Ths should read Protect the Incomes of Surgeons who practice "facial feminisation".

suzanne moore 👍

Victoria Smith Rowling should do a Taylor Swift and have all the audio books re-recorded. Then pull Fry’s versions out of existence.

I follow evidence. Royal Colleges RC of Pathologists, @RCPsych & Royal College of Physicians and APM (Palliative Care), British Geriatrics Society (Geriatricians), Government Suicide adviser louis appleby & many more believe the #AssistedDyingBill is unsafe, should we not heed their expertise? #NotThisBill

There’s not really anyone in charge of Britain. We have a lanyard class going through the motions, but no one is actually in charge. No borders, no military security, no protection

'Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy' - Proverbs 31:8-9. A verse for today.

Both the Father and Mother of the House oppose this bill. They are politically as far apart as it is possible to be. But this is not political, it is existential. Please follow their wise guidance and vote down this appalling bill.

I have come to the conclusion that (a) the current intake of MPs are not intellectual capable of responsible governing and (b) future candidates for parliament should be obliged to pass some sort of test before they are allowed to be involved in legislating.

James Cleverley currently appearing as an intellectual colossus... And briefly, a tiny bit feminist.... I think the heat is getting to me.

Don't know who the chap was who just intervened but decent of him.

Everyone needs to stop telling their own stories and focus on the damn legislation!

It's probably good for my blood pressure that I have to go and teach now.

In other news: ordered a new fridge freezer about 3pm yesterday and less than 24hrs later it is in my house ready to use! All credit to AO - they really are excellent.

When you are being cared for by the NHS, you know that everybody is really trying their best to preserve life. This bill will change that fundamental principle.

Things Keir Starmer blames for not having the resources or bandwidth to deliver on voter priorities: the Tories, the markets. Things he should now add to that list, but won’t: his own decision to delegate social policy to Esther Rantzen.

I wish even 5% of this energy went into wondering WHY exactly the vulnerable and marginalised might wish they were dead and WHAT exactly is being done to give them a viable alternative.

I think I've moved definitively from "It's a complex issue" to "Everyone who supported this can get fucked."

I want to talk about what a spectacular sketch writer Madeline Grant is becoming and how utterly on the nose her writing is, but all I can think is how heartbreakingly sad it is to see our once great parliament reduced to this banality of evil.

Compassion? There was none for Adam Jogee MP, nor his wife, so why would there be any for the voiceless? This is utterly shameful Kim Leadbeater MBE MP, Kit Malthouse MP. Why did neither Chief Whip Alan Campbell MP, nor Keir Starmer step in?

What could we usefully do in the 4 years it will take? We could make an unprecedented commitment to palliative care. To people with disability. To suicide prevention.