Exclusive: Broadcaster urges MPs to change law after younger brother died with motor neurone disease
Jonathan Dimbleby has described the criminalisation of assisted dying in the UK as “increasingly unbearable” after his younger brother, Nicholas, died this month with debilitating motor neurone disease (MND).
The broadcaster, who has long advocated for a right to assisted dying, urged all political parties to commit to a free vote in the next parliament to change the law. He spoke as MPs prepare to publish a report into assisted dying on Thursday amid polling showing three-quarters of the public support legalisation within strict guidelines.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Exclusive: Broadcaster urges MPs to change law after younger brother died with motor neurone diseaseJonathan Dimbleby has described the criminalisation of assisted dying in the UK as “increasingly unbearable” after his younger brother, Nicholas, died this month with debilitating motor neurone disease (MND).The broadcaster, who has long advocated for a right to assisted dying, urged all political parties to commit to a free vote in the next parliament to change the law. He spoke as MPs prepare to publish a report into assisted dying on Thursday amid polling showing three-quarters of the public support legalisation within strict guidelines. Continue reading…
