Philip Murray
@philipmurraylawLaw lecturer, @RobinsonCamb / @cambridgelaw. Tweeting personally.
Today in the Telegraph I argue that, because of our commitments to the European Convention on Human Rights, made enforceable by the Human Rights Act, supporters of @kimleadbeater's assisted suicide Bill can't guarantee it won't be expanded in the future. 🧵
Sir James Munby, a senior legal figure, has blasted 'safeguards' in Kim Leadbeater's Bill. "Only those who believe implicitly in judicial omniscience and infallibility – and I do not – can possibly have any confidence in the efficacy of what is proposed." telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/1…
Euthanasia: Careful what you wish for. Dutch consider further extension of euthanasia laws to anyone over 75. Meanwhile seniorUK Judge says UK Bill is “profoundly unsatisfactory” “Lamentably short of adequate safeguards.”Care not Kill. @Keir_Starmer @wesstreeting @RachaelMaskell
The idea that the Health Secretary, who will be tasked with implementing an assisted suicide law if the Bill passes Parliament, should not give his view on the proposal is utterly ridiculous. MPs should listen to what he says.
NEW: Wes Streeting crossed a line by opposing assisted dying in public, and was contradictory in his argument says as Harman, who goes onto argue the debate ‘shouldn’t come down to resources’ news.sky.com/story/wes-stre…
🚨“I'm really concerned about legislation that isn't watertight in terms of safeguards… but also making sure we don't have a slippery slope of extending it in the future.” 🗣️Junior minister @mgshanks tells @IainDale he’ll be voting against the #AssistedDying Bill
It definitely really should come down to resources if there are no resources.
NEW: Wes Streeting crossed a line by opposing assisted dying in public, and was contradictory in his argument says as Harman, who goes onto argue the debate ‘shouldn’t come down to resources’ news.sky.com/story/wes-stre…
1/ Parliamentary proponents of the Bill have been unwilling to face up to the fact the safeguards cannot be 100% effective 2/ As with the death penalty it is perfectly coherent for someone to think that the risk of one erroneous death is one too many and for that to be the…
Yes I see. I thought as much. Clearly you should object to literally ever human activity since no safeguards are available that meet your standards for any of them. Driving for instance. We should all stay in bed, although this would be dangerous given bed sores.
There is absolutely no evidence that legalising assisted suicide leads to greater investment in palliative care. In fact, all the evidence points to the contrary. In Canada we've had cases of palliative care budgets being diverted to do euthanasia.
I hope MPs support #AssistedDyingBill. I understand calls for better palliative care instead - the same case was made last time issue was debated 10 years ago & still not happened. Passing this bill will likely spur greater investment in it, as it has elsewhere @dignityindying
Doctors should not be state executioners and nor should judges. Please read this by Sir James Mumby, former President of the Family Division of the High Court: transparencyproject.org.uk/assisted-dying…
Applying that logic if there was a Bill to restore the death penalty, MPs who are not in principle opposed but are concerned that it will lead to wrongful executions should support the Bill at 2R and only worry about the risk to innocents at Committee. That's patently absurd
This isn’t an accurate representation of what has been said. Second Reading has always been about voting on the principles and ambitions of a Bill—in this case, the choice of assisted dying for the terminally ill within a defined process and with strong safeguards. After this…
“When a state starts to sanction suicide by providing assistance, it leads to a devaluation of human life to the detriment of us all.” An excellent leader in this week’s @spectator. Thank you, @michaelgove et al. spectator.co.uk/article/the-ca…
An eviscerating demolition of the Leadbeater Bill. I share only three parts. But the third demonstrates not only the drafters’ ignorance of the application of procedural safeguards and lack of foresight but the reason for the threshold that the state should never cross.
This by Sir James Munby former president of the family division of the High Court is essential reading on the inadequacies of the Leadbeater assisted dying bill in relation to its provisions on the courts and the judiciary. Hope all MPs read & digest. transparencyproject.org.uk/assisted-dying…
What an astonishing thing for a former DPP to say. Time and time again the courts, both domestic and European, have upheld the role served by the Suicide Act 1961 in protecting the vulnerable.
The law at the moment provides no safeguards and *doesn’t* protect the vulnerable says most recent Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill. “Surely Parliament can do better than a law passed in 1961? They must look at the detail of @kimleadbeater PMB.”
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