On Friday, 29th November, Members of Parliament voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. Phil, who is part of Not Dead Yet, an organisation that opposed the bill, gives us an update. He was also at the demonstration outside Westminster Palace. 

On our last podcast, our guest Peter Torres Fremlin said that sometimes, as disabled advocates, we need to mature and accept people’s motives, which might not be the same as ours, but a win is a win. We debate some moments of possible recent hypocrisy, i.e. funding for Not Dead Yet and the Shaw Trust Power 100 awards. 

We talk about our favourite podcast of this year, plus our most listened-to show and what our best moment of disability inclusion was. All wrapped up in a bow, this is our present to you this Christmas. Thank you for listening and your support. 

Links

BBC Who will scrutinise the Assisted Dying bill?

BBC Parliament votes live updates on the day

Not Dead Yet UK
Chelsea Roff

Disability Power 100 list

The Way We Roll podcasts we mention

International Perspectives with Susan Scott-Parker and Peter Torres Fremlin

Former CEO and Chair of Scope, Richard Hawkins and Alice Maynard 

Disability and Shame 

Talking with Motability Operations CEO Andrew Miller