Better Way

@betterwayUK

We oppose assisted suicide and champion a better path for the nations of the UK.

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jul 1

The assisted dying bill isn't safe for disabled people – that's why I will fight it in the Lords. ✍️ Baroness @Tanni_GT politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

betterwayUK's tweet card. We have been told it is the safest bill in the world. Does that make the bill safe?

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jul 14

The House of Lords doesn’t have to accept the Assisted Dying Bill, argues @nmdacosta spectator.co.uk/article/why-th…

betterwayUK's tweet card. Labour’s manifesto made no reference to assisted suicide nor assisted dying, so the Lords shouldn't have to accept the Bill

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jul 11

Terminally ill patients could be pushed towards an assisted death if the service ends up better funded than hospices, a palliative care boss has warned. Hospices are chronically underfunded so this is inevitable. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

betterwayUK's tweet card. A charity boss says funding for palliative care must equal that of assisted dying

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jul 10

In The Times, lawyer Tom McNeil notes the astonishing fact that assisted deaths would not be automatically investigated by coroners. He warns that "without a meaningful investigation, there is no way to determine whether offences have been committed". thetimes.com/uk/law/article…

betterwayUK's tweet card. Proponents of the bill say any decision would be scrutinised in advance, but this would miss how the death itself unfolded

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jun 30

New Zealand's assisted suicide law is branded "cruel and intrusive" for being limited to people with an estimated six months to live. Campaigners don't disappear after laws are passed. They push for expansion through parliament, the courts and the media. thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360731…

betterwayUK's tweet card. Maurice Gee’s death puts euthanasia back in the spotlight - with some pushing for change, and others fearing undue pressure on the elderly and disabled.

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jun 30

The absence of disabled people’s voices in the debate on assisted suicide has been ‘astonishing’, a disabled MP has said. disabilitynewsservice.com/absence-of-dis…

betterwayUK's tweet card. Disabled MPs have voted overwhelmingly against the assisted dying bill, and warned that it poses a clear danger to disabled people if it eventually becomes law. Although the terminally ill adults (…

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jun 27

Elderly people would feel pressure to die in order to avoid passing on large tax bills to their families under an assisted suicide law, experts have warned. inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

betterwayUK's tweet card. If the bill were to be legalised, it could have some potentially significant implications for pensions and estate planning

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Prof. Mark Taubert@ProfMarkTaubert · Jun 26

"Clinicians like myself struggle to understand how amendments to this Bill, that might protect vulnerable groups – such as those with dementia or Down’s Syndrome, or those suffering from eating disorders – have been rejected one by one." telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jun 25

"If we must have assisted suicide, please don’t let the NHS anywhere near it" - Annabel Denham. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/2…

betterwayUK's tweet card. If we must have assisted suicide, please don’t let the NHS anywhere near it

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jun 23

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said there is no budget for an assisted suicide service, which MPs narrowly backed in a vote on Friday. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

betterwayUK's tweet card. The MP for Ilford North pledges to work "constructively" on technical aspects of the legislation.

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Better Way@betterwayUK · Jun 20

The House of Commons has voted to progress the assisted suicide bill by a narrow margin of 314 votes to 291.

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