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  1. My plea to MPs: this is the final chance to save the assisted dying bill. Make your mark on history | Polly Toynbee
    By Polly Toynbee

    Any MP not voting for it on Friday will condemn thousands of us to die in agony. The public is hugely in favour too, so do the right thing

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Assisteddying #Deathanddying #HouseofCommons #HouseofLords #Health #Law #Society #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #PollyToynbee

  2. MPs on both sides urge Commons not to take ‘extraordinary risk’ of forcing through assisted dying bill
    By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

    Joint appeal issued by Labour MPs Gareth Snell, who voted for the bill, and Meg Hillier, who voted against

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #HouseofCommons #Politics #UKnews #Law #HouseofLords #Labour #TheGuardian #JessicaElgotDeputypoliticaleditor

  3. I am sending the assisted dying bill back to the Lords – and this time, peers must do the right thing | Lauren Edwards
    By Lauren Edwards

    The will of the elected chamber – and a popular, compassionate piece of legislation – must not be frustrated again by a small minority of peers

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Assisteddying #HouseofCommons #Politics #Law #Society #UKnews #HouseofLords #TheGuardian #LaurenEdwards

  4. Low turnout threatens Commons vote on assisted dying, say MPs
    By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

    Backers seek support for second attempt to get law through House of Lords after ‘undemocratic’ rejection last year

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #UKnews #Politics #HouseofCommons #Society #TheGuardian #JessicaElgotDeputypoliticaleditor

  5. Low turnout threatens Commons vote on assisted dying, say MPs
    By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

    Backers seek support for second attempt to get law through House of Lords after ‘undemocratic’ rejection last year

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #UKnews #Politics #HouseofCommons #Society #TheGuardian #JessicaElgotDeputypoliticaleditor

  6. Low turnout threatens Commons vote on assisted dying, say MPs
    By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

    Backers seek support for second attempt to get law through House of Lords after ‘undemocratic’ rejection last year

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #UKnews #Politics #HouseofCommons #Society #TheGuardian #JessicaElgotDeputypoliticaleditor

  7. Low turnout threatens Commons vote on assisted dying, say MPs
    By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

    Backers seek support for second attempt to get law through House of Lords after ‘undemocratic’ rejection last year

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #UKnews #Politics #HouseofCommons #Society #TheGuardian #JessicaElgotDeputypoliticaleditor

  8. "Labour has gone to great lengths to make clear that nothing substantial will change."

    "Centrist rule, typified by the incapability or unwillingness to take seriously the manifold crises humanity now faces, only increases the political dissatisfaction on which the far-right feeds. The […] Tories – or Reform itself – may well return renewed and worsened in 2029 when public frustration sees Labour’s exercise in political nothingness collapse."

    Francesca Newton writes: vashtimedia.com/election-labou 🧶

    #farCenter #conservation #rule #austerity #publicHealth #resentment #cultureWars #antiWoke #lifeConditions #healthCare #hostility #disdain #brutalization #farCentre #LabourParty #Labour #England #Britain #UK #centreLeft #leftOfCentre #takeOver #elections #UKPol #politics #SocialDemocracy #SocDem #triangulation #Starmer #ballot #UKPolitics #parliament #vote #campaign #government #HouseOfCommons #ambivalence #Shehecheyanu #hope #Macron #Jewishness #Judaism #Jews