The Critic: @fleurelizabeth.bsky.social argues that without the support of the new PM - who wants to fix palliative care before debating assisted suicide - the assisted suicide Bill may already be on its last legs. thecritic.co.uk/will-andy-bu...

🚨BREAKING: The Times calls on @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social to ditch assisted suicide Bill at eleventh hour! In its lead article, the influential newspaper calls on the MP to “think again”, telling her it’s “not too late” to choose another bill. She has until tomorrow lunchtime to decide.🧵1/

🚨BREAKING: Leading Peer calls on @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social NOT to bring back assisted suicide Bill, in light of past comments, The Times reports tonight. The MP still has 36 hours to make a final decision on her Bill. Lord Shinkwin statement in full:

Absolutely infuriating that one of my colleagues has decided that what Parliament should focus on in the coming months - given everything going on in the world and here at home - is bringing back the assisted dying bill. Head in hands.

Interesting polling about the real priorities people have, versus what pressure groups are claiming wrt Assisted Dying. A PMB for access to palliative &end of life care wld be a better starting point @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...

Opinion: Assisted death shouldn’t be the answer when social supports fail www.sudbury.com/columns/gues...

Opinion: Assisted death shouldn’t be the answer when social supports fail

‘Persons with disabilities deserve the same response other Canadians receive when they are suffering: investment in supports, housing, and mental health services, not a faster path to death,’ writes K...

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Given @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social left Twitter over the use of an ableist slur, it would be a really bad look for her to bring back an assisted suicide Bill universally opposed by disability & learning disability groups, who’d be put at grave risk by the Bill.

Backers of the Leadbeater assisted dying Bill want @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social to take this Bill under her name, and push it through into law. That's why local residents in Rochester & Strood turned out this morning to share their opposition

NEW MRP poll: In the largest poll on assisted death since the Leadbeater Bill emerged, fewer than 1 in 10 Brits want their MP to prioritise the assisted death Bill.

Theresa May’s attack on the Assisted Suicide Bill was phenomenal www.spectator.co.uk/article/ther...

Theresa May's attack on the Assisted Suicide Bill was phenomenal

If I were Leadbeater or Falconer listening today to the Assisted Dying Bill debate in the Lords, I'd be worried

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Baroness Falkner issues impassioned plea against Assisted suicide Bill  mol.im/a/15093869

Baroness Falkner issues impassioned plea against Assisted Dying Bill

Baroness Falkner, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, urged the House of Lords to reject the 'flawed' assisted dying Bill - despite previously supporting the principle.

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The flaws of the assisted suicide bill may prove irreparable. Enjoy this article for free. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...

The flaws of the assisted dying bill may prove irreparable

It should not have fallen to the Lords to protect the public

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It takes 7 months for a child with cancer to receive disability benefits, and it can take years to get a wheelchair. But the NHS will be able to administer a lethal poison to terminally-ill patients in weeks, if Kim Leadbeater's Assisted Suicide Bill is approved. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cancer family 'financially broken' by wait for benefits

Charity report finds seven-month average wait for families of children with cancer to access benefits.

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