David Read
@ealingread
husband, father and child of God to boot! worship @stpaulsealing, work @govuk. doesn't get much better! (personal views only other than RTs.)
Since when has the New Year's honours list been published on 29 Dec? Everything is just about the PR moment these days.
Away from the Budget, this would be extraordinary – Kim Leadbeater's Bill is the spectre hanging over the rest of this parliament
Something very odd is happening behind the scenes on Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill. Multiple sources say Falconer is talking up with Govt bypassing the House of Lords entirely using the Parliament Acts — and has been planning this since the summer 1/
Fresh from moaning that Civil Servants don't work, the Telegraph is now moaning about those who do too much work, and dont take leave, and in turn get a small payout of accrued leave should they resign- just like most other companies do... telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/wor…
Ayes 314 Noes 291. The social contract has been torn up this week. The state can now help kill you if you are too old and won’t protect you if you are young. A dark week at Westminster on #abortion and #assistedsuicide
Arguments I never want to hear from law-makers again *That thing you're concerned about may never happen *There will be v few cases *It's already law in X "It's 'international best practice' *Only the Right/Christians/etc make your points Sound policy stands on its own merits
One of the darkest days in our nation's history. Children that can easily survive outside of the womb can be killed without consequence. Absolutely shameful.
Parliament has voted to decriminalise abortion up to birth. It wasn't even close.
What a monstrous country we are building
Amendment defeated 279 v 243. Looks like there will be no hospice, nor care home, where you can be certain ending the life of the terminally ill will not be suggested nor normalised.
This is designed to make serious engagement on assisted suicide impossible - straight forward abuse of process.
Update: amendments have been tabled two minutes before the rise of the House, timing out any responses from MPs. I believe there has been no briefing to MPs on the Committee but presumably the press are being briefed as I write this to put the spin on them.
Want to understand what happened this week on the assisted suicide bill and why it is so bad - this thread to short and clear. Thanks again to Danny and others for their efforts.
This week in the Assisted Suicide Bill committee we reached the fatal moment. Between clause 18(9(a)) and 18(9(a)(i)) ‘the person has died’. Summary of changes this week below.
Incredible - and very disturbing. Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is attempting to avoid proper scrutiny.
Kim Leadbeater's witness list, which she only sent out this morning, has 8 witnesses from other jurisdictions supporting assisted suicide and *0* overseas witness opposed to it. She and her supporters are not even hiding their contempt for the scrutiny process anymore.
I’ll never forget the family who shouted at us for a whole week & abused all the ward staff because their relative wasn’t dying “quick enough” for them, because they had a holiday booked. The relative was sleeping peacefully with fully controlled symptoms the whole week.
It is never too late to make a difference. Contact your MP now.
📢URGENT: MPs vote on dangerous assisted suicide Bill THIS FRIDAY (29 Nov). Email your MP NOW—it takes just 30 seconds! 👉 righttolife.org.uk/asthreat The email MP tool at the link above is quick and easy to use. Every email makes a difference. Act now to help stop this Bill!
The assisted dying bill has finally been published - 18 days before it is to be debated. This is a ridiculously short time for such an important bill - the problem with a private member’s bill. bills.parliament.uk/bills/3774/pub…
With everything currently going on in the world how the hell can this be the top news story? Pull yourselves together @BBCNews
New polling paints an interesting picture of the public's tax-raising priorities, and a depressing picture of the public's understanding of tax and spending. I have no easy answers, but I do have some rather alarming charts.
I have made a slightly longer video contrasting Justin Welby’s comments on sexuality with John Mark Comer - it goes to the heart of the issue and why Welby’s comments signify a much deeper problem. It’s a 2 parter
The first conviction for silent prayer in British history should terrify us all premierchristianity.com/opinion/the-fi… @LoisMcLatch
Nottingham University has put a ‘trigger warning’ on some of the most famous works in English Literature because they contain ‘expressions of Christian faith.’ Works include Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales' and the poem 'Piers Plowman' described by critics as 'the most…
"Councils are short on cash and need money — so why do they charge these festivals so little?", writes @martha_gill Read more: standard.co.uk/comment/hyde-p…
This is an inaccurate headline that will only fuel community concerns. The decision to cover the memorial was taken by park authorities, not the police. As the paper’s own article makes clear, it is a precaution Royal Parks have taken for a number of different events.
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