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[Hiberno-Britannic Politics] - Competency? In government?!
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That's fair. But we've had assisted dying in Canada for a little while and I've seen how that's gone here. Frankly, assisted dying in a system without an adequate social safety net turns into the next horrible stage of austerity bullshit. Too poor to make it? Just end it all and save yourself from being a drain on your family.
What changes do they want? Everything I've seen has been either a) it cannot happen under any circumstances as no safeguards will be enough or b) it shouldn't even be discussed until there's more funding for hospice\end of life care (which is needed, but isn't really connected to whether this bill goes through).
I've not even seen any good explanation of why the proposed safeguards are inadequate, it seems mostly to be "well, if the safeguards are removed in the future things could go wrong", which is a terrible arguement.
People feel forced to make this choice already, though. They just suffer horribly for a while before it ends. Forcing them to suffer for months or years doesn't mean the situation better.
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That’s not what I’ve seen. All I’ve seen is people saying “Yes it’s very important to legislate for this but saying in the text of the bill that safeguarding is important is not the same as putting actual safeguarding measures in.” And then giving a list of potential safeguarding measures.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m wholly in favour of the bill. I’m just pointing out that every disabled person I know that has qualms about it has brought up very reasonable points that seem like they can be implemented into the bill, as well as raising the fact that the bill must never be allowed to become an alternative to further investment and improvement of palliative care. There HAS to be both legal options to end your life with dignity on your own terms AND as much care as possible to keep people as free of pain as possible as they reach the end of their lives, under whatever circumstances that happens.
Like, I'd vote in favour of the bill but I think it's important to look that fact full in the face
And as someone who has worked in a bank and seen how greedy people can get over inheritances, I imagine there will be plenty of family who suggest that way out so they don't fall into elderly care, for instance, which drains their finances.
That being said, people abuse painkillers too.
Which is why the onus needs to be on passing the legislation first and then adjusting for whatever safeguards are needed later. I think anyway. And certainly anyone I know who is iffy about the legislation seems to lean that way too.
cf the lancet publishing articles about how great cocaine is for euthanasia etc in the 20s
nobody respects traditional values any more
it's pretty effective as a painkiller
(I've heard)
in the late 1800s half the pharmacopeia was just cocaine, morphia, apomorphine, strychnine and vibes
quite literally multiple conditions (including cancer) had opiates and cocaine as the standard treatment and the final step, bizarrely
when i was doing some work a while ago on the doctor who founded the journal addiction his diary noted just how emphasised in his training the job of the family doctor in helping people die with dignity and on their own terms was - and consequently why it was so important to establish trust and long-running personal relationships, because this couldn't be executed without it
it is to an extent interesting that this quietly just vanished from the 50s onwards with surprisingly little discussion. "the talking cure" was quietly resented by a lot of the older doctors who felt they were quite capable of helping people with psychological problems already, as that was a big chunk of their informal job. their effectiveness at this might be harder to pin down
j y dent - the doctor in question - infamously "cured" william burroughs of his addiction to opiates (using apomorphine), but apparently this cure didnt stop him from uncuring himself forthwith and needing to do it again
i find it difficult to fault people who look at the gov and say "has anything the uk state done been remotely adequate in any way whatsoever in the last 2 decades" and say no thanks, though
Yes. The crime lord was defeated by Sherlock. We appreciate symbolism in our elections.
The current wins so far:
Fianna Fáil 21 seats
Fine Gael 21 seats
Sinn Féin 15 seats
Green Party 0 seats
Labour 4 seats
Social Democrats 3 seats
PBP/Solidarity 1 seat
Aontú 1 seat
“Independent Ireland” (actually a far right party) 3 seats
Actual Independents 7 seats
Another absolute creep of a guy protected by the BBC it seems.
I did "enjoy" his response. Well, I suppose when one is in a hole, the instinct is to dig deeper.
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Apparently his initial response was to put out a video stating that he had never at any time been unfaithful to his wife
Which is very ???
And then this, apparently
I'd be surprised if it was still on the front pages if he'd just shut the fuck up
Yeah absolutely wild. Like what a total dickhead
Now the memes make sense.
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Fianna Fáil 46 seats
Fine Gael 38 seats
Sinn Féin 37 seats
Green Party 1 seat
Labour 11 seats
Social Democrats 11 seats
PBP/Solidarity 3 seats
Aontú 2 seats
“Independent Ireland” 4 seats
Independents 16 seats
100% Redress Party - 1 seat
Basic breakdown. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are right of centre, Labour is left of centre, Sinn Féin, the Green Party, the Social Democrats and People Before Profit / Solidarity are left, with Solidarity the furthest left, Aontú and Independent Ireland are far right, the independents are a mix of everything from far right to far left with every variation in between. The 100% Redress Party is a single issue party representing homeowners whose new build homes were built with substandard unsafe materials and who now find themselves stuck with enormous repair bills with little to no compensation.
So! It’s looking like another five years of FF/FG, with Labour and the Social Democrats being able to make things very easy or very, very difficult for them. The Greens, alas, have suffered the fate of so many smaller parties that go into coalition with much larger parties on the right. This is actually the SECOND time the greens went into coalition with Fianna Fáil and suffered all but a wipeout afterwards, so it’ll be interesting to see if they can make a comeback again in the future, or if Labour and the Social Democrats will capitalise on their gains from the green voter base.
What do we want?
Change!
When do we want it?
Ahh, don't be rushing yourselves now...
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Lots of fragmentation and votes for the nebulous "change" for niche and populist parties.
“Other” is the 100% redress party.
Most likely. 88 seats are needed to form a government. FF and FG have 86 between them. They could grab a few independents or even (God help us) “Independent Ireland” or Aontú and they’d have the numbers they need.
In general green parties are now running into the sad reality that people in general are committed to ignoring climate change. Anything that reminds the general public that they need to eat less meat, fly less and drive less is political poison. Even mentioning things like this in otherwise progressive spaces will get people defensive and angry.
I'm happy I decided not to have kids, we're heading for +2/3 degrees in my lifetime and even if it won't mean extinction it will absolutely mean unimaginable suffering on a global scale.
It would be HILARIOUS if Fianna Fáil ditch Fine Gael for Sinn Féin and go into government with the single solitary Green TD left, but it’s not likely to happen.
Birmingham City Council has agreed its equal pay claim "within the limit of the exceptional financial support package agreed with the previous government in January"
Why did it take several years for the Tories to agree a package of support?
Who can say
I’m not sure I understand the Tory part of your comment? I was under the impression this Council was typically Labour?
I’m not sure it matters, as this is going to be something that likely happened everywhere unfortunately, both in the public and private sector.
It’s likely this settlement is what contributed to pushing this council into bankruptcy but if memory serves me correctly, this Council have a bunch of other things happen that cost a whole bunch of money.
All the council cuts in funding the central Tory government made, while continually making councils do more in terms of statutory requirements hasn’t helped.
Councils have had to try make investments to cover the gap, but when those don’t work out…..well it only gets worse (ironically the level up thing the Tories did, just meant councils had to hire a bunch of consultants to fight for funding).