An extraordinary result - why did MPs reject assisted dying bill this time?
Then it was the first time MPs had voted on assisted dying in nine years.Since then the Commons has voted on this issue three times and had hours of debate. The sombre, respectful tone from 2024 has become more embittered. Given the strength of feeling on both sides over such an emotive issue, perhaps that is unsurprising.But on a deeply divided issue, both sides agree on why the result was different."We always said it would come to turnout and it did," one supporter of the bill text me.
- ▪Then it was the first time MPs had voted on assisted dying in nine years.Since then the Commons has voted on this issue three times and had hours of debate.
- ▪The sombre, respectful tone from 2024 has become more embittered.
- ▪Given the strength of feeling on both sides over such an emotive issue, perhaps that is unsurprising.But on a deeply divided issue, both sides agree on why the result was different."We always said it would come to turnout and it did," one s
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 5 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Why did the assisted dying bill fail in the Commons? | Rowena Mason — The Guardian — World
- ▪ How did your MP vote on the reintroduced assisted dying bill? — The Guardian — Politics
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An extraordinary result - why did MPs reject assisted dying bill this time?Image source, EPA/ShutterstockByHarry FarleyPolitical correspondentPublished2 hours agoThere were gasps and – to the intense irritation of supporters – cheers from opponents of assisted dying when the vote was read out in the Commons.This was an extraordinary result.After twice voting in favour of the bill, MPs have rejected proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, bringing the latest effort to change the law to an end.The debate itself was tetchier, more irritable than when Kim Leadbeater introduced a similar bill in 2024. Then it was the first time MPs had voted on assisted dying in nine years.Since then the Commons has voted on this issue three times and had hours of debate.
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