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Tom Lewis's avatar

Fascinating piece, Thomas. Really got me thinking much more than I had previously. So many thanks for inspiring that!

My only question is that when the issue is about human suffering, almost in its entirety, how would you decouple anecdote from policy making here. You can't objectively measure a person's pain and their capacity to withstand it taking into accpunt their family situations etc. So what does evidence based policy look like?

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Jack Enticott's avatar

Interesting piece Tom. Sorry I am so late to reply but I wonder if the debate in the commons has become a piece of theatre as opposed to a meaningful consideration of the bill and therefore lends itself to emotional appeals to the audience - particularly given that it is now broadcast on its own channel.

This might not always be a bad thing. I would hope that MP’s might do better to come to their conclusions through reading around the subject, hearing from experts etc rather than being swayed by a piece of oratory from a fellow MP.

Anyway, keep up the good work Tom

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