Interesting (to me) that the idea of a panel makes the Assisted Dying Bill even more like the 1936 Voluntary Euthanasia (Legalisation) Bill, the first discussion of the subject in parliament
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Really recommend reading George's article about the 1936 push for euthanasia, featuring an incredibly misjudged use of Captain Oates as an analogy for the merits of assisted dying.
I wrote this for History Today. It isn’t very Christmassy but it’s free to read for the next few days.
