hypochondriac

Don't be more of a colossal prick than you normally are. Like I said earlier, you are unable to properly articulate the main arguments of those who disagree with you. There is a ton of things that should happen before this sort of thing is even close to being considered. You need proper safeguards in place to reduce the likelihood of coercion. Possibly properly funded social workers specially trained to spot coercion, you'd need evidenciary hearings in court where cases are investigated properly and you'd want actual money to fund this and a significant improvement in palliative care prior to the implementation of this. I still wouldn't support it in those circumstances but it would at least be marginally more acceptable than this terrible written and poorly conceived Bill being introduced at the wrong time and with none of the details properly articulated. Even the likes of Liberty who support assisted dying have urged MPs to vote against this Bill because they don't think the safeguards are sufficient.

I'm not sure anybody is labouring under some misapprehension of what the point of this bill is. No one has suggested they aren't fully aware of what the point of it is. The potential of the bill to be misapplied, the fact that our healthcare system isn't anywhere near equipped to deal with this change, the lack of safeguards, the poor wording and the lack of investigative ability when things inevitably go wrong along with the proven history of the slippery slope in the numerous countries with this legislation are big deals. Absolutely baffling - though not surprising - that you think they aren't.

A judge you say? Might be worth reading the thoughts of Sir James Munby, the former president of the family division for his serious reservations on that and why having a judge is no safeguard at all: https://transparencyproject.org.uk/assisted-dying-what-role-for-the-judge/ https://transparencyproject.org.uk/assisted-dying-what-role-for-the-judge-some-further-thoughts/ As he suggests, a judge who doesn't have the time or resources to investigate properly - and who only has to rubber stamp the procedure has been followed in any event - isn't anywhere near enough. Also as already explained it's a diagnosis from two medical practitioners - not necessarily doctors who make the determination. You can shop around for a medical practitioner to give you the answer you want and then there's no way to challenge the rulings or for anyone to investigate possible cases of coercion - even if they turn out to be a rarity.

In what way is this such a ridiculous fantasy that something similar to this would never happen?

I feel confident that I could broadly articulate the main positions of those on here who support this Bill. I don't have the same confidence that they would be able to do the same for those who oppose it. They keep repeating the same arguments that people either don't disagree with or largely haven't argued.

Because Arianna grande is mega famous and nobody outside of the niche world of musical theatre knows who the other one is?

You can agree with that and oppose this bill, as many people are doing.

I'd be more interested in what Trump actually does rather than what he says. At the moment it looks like he's threatening the likes of Canada with harsh tariffs to try to get them to sort out their own border. Maybe he will get some action from Trudeau to the degree that large tariffs aren't needed. Will be interesting to see.

Assuming that you're being serious and not just trolling as usual "the idea that there are thousands of family members currently rubbing their hands because they can possibly get their hands on the family silver a few months earlier seems, frankly ridiculous" show you haven't understood the position or the arguments of the people on the other side of the argument to you.

I wouldn't be so sure given the experience of the likes of Riley gaines in US sport.

Diregarding the nonsense word cis, how do you know this person is a biological woman?

Imagine if something as profound as this does pass on Friday with such little debate and scrutiny. It really does change society quite profoundly in a way that I'm not sure we have seen in decades and yet MPs who want to contribute to the debate will likely have less than a couple of minutes to debate it.

Good if that's true. Really everyone should be supporting the amendment stating that there hasn't been enough time and that it needs a proper debate.

Is there evidence that insulting Musk on twitter isn't allowed? I've seen load of it on there.

How is that relevant?

I expect he got it from the twitter files as reported by the guardian here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/01/the-twitter-files-should-disturb-liberal-critics-of-elon-musk-and-heres-why

Whatever your stance, this is worrying and should not be happening. At the very least I requires a full debate and proper examination of the issues.

Fernandes, Lallana, Sugawara, THB, Downes have been alright signings to various degrees. It's the kay signings in attacking positions that have been our main downfall.

I all the accounts I looked at at the time hull fans loved him and thought he'd be more than good enough for the prem.

TBF we did try to sign him and he turned us down.

Listened to a good Ian Hislop interview today. Essentially said "this lot aren't very good at explaining things. Politics is about bringing people with you." I think that's a good summary. It does seem like much of the wounds they have caused so far been self inflicted. Certainly their comms need work and selling proposals to the electorate.

I hope we won't want to sell him but who knows if we have agreements in place once we go down.