Good to stand today as one of 62 Peers who opposed the Meacher Bill today, including doctors, Peers with disabilities, lawyers, and many who say that the Bill has inadequate safeguards. It should not be allowed onto the Statute Books....
Dr Miro Griffiths warns that “Assisted dying would undermine the fight for equality”.
OPINION Assisted dying would undermine the fight for equality By Miro GriffithsSeptember 27, 2021, 11:45 am Disabled people are often marginalised and forgotten by society (Photo: Roman Zaiets/Shutterstock) I am a disabled person. I consider disability to be the...
Government promoting new test to make the taking of life even easier.Care and kill, defend and destroy, equality and discrimination, can never be used as synonyms. Search and destroy should be replaced by love and embrace. The Don’t Screen Us Out campaign calls on the government to halt the implementation of cfDNA screening and to introduce reforms which would support those with Down’s syndrome and their families. And listen to Tommy Jessop reminding us that this is about “to be or not to be” – to have the chance to live or not to live.
Government promoting new test to make the taking of life even easier. Care and kill, defend and destroy, equality and discrimination, can never be used as synonyms. Search and destroy should be replaced by love and embrace. The Don’t Screen Us Out campaign calls on...
Government replies on the disproportionate effects of Covid on people with disabilities; of negligence affecting people on care homes; the recall of faulty face masks; and what plans are in place (1) to acquire, (2) to stock, and (3) to distribute, gowns, masks, eye protection, gloves and other personal protective equipment, which is sufficiently adequate to protect clinical and care workers in the NHS and care sector in preparation for a potential second wave of COVID-19.
Government replies on the disproportionate effects of Covid on people with disabilities; of negligence affecting people on care homes; the recall of faulty face masks; and what plans are in place (1) to acquire, (2) to stock, and (3) to distribute, gowns, masks, eye...
The Killing Of People With Down’s Syndrome: Richard Dawkins says it’s immoral to let a Down’s Syndrome baby be born. Since when have eugenics been moral or ethical? What would happen if you were diagnosed with Dawkins’ Syndrome?
Well written piece on Down's Syndrome: http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/5881256?utm_hp_ref=uk See Photographer with Down's syndrome who 'sees the world differently' 9 September 2014 Last updated at 00:01 BST Photographer Oliver Hellowell has Down's syndrome, which his...
Drama and Music To Make Us Think: Disability Hate Crime, Religious Persecution, Bullying, Relationships, the Holocaust, North Korea, Scapegoating of Minorities…
A theatre company, consisting primarily, but not exclusively, of actors with learning disabilities, recently came to Westminster to perform their play “Living without Fear” – and in one short hour achieved more in raising awareness about...
Scroungers Versus Strivers – and a wholly unacceptable decision to hit disabled people's mobility allowances.
Sarah Tether will have made few friends among some of her former Government colleagues by voting against the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill – but she was courageous and right to do so. She was also right in saying that it is the politics of the playground to paint a...
Scroungers Versus Strivers – and a wholly unacceptable decision to hit disabled people’s mobility allowances.
Sarah Tether will have made few friends among some of her former Government colleagues by voting against the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill – but she was courageous and right to do so. She was also right in saying that it is the politics of the playground to paint a...
New Calls To End Eugenic Abortions In The Week A Judge Handed Down A Sentence of 8 Years For The Death of An Unborn Child
In the same week that a Judge handed down a sentence of eight years to a woman who killed her unborn baby at 39 weeks gestation, calls have been made to end eugenic abortions in Britain (see below). There is a link between these two stories because if the...
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Some Books Worth Reading.... https://www.davidalton.net/category/books-to-read/ No Greatness Without Goodness by Randy Lewis I would really recommend No Greatness Without Goodness by Randy Lewis. He was Senior Vice...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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New Opium War Targeting Democratic Countries – raised by Secretary Blinken with CCP leadership – and Minister says illicit labs in China have “been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.”
Lord Sharpe of Epsom, the Home Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3921): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the production and distribution of illicit...
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar.
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar. As occurred with the...
Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.
Throughout the 80s I campaigned for justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests. On one occasion I initiated a debate in the Commons at 3.50 am in the middle of the night - a debate that the Government didn't want. Today just 1500 of the 20,000...