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UK-based membership of the Swiss assisted dying centre Dignitas has grown by 50% in the last five years, new figures show. In 2024, there were 2,231 members of non-profit Dignitas (full name DIGNITAS – To live with dignity, die with dignity) compared to 1,430 in 2019. Membership – a prerequisite to having an assisted death… Read more »
Tom Gordon MP has put forward an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to reduce the deadline for the Government to introduce assisted dying from four years to three. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision have welcomed the amendment. The first draft of the Bill set the maximum time the Government could take… Read more »
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There was much reflection as we entered the second year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One of the most horrifying personal memories is witnessing the genocide and human rights abuses that have taken place across swathes of our nation. It is vital that the perpetrators of these heinous crimes are prosecuted and a structure… Read more »
Stood atop Westminster Hall’s famous stairs, steeped ethereally in the winter Sun, there was something conspicuously Messianic about Volodymyr Zelensky’s address on Wednesday. The huddled masses, comprising the great and the good of Westminster society, stood in hushed awe of the Ukrainian President. They were his disciples, humbled before the presence of Ukraine’s warrior king,… Read more »
