So glad this is finally shared. It’s a remarkable story. Severe ME/CFS to Healed: Jen's Remarkable Rinvoq ME/CFS Recovery Story - Health Rising healthrising.org/blog/2024/11/2…

One of the best reasons to not trust Dignity in Dying when they talk about safeguards and no slippery slopes etc. is because their patron says publicly that we should kill the wheelchair-bound and the depressed.

Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his former girlfriend. But he told the media it was for ‘pushing’ her when the conviction, which he didn’t publicly disclose before he was elected, emerged. Quite the story by George Greenwood

You will have "the right to die" for approximately 15 minutes before you start to feel "the obligation to die," which will be approximately 15 minutes before you are informed that (for the greater good, to be sure) you are "required to die."

Great work Madeleine Davies : 'Smyth’s “narcissistic strategies” were “highly successful within the Conservative Evangelical community . . . and this was pivotal to him achieving his abuse and evading justice. This community was hierarchical and status-oriented.”'

What an incredible cover page

We need to show we can do better at assisted living for those in need of care before deciding whether to legislate on ways to die. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I post this every year. Each year it moves me. Malcolm Guite

Excellent piece on St Christopher’s hospice. ‘What I found was more unpredictable, nuanced and complex…’ thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

Why’s it always MPs on £95k, who can have multiple jobs, can claim energy bills, rent/mortgage, childcare and even food… telling people on UC we’re gonna crackdown on you? The hypocrisy is real.

Matthew Ineson says he disclosed his abuse at the hands of a vicar EIGHT times to FIVE different bishops/archbishops. He feels badly let down by the The Church of England and is calling for the Archbishop of York to quit. 👀

We are being told that euthanasia works well in other countries In this case, the doctor asked the family to hold down the woman who resisted being euthanised - so he could euthanise her. He also tried spiking her drink with lethal drugs.

Over on blue sky Nicky Gumbel is apparently now the Archbishop of Canterbury Madeleine Davies The Church of England

From today's Private Eye.

From Gregg Wallace to John Smyth and everything in between, the passivity of bystanders is a huge problem in dealing with abuse. We need to make it unacceptable for a third party to know or see that a person is being abused, and not to act on it.

If you have been directly harmed by Mike Pilavachi, you might be interested in the research project below 👇

The Times Report that after the coroner at Maeve Boothby O'Neill's inquest issued a prevention of future deaths report the NHS is carrying out an assessment of ME services across England. thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/… #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #VerySevereME

Dad fetched the big box of decorations from the attic. They spent a lot of time arranging them on the tree. When they had finished, they switched on the fairy lights and left the curtains open so that all the people passing by could see it. Alfie’s Christmas

It was a joy to write this story of Grace Darling's family and childhood, and a double joy to have it illustrated by the magnificent Keith Robinson

From the outside, or going through the ordination selection process, The Church of England seems one way. Lead by Bishops, based on Christian values, decisions made carefully and discerningly. But when you get on the wrong side of it, or go beneath the surface something new emerges...