Catherine Utley

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

I sense that political obituarists are preparing to run with the line that @Keir_Starmer was a decent fellow, but ill-suited to politics. Honest but naïve.
Well, have a look at this and then try to tell me he was honest. The signs were there from the start.

[Olivia Utley @OliviaUtley]

Momentous morning in Downing Street, where Keir Starmer has just left through the back door 👀 Who will be Larry’s housekeeper by the end of the summer? Join me down here and @christopherhope in Makerfield on @GBNEWS

[Nikki da Costa @nmdacosta]

The Times’ View

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

Kit Malthouse is so keen to get his euthanasia regime that he wants all amendments to be rejected so the original, flawed and dangerous Bill can be forced through via the Parliament Act. Working on a new bill that isn’t unsafe is appaz too much like hard work for the death squad

[Nikki da Costa @nmdacosta]

@hannahsbee Insightful - Lauren appears to have acted unilaterally dragging her colleagues into a horrendous situation where they are expected to back the Parliament Act Plan, ignore the well evidenced concerns, and vote down every amendment, and insist it's fine if it becomes law as is.

[Nikki da Costa @nmdacosta]

Kit Malthouse, hardcore supporter of the Bill, just told @SebastianEPayne @TimesRadio that MP supporters of the Bill must NOT amend the Bill.

Every amendment, no matter how vital, will be rejected by Lauren Edwards MP.

[Nick Timothy MP @NJ_Timothy]

Last time at second reading, Leadbeater insisted it was just a vote to continue the debate.

Then she packed the bill committee, closed down the debate and removed the safeguards.

Are they going to tell the same lies a second time? https://t.co/35cmOa6maK

[Patrick Maguire @patrickkmaguire]

That’ll calm the PLP down, well done everyone

[Danny Kruger @danny__kruger]

What dismal news that the Assisted Suicide bill is coming back. They are hoping to use the Parliamentary override to force it through without any of the improvements and safeguards offered in the Lords last time including by the Bill’s advocates like Lord Falconer. We’re going to be offered the same bill that left the Commons (left with lots of ‘oh the Lords will clean up that glaring problem, don’t worry just pass it’) on a take-it-or-leave-it, unamendable basis. Even if you accept the case for assisted dying this Bill is terrible, far too expansive and full of holes to be filled in after it’s in statute… but the advocates know they’ll never have a such a ‘progressive’ Parliament for years, so it’s now or never. So they’re trying to push through a dangerous bill that they admitted needed significant improvement, because it’s their last chance. They must be stopped.

[Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z]

I hear that a backbench MP will be reintroducing the assisted suicide bill.

I cannot think of a more tone-deaf thing to do at a time of national malaise, particularly as the bill divides the Labour Party, and has been rejected by every medical royal college that took a view.

[Dr. Calum Miller @DrCalumMiller]

BREAKING: The assisted suicide/euthanasia bill is coming BACK to Parliament, despite massive public backlash

Lauren Edwards MP has just announced that she will bring back the same bill that terrified virtually every disability rights group in the country as well as the medical profession

We MUST resist!

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

Words to live by. RIP David Hockney

[Lord (David) Alton @DavidAltonHL]

There is overwhelming public support for compressive world class palliative care and hospice provision. The MP who brings forward a Private Member's Bill for Assisted Living will earn widespread support
https://t.co/MVHKa4M002

[Cristo @cristo_radio]

Aren’t these just beautiful?

They really add something to the historic architecture of London’s Victorian and Georgian streets don’t they?

[Prof Katherine Sleeman @kesleeman]

Politics aside, here are 10 reasons why using the Parliament Acts to force the Terminally Ill Adults Bill into law is a bad idea:

1. The Royal College of Physicians have said the Bill is unsafe

2. The Royal College of Psychiatrists have said the Bill is unworkable, and unsafe

3. The British Geriatrics Society have said the Bill’s safeguards are not adequate

4. Domestic abuse charities have said the Bill is unsafe

5. Organisations representing disabled people have 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

[Robert Hardman @hardmanr]

No advance notice but within a few minutes, word spreads and the King brings Golders Green to a jubilant standstill - just yards from the scene of the April 28 attack. #kc3 #goldersgreen

[Catherine Utley @CatherineUtley]

@tom_pridham @PhilipBeddows @danielrhamilton Fantastic! Many congratulations

[Jake Wallis Simons @JakeWSimons]

Exceptional poise, moral clarity, courage and grace from @KemiBadenoch in the face of the Gaza mob. (Total 🔥 too.)
Free Britain from jihadism!

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

@campbellclaret Thank god this bill failed. If the NHS is going to kill me, I want it to be in the traditional ways: incompetence or one year into a 2-year waiting list.

[Catherine Utley @CatherineUtley]

@nmdacosta Thank you. You’ve been absolutely incredible.