A Conservative parliamentary candidate has reaffirmed his opposition to assisted suicide, and called on his opponents to reconsider their positions.
Bob Seely, an Isle of Wight County Councillor, argued his case at a hustings at the Isle of Wight County Press and IW Radio Hustings on 25 May. His opponents in the race for a seat, Nick Belfitt (Lib Dem), Julian Critchley (Labour), and Vix Lowthion (Green), all support a change to the law to allow assisted suicide.
In a statement issued after the hustings, Mr Seely said: “A change in the law would place pressure on vulnerable people to end their lives for fear of being a financial, emotional, or care burden upon others.
