💬 Opinion Sep 17, 2026 · Dan Hitchens

How Britain Defeated ‘Assisted Dying’

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How Britain Defeated ‘Assisted Dying’
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Every developed country faces a deeply uncomfortable problem: People are getting older. This means a fiscal crisis sometime in the coming decades, because it results in more dependents on the welfare state and fewer taxpayers. Equally, it means a cultural crisis, because the habits of mutual dependence and reverence for age are being eaten away by the culture of Now. Simply put, we don’t know what to do with the dependent and unproductive people in our midst.No wonder some people are mull

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