British Members of Parliament (MPs) have voted against the introduction of "assisted dying" (euthanasia), citing safeguarding concerns and the state of palliative care.
British Members of Parliament (MPs) have voted against the introduction of “assisted dying” (euthanasia), citing safeguarding concerns and the state of palliative care . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British MPs have voted against a landmark bill that would have introduced so-called “assisted dying,” a woke rebrand of assisted suicide, or euthanasia. DETAIL: On Friday, British MPs voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, with 270 MPs voting for the bill while 286 MPs voted against. The bill would have allowed those aged 18 and older in England and Wales with an estimated six months or less to live to request assistance to end their own lives. Support and opposition cut across conventional party lines, as it was a…Open
A small group in the House of Lords has proposed hundreds of amendments that are helping stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted death for the terminally ill.
Assisted suicide is never the solution. Published March 28, 2026 A controversial bill that would have allowed assisted dying for terminally ill adults in the United Kingdom has stalled in Parliament, after months of debate [...]
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The British Parliament is poised to pass a “generational smoking ban,” which will ban people born after 2008 from buying cigarettes. Nigel Farage has vowed to scrap it if his Reform Party takes power.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The ban was initially proposed by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has been carried forward […] The post Farage Vows to Scrap ‘Puritanical’ New Smoking Ban. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The British Parliament is poised to pass a “generational smoking ban,” which will ban people born after 2008 from buying cigarettes. Nigel Farage has vowed to scrap it if his Reform Party takes power. WHO WAS INVOLVED: The ban was initially proposed by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has been carried forward by incumbent Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. WHEN & WHERE: The ban is being debated in the British Parliament at present. KEY QUOTE: “The puritanical spirit of Oliver Cromwell again stalks the land.” – Nigel Farage IMPACT: The ban is expected to fuel the illicit cigarette trade and is seen as a move away from personal freedoms. As it does not cover vaping, it will also likely increase the…Open
Citizens protest ‘assisted dying’ law in Britain. Published March 18, 2025 In a landmark decision that has reignited global debate, lawmakers in Scotland have voted down a proposed bill to legalize assisted dying, reaffirming a [...]
After Britain won the French and Indian War, it faced massive debt, both due to the war and due to multiple other factors, such as debts resulting from ongoing conflict with neighboring Spain. For this reason, British Parliament voted to tax their American colonies, telling colonial leadership that the taxes were necessary to ensure their own protection against Native American Indian attacks. Colonists did not view Native Americans as a continued threat and were outraged by this new form of taxation without representation. After Britain won the French and Indian War, it faced massive debt, both due to the war and due to multiple other factors, such as debts resulting from ongoing conflict with neighboring Spain. For this reason, British…
