Is the way to address big issues, such as assisted dying, the model used in Ireland, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
A debate as vital as assisted dying shouldn’t rely on one MP and Starmer’s pledge to Esther Rantzen.
We all know the list. Like assisted dying, some of the issues on it are those that governments seemingly dare not touch – most obviouslythat are not just absurd, but hugely socially damaging. But others highlight something arguably even more dysfunctional: problems that politicians talk about a lot, but never get to grips with.of a creaking adult social care model.
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