.@ddhitchens. Aren't you also tired of hearing that the defeat of a Private Member's Bill, never put before the electorate in any manifesto (but even so personally backed by the PM) , is some kind of affront to democracy?
There’s been a pattern lately of journalists asking HoL opponents of the #AssistedDyingBill if they are trying to amend or wreck it. Are they so opposed in principle that no version would be acceptable?
It’s a reasonable question for many of us. Here is my answer.
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@Wandere32039816 yeah (they're a slightly different from ones ive used before) great if you've got one nice set of straight stairs but a bugger if theres a corner
@DrGW0@DrSteveTaylor@wesstreeting we were told at uni that most trusts planned with a "life expectancy" of a full time frontline paramaedic on a normal ambulance as 6 years before they specalise/LTFT/management/move trust/go private etc
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known by all and sundry on the Disc as: The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
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You really can't make this up, Lee Twamley is the organiser of raising the flags. He was jailed for 20 months after being stopped at British border checks in France with four Vietnamese people hidden under camping gear in the back of a van. He calls it old news on his tik tok.
It’s been said that the next UK political scandal is probably already happening in plain sight. And it is. It’s been happening all this week at the assisted suicide bill committee. A thread:
There are multiple reasons this is a bad idea
I'll go through each one by one for anyone who can be arsed to find out
The only people who won't be arsed are people who think this only for ideological, NOT rational reasons
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