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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

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/assisted-dying-bill-mps-final-chance-make-history

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

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

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/mps-commons-extraordinary-risk-forcing-through-assisted-dying-bill

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

MPs on both sides urge Commons not to take ‘extraordinary risk’ of forcing through assisted dying bill https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/10/mps-commons-extraordinary-risk-forcing-through-assisted-dying-bill #AssistedDying #HouseOfCommons #Politics #UkNews #Law #HouseOfLords #Labour

Malta warned of corruption crisis after Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict sends ‘chill down the spine’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/malta-corruption-crisis-daphne-caruana-galizia-verdict #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #Malta #JournalistSafety #CouncilOfEurope #Media #Europe #HumanRights #HouseOfLords #PressFreedom

Malta warned of corruption crisis after Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict sends ‘chill down the spine’
By Juliette Garside

Labour peer tells Council of Europe inquiry failure to implement legal protections still putting journalists at risk

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/malta-corruption-crisis-daphne-caruana-galizia-verdict

#DaphneCaruanaGalizia #Malta #Journalistsafety #CouncilofEurope #Media #Europe #Humanrights #HouseofLords #Pressfreedom #TheGuardian #JulietteGarside

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

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/assisted-dying-bill-house-of-lords-mps-lauren-edwards

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

#Churchill was the Prime Minister when the British caused a famine in Iran during WWII by forcibly requisitioning stores of grain there.

Churchill was also the Prime Minister when India exported food ignoring a famine in Bengal during WWII. But 50 peers organized "a row": https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/23/artwork-removed-national-portrait-gallery-helen-cammock-churchill-bengal-famine

#whiteFragility #London #India #Bangladesh #BritishEmpire #famine #Cromwell #history #HouseOfLords #WWII #UK

Lord Mandelson faces demands to hand back payoff after sacking over Epstein link

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/lord-mandelson-faces-demands-hand-36687761

Tory HQ resists calls to refer Menzies allegations to police – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/apr/18/rwanda-bill-raf-planes-grant-shapps-conservatives-labour-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-latest-updates #ScottishNationalparty(SNP) #InstituteforFiscalStudies #Immigrationandasylum #Scottishpolitics #HouseofCommons #Inheritancetax #Conservatives #PennyMordaunt #Climatecrisis #Opinionpolls #DavidCameron #HouseofLords #AngelaRayner #GrantShapps #KeirStarmer #Environment

Tory HQ resists calls to refer Menzies allegations to police – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/apr/18/rwanda-bill-raf-planes-grant-shapps-conservatives-labour-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-latest-updates #ScottishNationalparty(SNP) #InstituteforFiscalStudies #Immigrationandasylum #Scottishpolitics #HouseofCommons #Inheritancetax #Conservatives #PennyMordaunt #Climatecrisis #Opinionpolls #DavidCameron #HouseofLords #AngelaRayner #GrantShapps #KeirStarmer #Environment

UK Survey - House of Lords

Share your thoughts on how you feel about the unelected House of Lords.

This is a quick, multi choice survey. Less they 30 seconds to complete.

https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/139578/-/1

#UnitedKingdom #UK #corruption #dystopia #Lords #HouseOfLords #democracy #DemocracyLost #ToryDictatorship #ToryScum #ToryFascists

Former PM David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary has triggered fresh calls to abolish the House of Lords

There is no requirement for cabinet ministers to be a MP

It is rare senior offices of state are held by unelected politicians

#Lobbyist Cameron has been handed a seat in the Lords for life to take up the role

This joins a string of outrages about the urgent need to ditch the Lords

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/11/13/david-camerons-appointment-to-cabinet-another-reminder-why-the-house-of-lords-must-go/

#UK #dictatorship #ToryDictatorship #democracy #PR #Lords #HouseOfLords