Dawn Butler (Brent East) and Barry Gardiner (Brent West) voted against the Bill and Georgia Gould (Queens Park and Maida Vale) voted for the Bill.
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Does anyone know who our Brent MPs consulted amongst us Brent residents to reach their decision?
They don’t need to do that. Why does everything need to be run by 1000s of people first? That’s what an election is for. They’ve been put in their positions to offer some sort of opinion, not just be a mouthpiece.
Shame on those MPs voting against, they clearly haven’t seen or experienced a loved one deteriorating to the point that they’re unrecognisable. How’s that dignifying? Let’s hope they don’t suffer a similar end and lay on their death beds thinking differently!
In reply to Annon: 30 19:33 - And how do you know they clearly haven't experienced etc. You clearly haven't thought about it, have you?
To 'Anonymous30 November 2024 at 19:31' - This is a very sensitive issue and very many different people have very many different experiences so our MPs should have met and discussed the issue with as many different residents, of all ages and all backgrounds, as possible.
Split the socialists from the progressives, and the conservatives from the neoliberals this vote. Seeing Corbyn and Dawn standing up for disabled people by voting no was the front bench we never had. Remember Starmer didn’t win as anyone liked him or his policies. He could barely tell us what they were. He won as labour were not the tories. If labour kept corbyn they would have been in power sooner. There was some darkness at work too, mps like sian berry of the greens arguing to expand the criteria already.
I think MPs did well discussing this issue with sensitivity and nuance. We had a recent Green Party on-line meeting on disability that I chaired. Because the Assisted Dying Bill was in the news at the time, it turned into a discussion on that. One of the invited speakers was from DPAC. View it here (it is long!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGoS3TlZ4W8
Agree, different experiences is the issue....
89 years old, stage 4 kidney disease and insulin managed type 2 diabetes was in pre-pandemic days NHS managed with 6 monthly appointments to two consultants. Pandemic and post-pandemic this has morphed into no appointments with consultants. If the quality of care was restored to normal pre-pandemic service level then more people would have more confidence in what lawmakers now want to do.
Totally agree - better health care and better support is needed for those who are ill and their families. We've experienced so many bad things over the years.
NHS services support quality restored to pre-pandemic levels nationally before AD is enacted by government anyone?
Yes. Assisted living before assisted dying
Not even 'assisted' living just proper care needed from GPs, the NHS and social services please.
Scrapping winter fuel payments at short notice with at least a 10 week wait for your application for pension credit won't help the care of many elderly people this winter.
Everyone knows you are more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke if you are cold - so how many older people will become ill because they are too proud to get into debt?
After 14 years of " the worse the better" ministerial blocking and harsh austerity. A change to assisted living and with Brent being a London industrial scale population growth machine, Labour needs to target resources at high quality assisted living welfare state infrastructure to support this Brave New Growth Brent.
Labour has four years in power to action this targeted anti-austerity programme to support growth zones, better 14 years...
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