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Death goes live tomorrow: BBC & Terry Pratchett film an assisted suicide

Many people have been upset by the alarmist (and very unrealistic) portrayal of an assisted suicide of someone with unbearable and unrelievable suffering in a recent episode of the TV soap, Emmerdale. Terry Pratchett puts the record straight tomorrow night … Continue reading

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When politicians won’t listen (celebrities can maybe help)

There are times when the voting public feels disenfranchised. Consistent public support over changes to allow voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide seems to make little difference to entrenched politicians, especially those fearful of their career, and facing the might of … Continue reading

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Rights and being right are not the same

British law is caught in a neverneverland over assisted suicide. It’s kind of illegal (by statute) and kind of legal (by the the Director of Public Prosecutions guidelines – as long as you satisfy criteria retrospectively). So what’s a genuine, … Continue reading

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Helium and dementia

A few days before he committed suicide with his wife of 53 years, Daniel Gute, a retired physician, wrote a note explaining their mutual decision to die. The two-page handwritten letter is signed by both Gute and his wife, Katherine, … Continue reading

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Is there a better political way forward?

If faulty reasoning is introduced into a court of law, it can be challenged and appealed. If faulty logic is used in science, peers will expose it. No-one expects MPs to take a democratic vote on how to do a … Continue reading

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