Here's the truth: When your government starts offering to "end your suffering" instead of actually helping you live, that's not compassion. That's them looking at their budget and deciding you're too expensive to keep alive. And sadly...Canada's leading the charge.

“I don't want to see fear in my patients' eyes when I go to see them, fear that I'm going to suggest assisted dying to them.” Dominic Whitehouse - Palliative Care Consultant #AssistedDyingBill

When my wife & I die,our stunning disabled daughter may well feel as if she's a burden. She cannot clothe herself, walk, wash herself, or communicate clearly to strangers. She's no burden. The #assisteddying bill is terrifying. The safeguards are weak. The risk for abuse is real.

Of course Improving #PalliativeCare should not be the “and we also have a chance of” at the end of this sentence . sad to see that the The Green Party fail to recognise this

Already I am being contacted by people vulnerable to suicide, who are terrified that the State Suicide Service - whether in the proposed form or the inevitable revisions - is coming for them. I am truly disgusted at what this country is saying to those who are vulnerable.

What about section 15 of the terminally ill adults act. Where does the “right to chose” argument sit with regard’s a by proxy request for #AssistedDying ?.

2/3 ethnic minority MPs voted against assisted suicide. As Florence Eshalomi MP said powerfully in Friday's debate, "We must recognise the hard truth that health inequalities are wide and persistent." This Bill is a threat to those whose wellbeing is regularly overlooked by the state.

Who decided on this voting idea? Martins life is hanging o the line. Sonia's about to have her baby. Phil was just about to end his life. And you want me to vote who gets to sleep with Denise next? #EastEnders

Me ringing the action line because I am fucking traumatised at that ending #EastEnders #EELive

Rebecca Paul quotes written evidence and asks why are we as a society happy to rely on charity shops selling second-hand clothes to fund palliative care whilst assisted dying will be fully funded by the NHS? Funding disparities undermine it being a fair choice.

Here’s a list of trans people who DID stick up for women’s rights & spaces this past decade. Please follow. They could have sat back & raked in sponsorship-this & award-that but didn’t. They turned to their trans peers & said No, which is very difficult. They are:🧵 Buck Angel® Transsexual

Martina Navratilova is one ot the greatest tennis players to ever play the game. She was at the forefront of being one of the first openly gay professional athletes and has been a champion for gay rights. "Trump is right, women's sport should be for women only." On the trans

The truth about toilets  - Sex Matters sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…

Virginia Giuffre publicly declared that she is not suicidal and warned that if anything happens to her, the people should ensure those responsible are held accountable and never forget their actions. "Too many evil people want to see me quieted."

It’s simple . To protect a characteristic , define that characteristic, as a tangible constant . Not to do so weakens protection . Ring fencing a characteristic doesn’t mean you’ve removed validity of a separate but equally valid group 🤷‍♀️

🇬🇧While being arrested, a protester recited a poem by 9-year-old Fatema Saidam, who was k!lled by 1$rael. “Eyes are for looking & seeing sun, Tongues are for greeting & saying fun, Legs are for walking slowly & also run, Hands are for shaking with friends Not for shooting gun”

Greta Thunberg shares a video detailing the conditions in which Israel is keeping Palestinian adults & children, following her release.

Surreal, Labour's leadership repeatedly said the UK is not selling arms to Israel But Israel's tax authority shows the value of UK arms sales to Israel Shame on Labour - thank you #C4News for doing what others dont bother to do

Don’t tell me you aren’t killing the NHS, because that’s exactly what you are doing, Wes. Own it