Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill last year because he thought disabled and elderly people might feel the pressure to kill themselves if they considered themselves a burden. But his scruples have apparently convinced him that the bill nevertheless must become the law of the land.
Speaking to Politico yesterday, Davey said that he thinks “the real issue at the moment is what the Lords is doing,” claiming that it is “quite outrageous” that it “seems to be members of the House of Lords who are trying to kill the bill”. Despite professing himself an opponent of the bill, he continued: “It’s the democratic right of the House of Commons to pass bad law if it wants to.”
