People take part in a demonstration at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, London, to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, November 29, 2024
“ASSISTED dying is a class issue,” Liz Carr of Not Dead Yet told activists, journalists and MPs at a meeting in Parliament on Wednesday night.
“As long as we live in a world where certain groups of people are devalued — and we saw [in the welfare cuts debate] really powerfully the distinction between the deserving and undeserving poor — it will never be safe to legalise assisted suicide, because no safeguard can protect against the abuse that will happen.”
Labour MP Diane Abbott hosted the meeting, jointly organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and the Morning Star, explaining she opposed the assisted dying Bill “because I know what people are like, and I know what institutions are like.”
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
