Rajiv Shah
@RajivShah90
Former special adviser in MOJ, AGO, and No 10. https://endoflifebill.co.uk/the-wide-eligibility-of-the-terminally-ill-adults-bill/
Kim: “I’m going to get a High Court judge as a safeguard, it will be the best safeguard in the world” Judges: “We can’t do that” Kim: “Fine, I will drop that and change it to psychiatrists and claim that it's Judge Plus" Psychiatrists: “We can’t do that” What's next?
@RCPsych cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales in its current form and is once again urging MPs to look at our concerns ahead of the pivotal Commons Report stage debate and Third Reading. More here: rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-featu…
I almost died by suicide fifteen years ago while battling depression. If the expansion of MAID coming into force in 2027 were in place then, I'd likely be dead right now. Today, I'm launching the #IGotBetter campaign to keep hope alive for people living with mental illness.
Gentle density in Westminster, 3 storeys plus mansard and basement, terraced, high plot coverage, setback only to light the basement. Simple brick facades enlivened by contrasting brick tones, tall sash windows, and white-painted joinery. Notice that the council has used finer…
Coercion and abuse for the sake of hastening death does in fact exist and always devalues humans. nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/…
The UK Government's Human Rights Memorandum on the Chagos Surrender Bill says Chagossians have no right to self-determination, only Mauritians do! Shameful
From @JoshuaRozenberg on the Hayes decision Objectively the UKSC has much less criminal law expertise than the CACD, and their decision in Jogee gives plenty of comfort to those who think they're not very good at criminal law (Jogee used a totally debunked reading of the old…

This is such a shameful betrayal of British citizens by numerous British governments. Chagos is British and any British parliamentarian should vote against this pathetic deal.
The UK Government's Human Rights Memorandum on the Chagos Surrender Bill says Chagossians have no right to self-determination, only Mauritians do! Shameful
A staggering document. The UK Gov is now claiming that the native Chagossians were never "settled" on the islands and consequently have no right to them, but Mauritanians who have never lived there do.
The UK Government's Human Rights Memorandum on the Chagos Surrender Bill says Chagossians have no right to self-determination, only Mauritians do! Shameful