Michael Tuffnell

Actor Performer Poet

And of course where would any of us be without cats.

“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

[No Cats No Life @NoCatsNoLife_m]

The cat who stole the spotlight during a Romeo and Juliet performance in Turkey came back for rehearsal too. She must really love theater.

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

Unfortunately this is spot on:

[Joan Smith @polblonde]

Labour MPs: the local election results are a disaster. We're incredibly unpopular. We need a new leader.

Also Labour MPs: let's have another go at passing unsafe legislation that puts the elderly, victims of DV & the disabled at risk of death.

[Jesse Norman @Jesse_Norman]

Letter from members of the Lords from palliative care, psychiatry and law, on the #AssistedDyingBill. >> "the Bill ... failed because too many of its supporters were unwilling to engage with the complexities of developing a law that is genuinely safe, equitable and compassionate." This is true.

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

The assisted suicide Bill is a dangerous mess of a Bill, with fewer safeguards than when it began. If the exact same shambles is revived, it will face strong opposition.

Labour MP Lauren Edwards to reintroduce assisted suicide Bill
https://t.co/Nd2c4FT45N

[Dan Hitchens @ddhitchens]

Top ten responses so far from Labour MPs:

—Antonia Bance: “Head in hands”
—Ian Byrne: “Grim”
—Ashley Dalton: “Very sad…deeply flawed and unsafe”
—Florence Eshalomi: “Where to even start’”
—Allison Gardner: “An insult to parliament that this bill has been brought back”
—Rupa Huq: “Last thing we need”
—Adam Jogee: “Insane stuff”
—Emma Lewell: “Absolutely dismayed… A deeply flawed and dangerous bill”
—David Smith: “Very sad news indeed… I can’t think of a more divisive issue”
—Kirsteen Sullivan: “I cannot believe we are back here again. With no humility about the concerns raised previously”

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@JuliaCa20602661 @Mary_Tom11 @KarlTurnerMP @RightToLifeUK Good morning Julia , I am sorry to read all of this, best wishes, take care , Michael

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@LaurenED1905x Thank you so much Councillor Davison for your honest appraisal

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@SimonCalvert14 some elements of the current parliament are profoundly anti-intellectual, immune to new and complex information or advised consequences and led solely in their conviction in this case their version of autonomous choice’

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

@SimonCalvert14 some elements of the current parliament are profoundly anti-intellectual, immune to new and complex information or advised consequences and led solely in their conviction in this case their version of autonomous choice’

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

she is absolutely right .

[The Christian Institute @christianorguk]

Labour’s @emmalewell “Absolutely dismayed that the Bill is being re-introduced. Not a single one of our major medical or professional bodies support it. A deeply flawed & dangerous bill that poses a real risk to the most vulnerable in our society.” https://t.co/1A489pk9TR

[Michael Tuffnell @MichaelTuffnell]

This was one issue on which the Scottish devolved parliament really excelled in both their scrutiny and their decision.

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

Holyrood rejected AD because - despite a majority supporting the principle - MSPs properly scrutinised their bill and listened to expert opinion. The supporters of AD in Westminster appear to have learnt nothing from this…

[Lord (David) Alton @DavidAltonHL]

West Lancashire MP @AshleyDalton_MP (Labour) is right to be "deeply concerned" that the deeply flawsed and dangerous Assisted Suicide Bill is being brought back to the @HouseofCommons by Lauren Edwards, the Labour MP for Rochester and Strood.

Ashley Dalton told the BBC: "Voters put us in power to reduce the cost of living and fix the NHS. We have debated this deeply divisive and flawed assisted dying bill for over a year and supporters have refused to listen or to make the necessary changes."

She said the bill would "hand sweeping unchecked powers over life and death and our NHS to future governments".

The wisest thing which MPs can do is to reject this Bill at Second Reading. See: https://t.co/dI3xUVeYH8
@Jeremy_Hunt @EdwardLeighGB @Meg_HillierMP @timfarron @danny__kruger @RachaelMaskell @carlalockhart @EdwardJDavey @NeilDotObrien @MarieRimmer @wesstreeting @ShabanaMahmood @Tanni_GT @lucianaberger @thelizcarr @historykev @frankcottrell_b @MoncktonR @CharlesHMoore
BBC Report
https://t.co/DcLYrtpd2A

[Danny Kruger @danny__kruger]

Appalling that the Bill’s new sponsor could be so misinformed about the legislation she has signed up to lead through Parliament. And shame on the campaigners who drafted these untruths for her.

[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.