Dame Joan Ruddock
@damejoanruddock.bsky.social
Former Labour MP & Minister for Women, Minister for Environment & Minister for Energy and Climate Change. Memoir ‘Going Nowhere’ Armchair politician.Keen gardener, traveller and opera fan. Former Chair of CND.
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Assisted dying will soon be an option for terminally ill New Yorkers.
If they can have the choice, why can't we?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/n...
If they can have the choice, why can't we?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/n...
New York Moves to Allow Terminally Ill People to Die on Their Own Terms
A bill permitting so-called medical aid in dying passed the State Legislature and will now head to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her signature.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Assisted dying will soon be an option for terminally ill New Yorkers.
If they can have the choice, why can't we?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/n...
If they can have the choice, why can't we?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/n...
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"I’ve always felt it is the most humane, kind and compassionate thing that relatives and doctors can provide, knowing that that person’s wishes are respected and known, that there is full mental capacity and that they’re surrounded by love."
June 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"I’ve always felt it is the most humane, kind and compassionate thing that relatives and doctors can provide, knowing that that person’s wishes are respected and known, that there is full mental capacity and that they’re surrounded by love."
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Dr Jones called assisted dying for the terminally ill ‘kind and compassionate’, and said he would help a patient to end their life if the law is passed.
June 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dr Jones called assisted dying for the terminally ill ‘kind and compassionate’, and said he would help a patient to end their life if the law is passed.
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Dr Hilary Jones has warned medicine will go ‘back to the dark ages’ if MPs vote down the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which has its second day of Report Stage on Friday
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TV doctor Hilary Jones 'willing to help patients end life with assisted dying'
'I think we should respect the right of the individual to choose what they want.'
metro.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dr Hilary Jones has warned medicine will go ‘back to the dark ages’ if MPs vote down the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which has its second day of Report Stage on Friday
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My constituent Kay speaking here about her brother's death. This is why we need @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
June 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My constituent Kay speaking here about her brother's death. This is why we need @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
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Great to see #France take this important step towards giving terminally ill people choice & control in their dying days🇫🇷 Around the world countries are recognising that compassionate patient-led care for dying people must include #ChoiceAtTheEndOfLife
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
French parliament backs bill to legalise assisted dying
France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday adopted a bill that will allow adults suffering from incurable illnesses to voluntarily end their life by taking a lethal substance prescribed by medical…
www.france24.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Great to see #France take this important step towards giving terminally ill people choice & control in their dying days🇫🇷 Around the world countries are recognising that compassionate patient-led care for dying people must include #ChoiceAtTheEndOfLife
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
This is very strange I still have a spring primrose and a cyclamen still blooming alongside a summer geranium and a prolific clematis
May 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is very strange I still have a spring primrose and a cyclamen still blooming alongside a summer geranium and a prolific clematis
How crazy is this! I went to see an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery where my image is part of a large mural depicting women. What I didn’t expect was that it had been turned into book marks and teeshirts! Image is from the time when I was Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
May 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How crazy is this! I went to see an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery where my image is part of a large mural depicting women. What I didn’t expect was that it had been turned into book marks and teeshirts! Image is from the time when I was Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
BBC Verify destroy Trump’s claims of White farmer genocide in South Africa.White crosses did not indicate graves - they were a protest & no longer there. Of the 26K murders last year 44 were in farming communities of which 8 were farmers (colour not recorded) & 1 news clip was from DRC not S.Africa.
May 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
BBC Verify destroy Trump’s claims of White farmer genocide in South Africa.White crosses did not indicate graves - they were a protest & no longer there. Of the 26K murders last year 44 were in farming communities of which 8 were farmers (colour not recorded) & 1 news clip was from DRC not S.Africa.
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My position on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill following today's proceedings.
Debate will continue in June. I will continue to monitor the Bill closely as it progresses through Parliament, and am always happy to meet to talk it through.
Debate will continue in June. I will continue to monitor the Bill closely as it progresses through Parliament, and am always happy to meet to talk it through.
May 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My position on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill following today's proceedings.
Debate will continue in June. I will continue to monitor the Bill closely as it progresses through Parliament, and am always happy to meet to talk it through.
Debate will continue in June. I will continue to monitor the Bill closely as it progresses through Parliament, and am always happy to meet to talk it through.
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I have heard from many people in Brighton Pavilion about assisted dying, and their messages and stories have touched me deeply.
We must create the best, most compassionate Bill, and this is what I said in today’s serious and detailed debate:
We must create the best, most compassionate Bill, and this is what I said in today’s serious and detailed debate:
May 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I have heard from many people in Brighton Pavilion about assisted dying, and their messages and stories have touched me deeply.
We must create the best, most compassionate Bill, and this is what I said in today’s serious and detailed debate:
We must create the best, most compassionate Bill, and this is what I said in today’s serious and detailed debate:
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“I was trying to get across that it should be for the individual to make their own personal choice" @georgeadam.bsky.social
A powerful and moving interview in the Sunday Times today.
www.thetimes.com/article/894b...
A powerful and moving interview in the Sunday Times today.
www.thetimes.com/article/894b...
Stacey’s choice: love story at the heart of the assisted dying bill
The proposed law passed its first vote in Holyrood after an emotional debate. The MSP George Adam, whose wife has multiple sclerosis, is driven by devotion
www.thetimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“I was trying to get across that it should be for the individual to make their own personal choice" @georgeadam.bsky.social
A powerful and moving interview in the Sunday Times today.
www.thetimes.com/article/894b...
A powerful and moving interview in the Sunday Times today.
www.thetimes.com/article/894b...
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This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power....
May 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power....
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Labour MP Jack Abbott, who voted against the bill in November:
“Do I think the bill is in a much better place after committee stage? I do. Do I think that the bill could be implemented effectively, but most importantly, safely? Then, yes, I do as well.”
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“Do I think the bill is in a much better place after committee stage? I do. Do I think that the bill could be implemented effectively, but most importantly, safely? Then, yes, I do as well.”
www.channel4.com/news/assiste...
Assisted dying: MPs wrestle with decision that could echo through history
Some laws pass with little fanfare, some become defining moments in how a government is remembered. MPs are wrestling with a decision right now that could echo through British history.
www.channel4.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Labour MP Jack Abbott, who voted against the bill in November:
“Do I think the bill is in a much better place after committee stage? I do. Do I think that the bill could be implemented effectively, but most importantly, safely? Then, yes, I do as well.”
www.channel4.com/news/assiste...
“Do I think the bill is in a much better place after committee stage? I do. Do I think that the bill could be implemented effectively, but most importantly, safely? Then, yes, I do as well.”
www.channel4.com/news/assiste...
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Mayor Sadiq Khan calls out the language used by Keir Starmer which echoes the divisive rhetoric of Enoch Powell
May 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Mayor Sadiq Khan calls out the language used by Keir Starmer which echoes the divisive rhetoric of Enoch Powell