MPs have severely criticised Dame Esther Rantzen for complaining that opposition to assisted suicide came from politicians with “undeclared personal religious beliefs”.
The TV personality, who has terminal lung cancer, appealed for the support of the House of Commons in a letter to MPs amid waning support for Spen Valley Labour MP’s Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as it began its Report Stage.
Dame Esther, 84, who was promised a change in the law by Sir Keir Starmer before last year’s General Election, grumbled that “there are some who oppose this crucial reform”.
