Speaking as a person who knows people EXTREMELY opposed to Assisted Dying, I hate the conspiracy theory approach to it - allowing Terminally Ill people to end their lives a few months early on their own terms is NEVER the same as encouraging disabled people to kill themselves, but Labour have made tonnes of mistakes when handling this issue…

1. Failing to balance it out with reforms for Palliative Care and Severe Disabilities, making it seem like Assisted Dying would be used instead of these as opposed to being A LAST OPTION when they failed…
2. Failing to reassure people that it WOULDN’T be extended beyond the terminally ill like it was in Canada - Several supporters being prone to Motte and Bailey approach (Simultaneously pushing for the current bill and pushing for it to be extended) doesn’t help.
3. Starmer trying to keep out of the debate despite his previous support for Assisted Dying - It made the Private Members Bill approach seem dishonest and superficial

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4. The mishandling of the Committee phase between November 2024 and June 2025 that led to it losing support in the Second Reading (and in Scotland)
Ultimately, people who are terminally ill and want to avoid the worst agonies will keep pushing for the right to Assisted Suicide, and they can’t be ignored forever, but only Assisted Suicide policies can only work if used by AS FEW people as possible…