Keir Starmer makes assisted dying pledge during phone call with Esther Rantzen

Esther Rantzen makes assisted dying plea during phone call with Keir StarmerSource: ITV

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00:00 I'm personally in favour of changing the law. I can give you my commitment, Esther, absolutely,

00:05 that if we are privileged enough to win the election, then we will make time for this vote.

00:10 It'll be a conscience vote, obviously. But that's why cross-party support is going to be

00:16 really important. What I really do not want is for my family's last memory of me to be painful

00:24 and suffering and me begging to be assisted in dying and them just having to watch me.

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