Should MPs legalise assisted dying? Our panel responds | Rachel Clarke, Lucy Webster, Gaby Hinsliff, Maureen Anderson, Charlie Corke and Nims Obunge

Should MPs legalise assisted dying? Our panel responds | Rachel Clarke, Lucy Webster, Gaby Hinsliff, Maureen Anderson, Charlie Corke and Nims Obunge

Rachel Clarke: If we truly cared about those dying, palliative care would be properly funded Christiaan Barnard, the surgeon who performed the world’s first heart transplant, vividly skewered the notion of patients “freely” choosing to have such dangerous, experimental surgery. They were, he wrote, like someone chased by a lion to the bank of a … Read more

After weeks of gloom, Keir Starmer promised hope – did his conference speech deliver? Our panel responds | Frances Ryan, Tom Baldwin, Alan Finlayson, Nesrine Malik, Tom Belger, Chi Onwurah and Ella Michalski

After weeks of gloom, Keir Starmer promised hope – did his conference speech deliver? Our panel responds | Frances Ryan, Tom Baldwin, Alan Finlayson, Nesrine Malik, Tom Belger, Chi Onwurah and Ella Michalski

Frances Ryan: The tactic was clear – sweeping optimism with a large dose of classic Starmer caution As the first Labour prime minister to address conference in 15 years, Keir Starmer should have walked on stage in Liverpool as a conquering hero. Instead, he arrived amid a series of missteps and scandals. Forget a honeymoon … Read more