Absolutely but there first actions don't fill me with hope sadly from a hospital bed in Northampton general after sitting wheelchair with sepsis since Friday waiting for a bed eventually got one Sunday evening 4bed bay is now 7 bed bay #FixNHS
07.01.2025 16:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Or close the wheelchair users spaces at old trafford after pulling the funding on Mudsa
08.12.2024 23:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@mxdennisqueen.bsky.social hi Dennis nice to see you here
04.12.2024 12:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
@kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social autonomy of people can only be exercised when theres real options currently the climate of social care cuts broken NHS, palliative hospice a postcode lottery, disabled people are a burden without this support your bill will doesnt address wider implications of coercion
25.11.2024 16:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Sadly, the two people standing up against this are the reason it's been hijacked.
Here are my views and those of Palliative Care Drs such as @doctoroxford.bsky.social #AssistUsToLive before you #AssistUsToDie
accessiblerach.co.uk/assist-us-to...
20.11.2024 14:52 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Autonomy for people to make their own decisions about their life can not be reached unless there are systems in place to support every single Disabled person. We are nowhere even near that place. I say no. #AssistUsToLive #Disabled
20.11.2024 01:47 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Social care in the UK is already more than shaky and it puts disabled and elderly people's lives at risk. What's more it can cause family members to give up jobs - or worse, if the disabled person isn't loved, encourage them to think of themselves as a burden. #AssistUsToLive not die.
21.11.2024 18:22 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
2) Tag your MP and tell them why you oppose #AssistUsToLive bsky.app/profile/rach...
20.11.2024 10:25 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
A little bit of a thread here. #AssistedDying #Disabled #AssistUsToLive
20.11.2024 02:12 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Assist us to Live
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Check out @wheeliefums.bsky.social podcast #AssistUsToLive before you #AssistUsToDie open.spotify.com/episode/6ydW... @paulapeters19.bsky.social @relishhendy.bsky.social
17.11.2024 13:39 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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Many say the UK are having the strongest safe guards? What are they? Already there are a large number of MPs say it should be widen. The Bill hasn't reached Westminster and there's talk of relaxing the criteria.
17.11.2024 10:50 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0
#AssistUsToLive
I listened to Rest Is Politics Question Time last night.
Assisted Dying came up and Alastair Campbell said he was instinctively in agreement with the Bill and stated his reasons why.
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16.11.2024 11:24 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Chris Mason: Wes Streeting faces pushback over assisted dying stance - BBC News
Ministers have been told not to take part in the "public debate" on the issue ahead of a Commons vote.
#AssistUsToLive
Lurking behind "compassion" and "choice" is the real economic rationale for #AssistedSuicide.
Margaret Hodge let the mask slip last night. "Wes Streeting's argument about costs? We spend most of the NHS money on the last months of life.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
16.11.2024 18:46 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
There is always a slippery slope, but I don't believe there should be any legalisation in this country. I believe that the bill that is due to only have 5 hours of debate in the House of Commons is just also the start of it. We must say no. #AssistUsToLive #Disabled
20.11.2024 01:47 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
#AssistUsToLive
19.11.2024 13:10 β π 13 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
#AssistUsToLive
I respect differing opinions on the #AssistedDying Bill and its peopleβs personal choice. However, respect mine too. Iβve been here less than 24 hours and on a few comments I have been met with hostility and been mansplained
Have a respectful debate
14.11.2024 08:08 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Disability Rights UKβs Position on Assisted Dying | Disability Rights UK
This comes following the publication of an assisted dying bill, due to be debated in Parliament on 29th November. #AssistUsToLive
Read our full statement on the DR UK website: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
12.11.2024 17:19 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Assisted dying Bill in new doubt as Angela Rayner set to oppose it
At least five Cabinet ministers, including the Deputy Prime Minister, are now expected to oppose the legislation on 29 November.
Angela Rayner joins ranks as most senior Cabinet minister opposing the assisted dying bill according to the daily mail
Angela was a care worker, her insight & experience has value.
The assisted dying bill is flawed
Vote No β
#AssistUsToLive
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
17.11.2024 09:55 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0
Expect me to fight with #notdeadyetuk - from my bed maybe, but I will not go gentle on your broken slopes and because of proposed dodgy laws. #assistustolive
20.11.2024 18:53 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
I really am so hopeful this will give #disabled people a platform to protest in a way that is #accessible. #AssistUstoLive
Please share!
19.11.2024 17:17 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
#AssistUsToLive
I want to make clear that I respect peopleβs choice if they support #AssistedDying however, respect my view too. I will not have been accused of being thick, uneducated or discriminatory
I wonβt put up with ableism or abuse
Have a respectful debate on an emotive subject please
15.11.2024 08:25 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Where how we speak, how we look, how we act is taken in extreme fashion to mean that we don't deserve rights that non Disabled people have. That we can't exist in the real world and don't deserve to. #AssistUsToLive #Disabled
20.11.2024 01:47 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
#AssistUsToLive
Please have a read from fellow activist @wheeliefums.bsky.social
14.11.2024 10:10 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
BBC One - Better Off Dead?
Documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor Liz Carr.
#AssistUsToLive
First of all, I believe everyone should have automy over their bodies, so that's not my argument.
Many countries had strong safe guards, but over time, they have slipped to dangerous levels.
Look at Canada's MAiD
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
17.11.2024 10:48 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
#AssistUsToLive
Once that door is opened, the criteria will inevitably be loosen and relaxed, as evidenced across the globe.
More should be invested into palliative care
17.11.2024 11:02 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
A puppet judge wearing long grey wig wearing glasses. Holds a syringe in left hand. Above on top of his head on a yellow scroll with black text it says Beware The Slippery Slope.
In the background is the st Stephenβs tower of Parliament building
#AssistUsToLive
Friday 29th November 2024 9am onwards join not dead yet UK & DPAC at college Green Westminster SW1P 3RE for a vigil to say #AssistUsToLive
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20.11.2024 18:09 β π 23 π 16 π¬ 0 π 1
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