I recently returned from supporting our friend Bob Cole who died in Zurich,as he wished, at a time of his own choosing (Report, or 15 August). He had only a few months to live and we had cared for him as he spent each day in excruciating pain,often curled up on the bed trying not to scream. No matter how many drugs he took, the pain was too much. Why would anyone want people to suffer like this? The assisted dying bill is approximately allowing people with a terminal illness to end their life, and it’s approximately choice – for patients and doctors. Bob was brave enough to allow his chronicle to be told through the media; he wanted people to have what he didn’t have – the choice to die at domestic,as and when he wanted. And it seems most people in this country want the same.[br]Carol Taylor
Matlock, Derbyshire• Can I remind you of Alexander Chancellor’s Guardian article “History should be harsh on Tony Blair for embracing Gaddafi” (25 February 2011) and hope that some reference is made to this theme when your paper evaluates Blair’s contributions to current debates. You might lead historians to consider how Blair’s Gaddafi hug changed the flow of events to our current Middle East/North Africa catastrophe.
Vernon White[br]Constantine, and CornwallContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com