
It beggars belief that we’re back here again despite all the evidence. If we care about vulnerable people and if we care about being evidence led, we will reject this outright at 2nd reading, put an end to this nonsense and fix palliative care instead.
Jun 14
Lauren Edwards MP statement says “[The TIA bill] was rightly described as the safest and most robust assisted dying law anywhere in the world”
No. It was only described this way by the people trying to push it through.
Here is how others described the Bill:
1. The Royal College of Physicians said the Bill is unsafe
2. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said the Bill is unworkable, and unsafe
3. The British Geriatrics Society said the Bill’s safeguards are not adequate
4. Domestic abuse charities said the Bill is unsafe
5. Organisations representing disabled people said the Bill is unsafe
6. Royal College of GPs says the Bill lacks adequate safeguards
7. Lord Stevens, ex NHS CEO, said legislating for assisted dying in the current climate of hospice cuts is “utterly ridiculous”
8. MIND says the safeguards are not adequate
9. The CLADD group at KCL (DOI) have said the Bill is “not fit for purpose”
10. The British Association of Social Workers say the Bill’s is not safe enough
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Jun 14
Lauren Edwards MP statement says “[The TIA bill] was rightly described as the safest and most robust assisted dying law anywhere in the world”
No. It was only described this way by the people trying to push it through.
Here is how others described the Bill:
1. The Royal College of Physicians said the Bill is unsafe
2. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said the Bill is unworkable, and unsafe
3. The British Geriatrics Society said the Bill’s safeguards are not adequate
4. Domestic abuse charities said the Bill is unsafe
5. Organisations representing disabled people said the Bill is unsafe
6. Royal College of GPs says the Bill lacks adequate safeguards
7. Lord Stevens, ex NHS CEO, said legislating for assisted dying in the current climate of hospice cuts is “utterly ridiculous”
8. MIND says the safeguards are not adequate
9. The CLADD group at KCL (DOI) have said the Bill is “not fit for purpose”
10. The British Association of Social Workers say the Bill’s is not safe enough
Spot the pattern?
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Jun 12
Imagine the joy of a new Labour leader confronting this again in the autumn, but even more bitter.
May 11
📊MAD TO BRING BACK ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL: 14 years of Tory rule showed divided parties fail. Reviving Leadbeater’s Bill would divide Labour MPs on the most emotive of issues. Last year, 58% of Labour MPs who voted backed the Bill; 42% opposed (likely to increase if it returns).
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Jun 12
Cat check: Nigel Farage unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in the following constituencies
Eastleigh, Hampshire
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Bexhill & Battle, East Sussex
South Thanet, Kent
Bromley and Chislehurst, London
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
South Thanet, Kent (again)
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Jun 6
We were down in Rochester & Strood today - where MP Lauren Edwards is under the most pressure to revive the failed assisted death Bill and push it through into law.
Local residents turned out with The OH's @fionamacmac & @TheNotDeadYetUK, to ask her not to return this Bill.
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Jun 7
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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Jun 11
A depressing milestone: the First World War lasted 1568 days, but today (11 June) Putin’s invasion of Ukraine enters its 1569th day, with no sign of coming to an end. Donald Trump thought it would be so easy to stop, he could do it on his first day as US President.
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@SteveFouch reflects on stories of the intimidation of internationally trained health and care workers during the riots in North Belfast, and at a Christian response - cmf.li/4e3tysY #Belfast #Nurses
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Thank you @asda Community Champion Joan for posting this on FB:Sophie provided customers with blood pressure checks & took the time to explain what their readings mean. Sophie is a parish nurse at St Paul’s Church supporting the health & wellbeing of people in the local community
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Jun 9
Sir Alan cuts through campaign spin:
"The Government greatly values the work of the Lords ...genuinely believed that the Bill...was not of merit and was flawed...heard examples...but there [were] many many others that were genuine and sincere attempts to make it right"
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Jun 4
Pope Leo XIV has issued a manifesto calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence. His first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” has sparked widespread online reactions. Many young people appreciate his stance, seeing few leaders addressing AI's rapid rise.
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'For Europe to play a useful role in ending the war, it must bring forward concrete incentives to Vladimir Putin.’
@lieven_anatol 👇️
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Proud to be the first high school student in the world to ever be sanctioned by an authoritarian regime for uncovering corruption. It just proves that the work I’ve done to expose Russias sanctions evasion stablecoin, A7A5, has touched a raw nerve.
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Jun 4
Dignity in Dying market law change on the basis of 'safe, peaceful, curated' deaths. But 1 in 10 have complications.
"Signs of distress escalated to repeated verbalizations, including 'help me' until sedation was achieved..[causing] profound distress for the family."
Jun 4
The image of '#assisteddying' vs the reality: 'An Ontario man groaned, grimaced and repeated "help me" while undergoing doctor-assisted death after one of the drugs didn't produce the anticipated level of sedation, initially leaving him conscious.' ca.news.yahoo.com/help-maid-…
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Yesterday I joined fellow Parliamentarians, outside Downing Street, to campaign for fairer hospice funding.
I had the privilege of visiting LOROS Hospice in Leicestershire last year, and saw first-hand the vital care that hospices provide to those nearing the end of life.
Unfortunately, economic policies are pushing hospices like LOROS to the brink.
We need properly funded palliative care and I will continue to work cross-party to ensure we get it!
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Jun 2
“The chief aim of the poet seems to be pleasure, the pleasure of writing poetry and the pleasure of reading it, and the book glories in the things that have made Camelot, down through the years, such an enchanted place: minstrels, ladies clad in silken green, ‘forests waste and wild,’ goodly companies of knights, flagons and decanters, Whitsun and evensong, holy groves and white harts.” @SketchesbyBoze
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May 29
A Canadian man has pleaded guilty in Ontario to 14 charges of aiding suicide, linked to the online sale of lethal substances. Kenneth Law was accused of selling poison around the world, including to the UK - where prosecutors say 79 people died. He won't be extradited to Britain.
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Jun 1
A group of Scottish women are suing makers of a contraceptive jab over claims they've been left with devastating, life-altering side effects. Pfizer says it rigorously monitors the safety of its medicines. UCB News reporter Lucy Baxter has the story.
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Jun 1
👨🏻🦰📖📈 In Denmark, half of young adults under the age of thirty believe there is probably or definitely a God or higher power.
This new data comes from the God and the Danes: The 2026 Faith Analysis report published by the Danish Bible Society in spring 2026. The findings show a rare picture of this highly securalised northern European country.
“Almost two out of three young people aged between 16 and 30 say they are searching for a sense of meaning in life”, says the organisation after collecting the responses of 3,000 respondents in Denmark.
While almost 25% of 16–30-year-olds say that religion is important in their daily lives, the percentage drops to 13% and 11% among those over 61 and 45–60-year-olds respectively.
Young people are also more open to faith than the population as a whole. Nearly 49% of those aged 16–30 say that there is definitely or probably a God or higher power, compared to 39% of the rest of the population.
Read full story: evangelicalfocus.com
#Denmark #Europe #Christianity #Revival #FaithStatistics
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