Assisted dying framed as true love

The TV series Mr Bates v The Post Office’s outstanding depiction of “one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the UK’s history,” where hundreds of postmasters were falsely accused of criminal action, outraged the public and galvanised action.1The new series Truelove may or may not sway public opinion on whether the UK should legalise assisted dying—but kudos to the producers for tackling a contentious and now very timely matter. Following Esther Rantzen’s decision to go public about signing up with Dignitas,2 a petition is circulating calling on the government to hold a parliamentary debate on assisted dying and allow MPs a free vote on the matter.3In the first episode of Truelove old school friends, now in their 70s, meet at the funeral of one of their group. Reference is made to his suffering and death from “cancer and cancer drugs.” The series lead, a cool former detective, says, “If…
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