Assisted Dying Campaign Group Ramps Up Ad Spending – Guido Fawkes

Assisted Dying Campaign Group Ramps Up Ad Spending

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Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill is back in the spotlight, with reports suggesting the Third Reading will be set for 25 April, and Committee scrutiny kicking off this Tuesday and Wednesday. Last week, the Public Bill Committee voted through Leadbeater’s proposal to scrap High Court oversight in favor of a so-called “Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner”. Critics are already dubbing the role the “Death Czar”…

With the bill creeping closer to law, campaign group Dignity in Dying – bankrolled by mystery donors and backing Leadbeater’s push – has restarted its spending spree. Having not advertised in England since after the Second Reading in November, Dignity and Dying has dusted off the credit card, splashing £1,637 on Facebook ads in the last ten days. In their call to arms the group states that “we have two more votes to win in Spring this year. We have until then to lobby MPs to support amendments and vote it through,” proudly touting their “experience of the Second Reading victory” . The fight begins again…