Leave death to the Almighty, says MP (From Oxford Mail)
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Leave death to the Almighty, says MP
5:40pm Saturday 21st January 2012 in Banbury
Banbury MP Tony Baldry, above, has hit out at calls to legalise assisted suicide, saying: “The only person who should determine when we should die is the Almighty – it is not us.”
He told the Commons this week: “If we get into a situation in which we pick and choose who dies and who lives, it is a slippery slope.”
He said care for the dying is often “mediocre” and needed to improve, with better training for junior doctors and closer NHS working with hospices.
Comments(9)
MrsPloppy
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9:36pm Sat 21 Jan 12
If there is a God then he's got a weird sense of humour.
LORD PETE MCVEY OX2 6EG
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3:31am Sun 22 Jan 12
Should somebody that believes that strongly in fairy tales (or legend whichever you prefer) really be one of the 600 odd most powerful people in the country.
Your_Kidding
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9:19am Sun 22 Jan 12
He reached that stage when he became a conservative MP.
CLLR KEN TIWARI
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11:30am Sun 22 Jan 12
But-it's not right to see your loved-one's may suffer and you can't do anything for them ?
Although i do- understand the fear of wealthy families-
'yes, greed is here to stay' i suppose ?
Cllr Ken Tiwari (parish of R&S/Oxford).
Pundit
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8:29am Mon 23 Jan 12
He was a doctor when he earned an honest living and was known to his colleaguies in the House of Commons as Dr Death. It rightly cost him his place in Parliament. Don't let him back.
Dilligaf2010
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11:40am Mon 23 Jan 12
Pundit wrote:So you can honestly say that should you ever be confined to bed, being kept alive by machines, not even aware that your loved ones are by your bedside, suffering with grief, that you'd be happy to let them suffer?
Don't worry about the Almighty, if there really is one. It should not be the right of anyone else to decide when people die. That is why the Lib Dem candidate for West Oxford and Abingdon lost the last general election.
He was a doctor when he earned an honest living and was known to his colleaguies in the House of Commons as Dr Death. It rightly cost him his place in Parliament. Don't let him back.
mayhem
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2:20pm Thu 26 Jan 12
mayhem
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2:21pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Dilligaf2010 says...
6:35pm Sat 21 Jan 12
What point is improving care for the dying if they don't even know, or care, what's happening.
It's about time some people woke up to reality, what's the point of spending money on caring for people that have no desire to live, or don't even know if they're still alive?