Harold Shipman wasn’t as keen on bumping off vulnerable people as the average member of Britain’s euthanasia lobby. Not that I’m comparing assisted suicide supporters to a serial killer, though returning to the scene of the crime is textbook psycho behaviour. The lobby is going back to the Commons with the exact same bill that fell in April. Their objective is obvious: get MPs to pass the legislation a second time to neuter scrutiny from the Lords.
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The upper house expressed doubts about the previous bill on the grounds that its sponsor was a simpleton and her safeguards were so shonky that even Anatoly Dyatlov would have raised an eyebrow. This Parliament Act gambit reflects the lobby’s obsession with getting this grisly practice on the statute books and their utter disregard for constitutional niceties.
Kim Leadbeater having proved a less than effective agent for Euthanasia Inc., they have chosen another Labour MP as the face of their renewed effort. Her name doesn’t matter all that much. She’s the MP for Rochester and Strood, so she’ll be losing to Reform in a couple of years’ time, and she’s decided that her legacy in public service will be a private member’s bill allowing the NHS to dole out killer drugs to desperate people. If you’re going to dream, dream big.
