On May 13, defending the assisted suicide bill he is sponsoring in the Lords, Lord Falconer told Newsnight: “It is hard to imagine a more safeguarded process.” 20 safeguards rejected by Falconer’s allies: https://t.co/87hhwEZOcb

The Association for Palliative Medicine has produced a Myth Buster on assisted dying and the Terminally Ill Adults bill. The debate must be based on evidence, not soundbites and spin. It’s an essential tool for Peers, journalists and other commentators. https://t.co/NK6eYisY87

🔥Former PM @theresa_may destroys the dangerous assisted suicide Bill in just 45 seconds, cutting through the spin: “Suicide is wrong, but this Bill effectively says suicide is ok… It should not pass.” This is the truth. Peers must reject the doublespeak from Bill supporters.

I’ve been Foreign Secretary, I’ve done senior ambassadorial appointments. Let me explain why the Mandelson situation is even worse than it first appears. The Foreign Secretary has a huge amount of power when it comes to appointing Heads of Missions. Head of Mission is the

"This is not an 'assisted dying' bill, it is an assisted suicide bill" - @theresa_may

1. For this week’s @spectator I’ve written about an overlooked aspect of the assisted suicide bill: its potential impact on a care system already facing a near-existential crisis.

Kick off for Lords second reading of Leadbeater bill is at 10am tomorrow. 191 peers wish to speak. Understand we will get to 95th today and debate is likely to run to 5pm (3pm is norm). Order in which peers will speak is now out. Theresa May is no 6.

🇬🇧 25 year on — Op Barras, Sierra Leone. The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) were involved in a Operation to free hostages from the West Side Boys. Swift, decisive, and fearless! Ready for anything 🇬🇧 @BritishArmy #PARAs #OpBarras

Well worth a read from @HansardSociety. Kick off for Lords second reading of Leadbeater bill is at 10am tomorrow. 191 peers wish to speak. Debate will continue on Friday 19 September (controversial as it was recess). The order they get to speak in will be published at 9am.

Supervision records show that authorities in Bradford knew @fionagoddarduk was at high risk of abuse. Fiona’s former care home worker repeatedly contacted police and social services to raise concerns, but was warned to stop wasting their time. Completely horrific. Well done

🚨NEW: Staff at a Bradford Children’s home were told not to go to the police about the abuse of a grooming gang victim 'unless she is dragged into car' Another horrific story underlining desperate need for an inquiry in Keighley and the wider Bradford District @ShabanaMahmood

Extremely sad news. Capt Elizabeth Helen Godwin, an amazing young woman and best of her intake at Sandhurst. Thoughts with her family and colleagues. https://t.co/9wKxyW9JqS

12th September, 2008 Private Jason Lee Rawstron, aged 23 from Clayton-Le-Moors, and of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with the Taliban near Forward Operating Base Gibraltar, Helmand Province Lest we Forget this brave young man 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

Strongly critical report from the Lords Constitution Committee on Leadbeater's Bill. The second such report from a Lords' Committe this week. 10 conclusions of note: 1. "Degree of deliberation, assessment and scrutiny is...significantly less than we would expect to see for an

First line of this briefing: "The House of Lords has the authority to reject, delay, or otherwise block the assisted dying bill."

11th September, 2005 Major Matthew James Bacon, aged 34 from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, and from the Intelligence Corps, was killed when his vehicle was struck by an IED blast in Basra City, Iraq Lest we Forget this brave man who gave his all for Queen and Country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

Lord Forsyth, active campaigner for assisted dying legislation, who forced a vote in 2022, has written to the Times, alongside Conservative peer George Bridges, to declare Kim’s bill “not fit for purpose”. He draws on the damning report from Lords’ Delegated Powers C’ttee

@martynbolt @WMount Thank you @martynbolt, yes I left @WMount in 1985 having been to St Luke’s C of E Primary School at Moorbotton and R.M Grylls Secondary School on 2nd Avenue, Windy Bank Estate and then Whitcliffe Mount school. Leaving Cleckheaton to join the Army in 1987, serving 32 years.

Treat of the night! I’m at Guildhall celebrating 70 years of @itv & who do I bump into but the great Michael Aspel, 92, looking exactly as he looked when I first met him half a century ago! I was one of his side-kicks on The Six O’Clock Show & he caught me with This Is Your Life

Yesterday: House of Lords Delegated Powers Committee says parts of the bill are “skeleton legislation” and key details are missing Today: Care England says the care sector has been overlooked (“Engagement…has been minimal”) and only 13% of care homes could manage an AS law