Another big push to legalise “assisted dying” in the UK has been reinforced bycelebrity endorsements,  hard cases and the testimonies of serving and former politicians who underwent a change of heart and now see that patients should have ‘choice’ at the end of their lives.

It is being driven largely by assisted suicide aficionado Gary Jones, the editor of the Express and a former Daily Mirror and News of the World journalistwho came into the public eye last year when Prince Harry took his phone hacking claims to the High Court.