'Hedonic utilitarianism' is absolutely what we've seen this week. And Kruger is correct that only Christianity can truly stand against it.

Language is the essence of understanding our decisions. ‘Assisted dying’ is the service currently provided by palliative care, mostly provided by underfunded hospices, supported not by state but by charitable donations. Assisted suicide, state sanctioned killing is different.

Fascinating and chilling thread. It was Dignity in Dying wot won it.

King's College's Complex Life and Decisions Group brand Leadbeater bill "not fit for purpose". Link in thread.

The policing of language by assisted dying campaigners - they insist it is "offensive" to call it what it is, assisted suicide - reminds me of the gender/sex debate. It pretends there's a clear distinction between suicide and assisted dying that does not exist in the real world.

Baroness Berger (Luciana Berger) urges Peers to acknowledge the “reality of our unequal society. I am deeply concerned that this bill as it stands would not only ignore but deepen those inequalities.” #AssistedSuicide

We are dismayed to see the creation of the first embryo derived from human skin. Nothing good can come of this technology for women or children. We urge Department of Health and Social Care to ban development or imports of in-vitro derived gametes to the UK. Act now, before it is too late.

The internet shutdown in Afghanistan happened in real time in my online poetry class on Monday. The women's accounts dropped out one by one. The last to go was Neda. Just before her image froze, I promised to put her poem on Twitter. She's 11. Online was her last hope of

I really did not imagine that today of all days I'd get an email inviting me to a diocesan workshop on anti-Muslim hate.

I have seen this so often. It's the 'no true Jew' fallacy.

This bill was conceived in privilege for the benefit of the corporate and sold to the superstitious to the detriment of the vulnerable.

I was away and offline last week but... come on... the Trump stuff is by far and away the most inconsequential part of this BBC stuff. I suppose that may be why so many senior BBC people seem to prefer that everyone looks at that rather than the other, more damning, stuff.

Devastating Why is this happening?

This is not a bill. It's a celebrity vanity project. It's the parliamentary equivalent of Cats - the Movie.

You'd think the gov't was planning for young people to hate them.

It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on improved palliative, social and end-of-life care theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

There is a "burn the witch" thing going on here. Women who complain too loudly are accused of harassing the men in women's spaces. Women who complain to quietly are told there was never a problem

Genuine question: if any minority group was targeted and slaughtered, would people say, “Yeah, but other groups suffer problems too”? Or does it only happen when it’s Jews?