Michael Tuffnell

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“She believed in angels, and, because she believed, they existed” Clarice Lispector

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

“...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

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@cappellanus @UKLabour It’s bonkers

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@KarlTurnerMP @RightToLifeUK 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

[Dave Rees @johndavidrees]

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

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@johndavidrees I am absolutely the same. Voted labour for 40 years . Never again if they do this

[Disability Rights @TalkThatTalk_K]

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- https://t.co/IrPcoiyTqj

[Ashley Dalton MP @AshleyDalton_MP]

@PolitlcsUK 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.

[Andrew Hawkins @PigsAndPolling]

Rejected in Holyrood. Rejected in Westminster. Country in an utter mess. Party at all time low. Colossal misjudgement.

[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.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

A huge factor in the collapse of our collective mental health is the decline in reading for pleasure. Reading lessens loneliness, builds community, sharpens the intellect. It brings joy. You will be shocked at how much better you feel if you begin to read regularly.

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@zatzi @RightToLifeUK this is a very good question. Having voted labour for the last 40 years if this comes in under their watch I for one will never vote for them again. Offensive to do this especially as palliative care so weak across UK

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

There's out of touch, then there's outta yer mind, and now there's outer space.

The party is in a death pact with itself

[Michael Robinson @MJRobinson1571]

This is devastating news.

My thoughts tonight are with the vulnerable people who will hear this and feel less safe, less valued and more alone because of it.

The true measure of a society is how it treats those who depend on others. We should be building a culture of care, not one that normalises helping people to die.

They deserve better.

https://t.co/31cBZaUuXn

[Karen Lee @Karen_karenelee]

No. No. No. This is a bad Bill with nowhere near enough safeguards within it. Improve palliative care instead of making vulnerable people feel that death is their only option.

Assisted dying returns to parliament as MP urges peers to 'finish the job' https://t.co/a8N0nok2ls

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

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.

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@KarlTurnerMP @RightToLifeUK 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

[Dr. Calum Miller @DrCalumMiller]

BREAKING: The assisted suicide/euthanasia industry is about to announce that they are bringing back their Bill to Parliament.

We MUST keep fighting. This Bill is an unprecedented danger to the elderly, disabled, and other vulnerable groups.

[Neale Hanvey🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @JNHanvey]

To every MP like @AJogee prepared to defeat the deeply dangerous Assisted Dying Bill, I salute each and every one of you.

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@Fox_Claire @RightToLifeUK One thing these politicians could do is campaign for / improve the availability of palliative care across the UK

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@andrewpakes_ @RightToLifeUK Correct . Anyone with an ounce of common sense really ought to be able to see that

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

If Labour allow this wicked amoral proposition to proceed I am afraid they will deserve every element of defeat that will ensue . Speaking as a life long Labour voter.

[Rebecca Paul MP @Rebecca_SPaul]

This terrible bill will tear the Labour Party apart. They have one chance to reset with a new leader, but instead they’ve chosen to be divided by this Bill again. Madness.