Excellent, uncompromising, necessary statement. The government is desperate. It has has failed to justify the unjustifiable and is having to resort to fascistic tactics to silence any opposition.

healthworkers without protective clothing; disabled people forced into signing DNRs. And this govt continues to sacrifice healthcare on the altar of private profit while cutting vital support to people impoverished by austerity. We first have to prove that we can prioritise, value and nurture life.

Thank you, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social. If the state had a record of protecting the right to life, we could have a proper discussion about this far-reaching question. Instead, during the pandemic, we saw the deliberate destruction of life: careworkers forced to carry Covid-19 into care homes;