Published by The i paper (23rd June, 2024)
Disability / Policy / Social care
Why does this government seem to dislike people with disabilities?
Published by The i paper (19th May, 2025)
Disability / Health / Policy
There is nothing compassionate or progressive about assisted dying
Published by The i paper (2nd December, 2024) The impassioned debate on assisted suicide last Friday has been widely hailed as a display of Parliament at its best. […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Assisted suicide is dangerous
Published by The i paper (25th November, 2024) This week sees a five-hour debate in Parliament that could lead to one of the most consequential laws this century […]
Canada / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy / World
Why I believe Dame Esther is profoundly wrong on assisted dying
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd December, 2023) Calls for a change in the law relating to assisted dying rose to a crescendo this week. Yesterday Labour leader […]
Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy
Euthanasia is a slippery slope
Published by The i paper (17th April, 2023) There are few more sensitive political issues than legalisation of euthanasia. On one hand we hear emotive pleas from patients […]
Health / Policy / Social care
Why would you envy the NHS?
Published by UnHerd (18th January, 2023) They say the first step in fixing a crisis is to recognise there is a problem. So let us give thanks for […]
Disability / Health / Policy
A stealthy new age of eugenics
Published by The i paper (27th September, 2021) Heidi Crowter is 26 years old, married last year and is full of life. She loves music and follows Liverpool […]
Belgium / Disability / Europe / Holland
Who should decide when we die?
Published by The i paper (28th September, 2020) Yew Trees was called a hospital but sounds more like hell. It was supposed to be a sanctuary for women […]
Belgium / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy
Can we be trusted with euthanasia?
Published by UnHerd (1st February, 2019) It is largely accepted in the modern democratic world that people have the right to do as they determine with their bodies […]