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  1. As assisted dying bill returns to Commons, families recall loved ones’ battle to ‘go out on own terms’
    By Caroline Davies

    Elise Burns and Keith Williams appeared in campaign filmed by Rankin this year – both were denied their wishes, but their relatives are picking up the baton

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #Deathanddying #England #Wales #Health #Cancer #HouseofCommons #HouseofLords #Rankin #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

  2. MPs shouldn’t face abuse. Neither should their staff – but here’s what we deal with every day | Estelle Warhurst
    By Estelle Warhurst

    Some constituents are traumatised, others violent. It’s time the House of Commons protected the people who work at the grassroots of our democracy

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #HouseofCommons #Politics #Onlineabuse #Mentalhealth #UKnews #TheGuardian #EstelleWarhurst

  3. "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