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Also this week: London’s busted bridges, questionable public art and the assisted dying bill.
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Can Kim Leadbeater justify her assisted dying bill?
The MP behind this ethically transformative piece of legislation answers her critics.
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How the assisted dying bill could unleash male violence
The realities of control and abuse have been ignored in drafting this proposed law.
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The New Statesman’s A-Z of 2024
A rundown of the year, from Charli XCX and Jeremy Clarkson to the incumbency curse and floods in Valencia.
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We need to talk about dying
The assisted dying debate has been filled with horror stories of miserable ends. But does this reflect the reality of…
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MPs vote for assisted dying after an emotional debate
This was not parliament as usual.
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Britain needs this assisted dying bill
My brother took his own life while suffering with kidney cancer. No one with a terminal illness should have that…
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Will parliament pass the assisted dying bill?
The closer we get to Friday’s vote, the more uncertain it all feels.
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Why MPs should vote to legalise assisted dying
Maintaining a cruel status quo is not a neutral choice.
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Assisted dying is not about individual suffering, but about the value we place on all human life
Compassion leads one to feel with another person. But that does not tell us what is right.
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Assisted dying advocates have much to learn from the legalisation of abortion
The two proposals are taking a strikingly similar route through parliament.
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Is the assisted dying bill doomed?
Wes Streeting’s intervention has added to the momentum against the legislation.
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For assisted dying to work, GPs need to know their patients
Ending a life must be a choice made between alternatives; not one taken because of a failure to provide proper…
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Q&A: Why are so many palliative care doctors against assisted dying?
Until the NHS solves its funding crisis, the UK cannot afford to debate this legislation.
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Caution should prevail on the assisted dying bill
It is far easier to give the right to an assisted death than to take it away.
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The UK isn’t ready for assisted dying
A palliative care system funded by tombolas can’t handle euthanasia too.
Is Britain ready for “assisted dying”?
So long as social care is in crisis, the current debate feels premature.
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How Canada got assisted dying wrong
Conservatives are exploiting Canada’s example to oppose euthanasia – but what if there’s a better way of doing things?
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The law against assisted dying is causing avoidable misery
As justice secretary, my consultation paper on assisted dying was blocked by No 10 – now others must reform a…
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Why assisted dying can be an act of compassion
As a widely supported bill to change the law looks set to fail, we must ask: who does one’s life…
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