Assisted Dying bill

[Murdochcat]

Should only the MP's or the electorate have the vote on this?

I think that this should be subject to a referendum first.

 

[Odds]

you want to give the people a vote?
lol.
Stay informed.

 

[Murdochcat]

you want to give the people a vote?
lol.
Stay informed.

I’m curious about this at this high level

I note you haven’t voted

 

[blup]

Always found it strange that MPs are given a free vote on “moral” issues but whipped to within an inch of their life on economy damaging issues like brexhit.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Should only the MP's or the electorate have the vote on this?

I think that this should be subject to a referendum first.

Things like this are why we have MP's.

They get paid to (hopefully research and consult) make big decisions

Some people will agree, some won't .

I'm not a great fan of referendums. Too many people will vote by influence or opinion, without any relevant experience . Once you've seen a person (or more) suffer, a view can change. Not everybody has ever been in that position.

Mp's for me.

 

[Murdochcat]

Surprising lack of voting and input in this

Personally I'd rather not leave this to our liar of an MP

 

[ajohn]

referendum

A country that has loads of them

2024 Swiss referendums - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Surprising lack of voting and input in this

Personally I'd rather not leave this to our liar of an MP

The obvious question is why bother having MP's ?

Do you think the average voter has enough experience, knowledge and thought to be able to vote on something like this ? I don't think they do. Probably only 10 to 20 % have experienced enough to have a proper thoughtful view: either for, or against it.