Thank goodness for the House of Lords. The upper chamber is much-maligned in some quarters, not least on the Left, which likes to dismiss it as a privileged retirement home at odds with the modern age. But the demise of the assisted suicide bill should act as a strong corrective to that view.
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Help stop three major anti-life threats.
Only hours left of the appeal to build on the momentum from the defeat of the assisted suicide Bill and make this victory last.