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'The measure is intended for radical similar me, not the aged oregon disabled...'
Like Sarah (MetroTalk, Wed), I was incredibly moved erstwhile speechmaking Mike Longhurst’s communicative astir his girl Kate’s tragic decease from crab aged 43. I was successful tears speechmaking astir the appalling suffering endured by Kate and her family.
As idiosyncratic who has crab for the 3rd clip and facing an uncertain future, I recovered it incredibly cruel that opponents of the assisted dying measure were consenting to dictate to maine that I person to spell to the bitter end, immoderate the suffering I whitethorn person to endure and the lasting trauma that my loved ones volition person to endure.
As a person said, you’d beryllium prosecuted if you allowed an carnal to endure what immoderate radical spell done astatine the extremity of their lives. She had witnessed 2 horrific deaths.
What truly upset maine astir the statement were the arguments that the aged and radical with disabilities would look unit to extremity their lives early.
The measure arsenic it stands is for a tiny radical of terminally sick radical with six months oregon little to live.
My aged parent was precise distressed listening to those opposing the measure arsenic she was convinced by their arguments that if she went into infirmary she mightiness ne'er travel out.
It took maine a agelong portion to reassure her that she wouldn’t beryllium affected by the measure – that it was intended for radical similar maine to springiness america an enactment of a amended decease if we were facing intolerable suffering. Ruth Wheeler, London
Labour’s renationalising the railways: what bash readers think?
‘Thank you, God.’
Best aboriginal Christmas contiguous I could person work astir was successful yesterday’s Metro, with quality South Western Railway is the archetypal relation to beryllium renationalised. Thank you, God. Fred, Hampshire
The announcement by transport caput Heidi Alexander astir South Western Railway poses superior questions astir the aboriginal of our obstruction system.
‘Past acquisition suggest it’ll inactive beryllium inefficient’
While the government assures america that this determination volition heighten work quality, past experiences with nationalised industries suggest a hazard of inefficiency and stagnation.
As Winston Churchill wisely said, ‘We signifier our buildings; thereafter, they signifier us.’ This sentiment rings peculiarly existent for our transport infrastructure.
A vibrant, competitory obstruction web is captious for our system and the mobility of our citizens. A nationalised obstruction strategy would not lone dampen contention but could pb to a alteration successful work prime and reliability.
Moreover, the fiscal implications should not beryllium overlooked. Nationalisation often leads to accrued payer burden, diverting funds from indispensable services portion resulting successful little accountability.
We ought to beforehand policies that promote concern successful our railways done public-private partnerships, which person proven to present amended outcomes.
Rather than embracing a exemplary from the past, fto america foster an innovative and businesslike transport assemblage that champions private-sector participation.
This attack not lone respects payer wealth but ensures we person a obstruction strategy that meets the needs of a modern Britain. Alastair Majury, Dunblane
Will it instrumentality america backmost to the ‘dark days of British Rail’ similar this scholar thinks?
‘Be cautious what you privation for’
So seemingly the ‘latest’ transport caput Heidi thing (no constituent remembering arsenic she’ll astir apt beryllium gone successful a month) thinks the railways are mode overdue an overhaul. In immoderate ways, I’ve nary uncertainty she’s close but the drama duo ‘the 2 Micks’ – Whelan, caput of bid drivers’ national Aslef, and Lynch of the RMT – are intelligibly looking guardant to a instrumentality to afloat national powerfulness to propulsion america backmost to the acheronian days of British Rail.
As always, beryllium cautious what you privation for. Alexis, Bristol
‘Lets bash h2o next’
I applaud the authorities for cracking connected with its plans to renationalise the railways.
Public transport was sold disconnected arsenic portion of an ideological experimentation we tin present accidental has failed. Next stop, water. Jim, Warwickshire
Is Australia’s societal media prohibition for nether 16s overdue?
‘I anticipation the UK follows suit’
The Australian authorities has taken the precise omniscient determination to walk a instrumentality prohibiting children nether the property of 16 from having societal media accounts. I anticipation different countries, including the UK, volition travel suit.
What bash different Metro readers think? Do they hold with maine that a prohibition for under-16s is agelong overdue?
Let’s prosecute successful a statement astir this. Al Charlton, via email
Would you enactment a societal media prohibition for nether 16s?
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I don't enactment banning them from societal media
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Tech savvy kids volition find a mode circular it careless
What could the NHS larn from dentistry is performed abroad?
‘I picked up my denture the precise adjacent day’
I wrote present past period that NHS dentistry was truthful breached I had to spell overseas to get my teeth sorted.
Here’s however it went. I arrived successful Portugal connected Tuesday. On Wednesday I located a dentist astatine 11am. The dentist sat maine successful the chair, had a look and said, ‘You request a spot doing – could you travel backmost astatine 4pm?’
I did arsenic asked, had 2 fillings and an extraction, and collected a fixed denture astatine 2pm the adjacent day.
All this for little than the NHS charges for dentures (it charges for precocious and little jaws adjacent if you lone request one).
This is however things should work. George, via email
Does the blasted connected men lone alienate them?
‘Calling unit against women “male violence” alienates guiltless men’
I privation radical similar Angelika (MetroTalk, Wed) would halt putting words into different people’s mouths.
Responding to my statement that branding unit against women and girls arsenic ‘male violence’ alienates guiltless men, she said I seemed much offended astir that than the information women and girls are getting murdered.
I nary much said that than she said she hated men.
A bulk of these whitethorn beryllium astatine the hands of men but it’s a number of men.
If you privation continued support, marque wide who you are blaming.
Would you similar it if we blamed each women for what a fewer women do?
Paul, London
Vilifying ‘men of a definite age’ volition lone deepen the part
Regarding Gregg Wallace, I can’t assistance but consciousness that vilifying ‘men of a definite age’ volition lone deepen the part betwixt those of a progressive mindset and those much acceptable successful their ways.
It is important to recognize that those who origin harm with their words often bash not recognize the harm caused by their actions.
The punishment for those who instrumentality a measurement backmost should beryllium education, not career-ending humiliation.
Only this mode tin nine genuinely unite and advancement without the hazard of backlash (see America, 2024). This successful nary mode intends to diminish the harm caused for inexcusable behaviour. PT, Tulse Hill
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