David Cameron has come out in favour of assisted suicide because Boris Johnson, and The Spectator under Michael Gove, have both come out against it. Whose view on anything could possibly be swayed either by Cameron or by Johnson, or indeed by Liz Truss? What matters in tomorrow's Times is the leading article, which correctly contends that, "Such flippant and ad hoc reasoning behind this most important of bills condemns it."
Hugo Rifkind's column is also moving and significant, concluding, "So no, I'm far from certain. But damn it, if MPs have to decide, then a columnist should be brave enough to do so too or forever hold his peace. With trepidation then, and with conflict, and with no small amount of guilt toward the people who yearn for this law and have every reason to, I would vote against."
We can win this one.
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