The newly promoted junior minister at the Department of Health, Conservative Anna Soubry, has caused a stir by seeking to re-open the debate about so-called assisted suicides. Her Lib Dem colleague, Norman Lamb, has jumped into the fray by supporting her.
Let's be very clear. We are talking about murder. However you frame the discussion, what this comes down to is the intentional taking of the life of another. The only times that civilized society countenances this is during war or as capital punishment. Both of which small l liberals always oppose!
Once again, we see the political agenda being hi-jacked by single issue, very minority subjects and government time and focus being wasted.
Does anyone think that the biggest issue facing the NHS is the so called 'right to die'? Or maybe these minister's main priority should be finding ways to reduce the PFI spending in the NHS and ways to CUT the inexorably increasing expenditure and the tearing-out of whole layers of management. Why are these people straying into controversial areas or morality instead of just doing their job?
What is up with David Cameron? I can understand that he can exert no control over his Lib Dem 'partners' but surely he can tell the Conservative ministers to stick to their brief and concentrate on getting us out of this Labour-induced mess? We replace one bunch of people with another and neither have the spine to do what EVERYONE knows is needed.
The re-shuffle and indeed, the whole conduct of this administration, smacks of a continual re-arrangement of the deck-chairs on the Titanic, rather than the implementation of Conservative policies or the taking of the hard decisions that need to be made.
The reforms to education are welcome but too slow-paced. Health will now suffer as Hunt tries to understand his brief (the welcome he received from the health unions is VERY worrying). IDS needs to be bolder and faster on Welfare reform - the working people, in the country do and will support radical reform - don't wait!
Time and again we see drift - let's talk about homosexual marriage or right to die etc., let's not treat the electorate like adults and discuss the very necessary and long overdue economic reforms (otherwise known as cuts and regulatory reductions)
Cameron, get a grip before it's too late!
Let's be very clear. We are talking about murder. However you frame the discussion, what this comes down to is the intentional taking of the life of another. The only times that civilized society countenances this is during war or as capital punishment. Both of which small l liberals always oppose!
Once again, we see the political agenda being hi-jacked by single issue, very minority subjects and government time and focus being wasted.
Does anyone think that the biggest issue facing the NHS is the so called 'right to die'? Or maybe these minister's main priority should be finding ways to reduce the PFI spending in the NHS and ways to CUT the inexorably increasing expenditure and the tearing-out of whole layers of management. Why are these people straying into controversial areas or morality instead of just doing their job?
What is up with David Cameron? I can understand that he can exert no control over his Lib Dem 'partners' but surely he can tell the Conservative ministers to stick to their brief and concentrate on getting us out of this Labour-induced mess? We replace one bunch of people with another and neither have the spine to do what EVERYONE knows is needed.
The re-shuffle and indeed, the whole conduct of this administration, smacks of a continual re-arrangement of the deck-chairs on the Titanic, rather than the implementation of Conservative policies or the taking of the hard decisions that need to be made.
The reforms to education are welcome but too slow-paced. Health will now suffer as Hunt tries to understand his brief (the welcome he received from the health unions is VERY worrying). IDS needs to be bolder and faster on Welfare reform - the working people, in the country do and will support radical reform - don't wait!
Time and again we see drift - let's talk about homosexual marriage or right to die etc., let's not treat the electorate like adults and discuss the very necessary and long overdue economic reforms (otherwise known as cuts and regulatory reductions)
Cameron, get a grip before it's too late!
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