On Monday there was a debate in Parliament on assisted dying – see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5wPhNupqXc . I have been a long- standing supporter of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society – now called Dignity in Dying. It is long overdue for Parliament to change the law so it’s worth listening to the debate. One speaker argued that not only might some people be persuaded to kill themselves by others but they may persuade themselves. That is a most peculiar argument. There was the usual call for palliative care to be improved but relying on that is problematic. When I want to leave this world I don’t want to be blocked by complex rules or laws.
Today we have the elections in London and other regions. In London other contenders have been catching up on Sadiq Khan according to the latest opinion polls. But he is still likely to win the vote for Mayor as the opposition is split and so many people don’t vote.
So it is extremely important to get out there and vote today!
Personally I have voted for Susan Hall as the only person with a real chance of ousting the liar Sadiq Khan, the destroyer of London’s transport network with his Transport Strategy. But I voted for Reform Party candidates for the other positions. Some tactical voting is the order of the day.
For lighter entertainment, I have just finished reading the book Brazilian Adventure by Peter Fleming (brother of James Bond author Ian Fleming). This is was first published in 1933 and is ostensibly the story of a search for Colonel Fawcett who disappeared in the Amazon jungle 7 years previously. But in reality it’s the ripping yarn of a few young and inexperienced men seeking adventure.
It’s well written, brings the milieu to life and therefore is recommended. Here’s one sentence from it: “The sun had just risen. It’s light no more than grazed the world, gilding the crests of ridges, from the blue hollows between them picking our little save the tallest trees and the wisps of vapour which hung wherever there was water.”
Roger Lawson (Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogerWLawson )
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