Metro – Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro [Unofficial]‘I’ve lost a child – I know what it’s like to not want to live any more’
Pirate BadshahThe failure in the UK on assisted dying is quite dispiriting. Thinking of what lessons there are to be learned for the process here in Ireland, we don't have the same undemocratic institutions (the Seanad for all its faults isn't the Lords) they have, & bodily autonomy has been vindicated as a concept by decades of campaigning on abortion rights, but we might still be vulnerable to social media misinformation from conservative bad actors.
MackajBalanced? He set his stall in the first paragraph when he referred to the bill as "assisted suicide".
To cast 1280 amendments as "scrutiny" beggars belief. For context, that is more amendments than were tabled for the massively complex, 855-clause Companies Act in 2006. And this wasn't a broad rebellion of the whole House. Over 800 of those amendments originated from just seven peers.
Over 1200 amendments added – more than half by just a handful of members who are opposed to Assisted Dying under any circumstances. Not a single one made it to the voting stage. All were talked out. So yes it was a Filibuster.
It will be reintroduced in parliament's next session for sure.
DavidThe UK's Assisted Dying Bill has failed to become law after stalling in the House of Lords, despite being supported by a majority in the House of Commons. The bill's supporters accuse peers of using delaying tactics, while critics argue it lacked sufficient safeguards 📝💼.
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World news | The GuardianMother ends life at Swiss clinic four years after son’s death https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/24/mother-ends-life-at-swiss-clinic-four-years-after-sons-death #AssistedDying #Switzerland #Law #Society #UkNews #Europe #WorldNews
MPs vow to bring back assisted dying bill after ‘undemocratic’ Lords block https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/24/assisted-dying-bill-will-not-become-law-after-it-falls-in-the-house-of-lords #AssistedDying #Politics #England #Law #HouseOfLords #UkNews #Society #Wales
The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & Entertainment [Unofficial]Assisted dying campaigners condemn 'undemocratic' peers as law change thwarted
Political Cartoon GalleryMartin Rowson on the #AssistedDying bill being blocked by the House of Lords #Starmer @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Claire McNabCongrats UK #HouseOfLords for blocking #AssistedDying Bill. 👍
I strongly support the principle of right to die, but I oppose legalisation without strong protection against #coercion. #KimLeadbeater's botched bill was opposed by every disability group. It's a scandal that her liberal supporters allowed this disgrace to pass the #HouseOfCommons.
I am unpersuaded that any safeguards could ever be adequate. But a #PrivateMembersBill will always be under-prepared.