Sometimes you can give an event a quite different colour by switching its date only a few weeks. Sherelle Jacobs, one of the Telegraph’s libertarian columnists, reflected on the economic consequences of assisted suicide with refreshing candour: “Assisted dying will leave society financially better off. “Assisted dying will also help people protect their family wealth. Society may soon be faced with a large number of very old people eking out miserable and painful lives. How fortunate the country is to have in the Church of England an example of real moral depravity on which to fix its eyes as it votes on assisted dying.

Source: The Times November 22, 2024 00:43 UTC