Author Archives: Alex Carlile

Alex Carlile

Lord Carlile writes…Examining the evidence on assisted suicide

By Alex Carlile | Thu 7th February 2013 - 1:41 pm

Simon Beard’s article on what he calls ‘the debate around legalising assisted dying’ is so replete with errors, half-truths and spin that it is difficult to know where to start with the correcting pen.

He refers to “the estimated 500 people who commit suicide each year due to a terminal or chronic illness”. The estimate he refers to was made in a report by Demos on the incidence of suicide among seriously ill people. This report does not state that 500 people commit suicide each year because they are terminally or chronically ill. It estimates that “approximately 10 per cent …

Continue reading »
Posted in News | Tagged | 6 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • David Raw
    Agree with Mick Taylor, but would also suggest Count Binface is no mug..... he's an Oxford graduate in classics and classical languages, literatures and linguis...
  • Mick Taylor
    Some posters on here are real killjoys. If Binface were to beat Farage it would end Farage's political career. And let's face it, Binface could hardly be a wors...
  • Jana
    A thought just occurred - maybe Farage was hoping to have no serious competition in this by-election as it always his party activists to canvass extensively whi...
  • David Raw
    When a person living within the historical territory of the Duchy of Cornwall dies without a valid will (i.e. intestate) and with no surviving relatives, their ...
  • Paul WalterPaul Walter
    I primarily wrote this piece as a travel blog. But for clarity, while I admire the independence (current overall status) of the Isle of Man, I support a revi...