Off. And where its going to be hitting of this storm hitting the impact of this storm hitting the impact of this storm hitting today is likely to be greater than had the same sort of happened later in the of thing happened later in the year. Yeah two French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrant a near calais. Around 60 people threw rocks and other missiles as officers tried to stop people smugglers launching a small boat. The officers retreated in hospital for non life threatening injuries. Gb news can reveal that 15,100 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since the start of the year. Thats down more than 2500 on the same period last year. 2500 on the same period last year. Prosecutors in the us have year. Prosecutors in the us have asked a judge to limit what donald trump can say publicly about a criminal case against him. They warned that mr trump him. They warned that mr trump may be seeking to use evidence to target witnesses after he posted a message to social media that said, if you go after me, im coming after you. Well, speaking at a republican event in alabama, the former us president described the allegations as fake and said he was being targeted for political reasons. Every time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls. We need one more indictment to close out this election , one more indictment, election, one more indictment, and this election is closed out. Nobody has even a chance. Park nobody has even a chance. Park barnes, former Prime Minister imran khans party is calling for peaceful protests after a Court Sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts. Khan was convicted of misusing his 2018 to 2022 premiership to buy and sell items in state possession worth more than 140 million. Pakistan rupees. The city of lahore is preparing for unrest following the verdict. His lawyers are filing a petition against the decision in high court. Mr khan has always denied any wrongdoing. Englands childrens commissioner says a shortage of Foster Carers will get worse without more investment. Dame without more investment. Dame rachel de souza says nearly three quarters of people who complete a fostering form do not go on to look after children. She warns bureaucracy may be a problem and is urging the government to make it easier to become a foster carer. Well, last year a review called for £26 billion of new spending on £2. 6 billion of new spending on childrens social care over four years. The government says funding is not falling short at ukraine. An intelligence source has claimed responsibility after a russian tanker was damaged in a russian tanker was damaged in a drone attack. Russian media reports that the vessel was targeted as it approached the kerch strait. Thats quite near the strategic bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. The attack comes after ukrainian ports were pummelled by russian drone strikes for which kyiv had threatened to retaliate. But threatened to retaliate. But amazon is experiencing a second day of strikes as workers walk out at its Fulfilment Centre in staffordshire over pay. Staffordshire over pay. Meanwhile, another two day walkout is taking place at the companys warehouse in coventry. The gmb union says this represents its the biggest day of industrial disruption action in the text firms history. The union says more than 1000 people are taking part for the sarah rodman is gms regional organiser. She told us what they want. Theyve all had enough. They cant carry on living in the staining on the wages that they are at the moment. They want better pay. Its as simple as that. Theyre not asking for the millions. Theyre asking for a living wage. A Sustainable Living wage. Thousands of trees are to be planted to mark the kings coronation. Earlier this year, the £25 Million Initiative funded by the government celebrates King Charless passion for nature. The government says it will help to meet its targets to treble Tree Planting rates by the next election. But Campaign Group election. But Campaign Group friends of the earth says its only a fraction of what ministers need to do to meet those targets. This is gb news those targets. This is gb news across the uk and tv in your car , on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Now, though, its back to darren. Darren. On want to start off by talking to you about our friends on the so called liberal left. So called liberal left. The cant help but be overly enthusiastic can they. Their enthusiastic can they. Their dedication is such that they often miss the mark. Startling now are usually easygoing. British public. We all stand unhedin british public. We all stand united in agreement. For example , that racism is unacceptable. , that racism is unacceptable. Full stop. However lets also agree that important americas deeply entrenched issues to our shores in the guise of the black lives matter movement. It is not lives matter movement. It is not only unnecessary , but also only unnecessary, but also divides us because were different and dont wish to import divides from america that have never existed here. Similarly, we all cherish our green and pleasant land here in britain. We want our rivers to run, clean our air to be pure, and our trees stand and tall, dont we. 7 but and our trees stand and tall, dont we . But does that mean we need to turn our lives upside down for an environmental cause is steered by a zealous greta inspired cult . Do we need to sacrifice our cars . Our humble yearly holiday, or the joy of a steak dinner in our country . We steak dinner in our country . We contributing a mere 1 of global co2. Contributing a mere 1 of global c02. Something just doesnt add c02. Something just doesnt add up for me here. And lets talk about personal freedom. Do you about personal freedom. Do you want to dress in feathers and call yourself lord gobbledegook . You go right ahead. Its your right in a country like ours , right in a country like ours, sleep with any consenting adult that will have you live your life in peace and security , but life in peace and security, but dont encroach on the rights of others. Theres a line and its crossed. When were jeopardise womens safe spaces , meddle with womens safe spaces, meddle with sports and risk our childrens understanding of their own identity. All under the banner of a new age, gender ideology. Costa coffee. Im very much looking at you when your question, bill mural choice choices and on a more sombre note, who among us doesnt want our loved ones to depart this world with dignity and peace . But look across the atlantic and our canadian cousins have shown us the dangers of a hasty implementation of assisted dying. The pandemic. Prince and king of whakaari and walkeri Justin Trudeau , well, hes Justin Trudeau, well, hes inadvertently sounded an alarm bell to the western world. Canadas liberal government introduced the assistance in dying or mid in 2016. Now this mid or made isnt it your friendly housemaid but more akin to a grim reaper for those suffering from Severe Mental Health issues . You see, i say Health Issues . You see, i say that actually this makes clear we must tread carefully as our mps gather evidence from around the world to assess the impact of assisted suicide. And we of assisted suicide. And we should remember our recent mantra protect the nhs. Do you remember that one . But how far might that idea be stretched . How many might be coerced or simply convinced to end their lives prematurely in order to ease the strain on the nhs . To avoid becoming a burden to their families or to escape the torment of Mental Health issues . Canadian voice is like lisa paolis , a woman in her 40s, by paolis, a woman in her 40s, by the way, whos battled anorexia since she was eight years old. While shes been demanding the right to assisted suicide in canada and i fear that there are parallels here to the trans debate where childrens desires for irreversible medical procedures are hastily affirmed. Could we see a similar rush to validate requests for suicide due to Mental Health diagnoses here at home . A Canadian Army veteran who competed in the paralympics in 20 1618 told a Government Committee that she was offered euthanasia when she asked for a stairlift to be installed in her home. Now our veterans already receive worse access to housing than Illegal Migrants arriving here. How many may be offered a needle over a waiting list for necessities . We waiting list for necessities . We have to ask ourselves what might be the implications for the vulnerable among us. You know, my mother, during the pandemic held my auntie sharons hand as she passed away from sepsis dunng she passed away from sepsis during the first lockdown. Now her death was a painful reminder of the shortfalls in our social care system, but had assisted suicide been an option . Could suicide been an option . Could sharon, who had spina bifida and was have been pressured into choosing an early exit to alleviate perceived burdens upon the state . Imagine this and think seriously. You need social care. You need housing, and youre stuck on a waiting list and suddenly assisted suicide becomes an option. Youre becomes an option. Youre struggling financially due to a cost of living crisis. Well mate, have you considered assisted suicide and youre trapped in the claws of addiction . Life is spiralling addiction . Life is spiralling out of control. Assisted suicide becomes a disturbingly easy solution in 2021, over 10,000 people ended their lives by assisted suicide and euthanasia. In canada, an increase of over 32 from the previous year. Thats accounting for 3. 3 of all deaths in canada. This is real, and this is here in the west. I dont know about you, but i dont trust the system to get this right. Not by a long shot, ill tell you that. For free. I fear that were in too close to a dystopian reality where a doctor shipman esque death by doctor on demand becomes normalised. And lets becomes normalised. And lets remember that a life, any life is worth far more than two signatures and a depressed syringe that assisted dying requires under the canadian law, our most vulnerable. It might our most vulnerable. It might seem like Financial Burdens to penny pinch and bureaucrat s, but they are much more than that to me. And i imagine you they are cherished human beings who deserve our protection and support. And this is all despite support. And this is all despite the Canadian Supreme Court ruling that fears of a slippery slope in a homicide were unfounded. And now i cant help unfounded. And now i cant help but look at Justin Trudeaus so called old liberal agenda. So called old liberal agenda. And worry is this this is it. The future that we want for our country. I think its time to country. I think its time to hit the brakes on this conversation. Britain, we must conversation. Britain, we must consider where this path will ultimately lead. And if you ask me, theres precious little that we ought to be following. Justin we ought to be following. Justin trudeau in doing. Trudeau in doing. Joining me tonight in the studio is the legendary futurist and lawyer , legendary futurist and lawyer, andrew eborn. Andrew you listen to me wittering on there. What to me wittering on there. What do you think . Do you agree . Are you sceptical of the arguments that are made about assisted dying or do you think actually its compassion , innit . And all its compassion, innit . And all of those other arguments that come with being in favour of it . What i 7 what i love 7 what i love about this show is we always shine more light and heat on subject. And less heat on the subject. And people these , and when people discuss these, they the extremes. They always go to the extremes. They say the they always say this is the worst Case Scenario where youve got the vulnerable as got to protect the vulnerable as opposed of choice. Opposed to freedom of choice. The law at the moment is very simple. In section two of the suicide 1961, its a suicide act 1961, its a criminal offence to assist or encourage somebody to kill themselves, and its punishable by p themselves, and its punishable by up to 14 years in prison. You have to balance that with article eight about freedom from about and rights and about privacy and rights and respect and so on and so forth. What we also need to look at is people will mainly understand it. In that it. When youre in that situation, if youve got situation, even if youve got somebody who is really genuinely situation, even if youve got sorandidy who is really genuinely situation, even if youve got sorand the nho is really genuinely situation, even if youve got sorand the bests really genuinely situation, even if youve got sorand the best thingly genuinely situation, even if youve got sorand the best thing youenuinely situation, even if youve got sorand the best thing you can1ely ill and the best thing you can do is to release themselves. The question is youve got a right to life. Do you have a right to death . And i think its looking at those sort of safeguards. If you that make you like, to make that make sense. The arguments, both sense. So the arguments, both sides quote both sides absolutely quote both extremes. But there is that middle and think in middle ground. And i think in order have a sensible debate, order to have a sensible debate, you those who are you have to have those who are directly affected. People often quote example animal. Quote the example of an animal. If is in distress, you if an animal is in distress, you would want it down. Now, would want to put it down. Now, that sounds very dramatic and quite on and so quite inhumane and so on and so forth. If youre looking at forth. But if youre looking at a life, you need to make a human life, you need to make sure that people that sure that people make that element choice. But youve element of choice. But youve also the line, if you like, also got the line, if you like, about stop assistance, about when you stop assistance, because counting because whats counting as suicide, withdraw medical suicide, if you withdraw medical treatment. That treatment. So you work on that sort of principle where does that drawn accordingly . That line get drawn accordingly . Absolutely that line get drawn accordingly . Absoluteimean, if we look at the but i mean, if we look at the canadian examples i gave canadian examples that i gave there, youve got there, you know, youve got a veteran who was offered a paralympian was offered paralympian who was offered actually her life instead paralympian who was offered acwaity her life instead paralympian who was offered acwait for her life instead paralympian who was offered acwait for a her life instead paralympian who was offered acwait for a stairlift. Fe instead paralympian who was offered acwait for a stairlift. Ie instead paralympian who was offered acwait for a stairlift. I mean ad of wait for a stairlift. I mean , poorly here. There as well. 40 i believe she was 47 years old. Andrew 47 years old. And she has anorexia. She has suffered from anorexia. She has suffered from anorexia nervosa all her life. Anorexia nervosa all her life. Now that is, i dont doubt a completely debilitating condition to actually have and suffer from for that long a time. But we cant be saying to people that the only way out of a condition like anorexia is to end your life. End your life. Both of those examples are disgusting. But do you worry it could happen here . You know, the nhs isnt exactly in a good state, isnt exactly in a good state, is it . No. And you made some great points in your brilliant opening. You sort of turned it over. Thank you. Here all week. Well, you called me legendary, ive you called me legendary, so ive got Say Something nice about got to Say Something nice about you as well. The principle is this worried this people would be worried about be worried about finance. Theyd be worried about finance. Theyd be worried about being burden their about being a burden on their family. If somebody was said, i dont a stairlift in, we can dont put a stairlift in, we can get you straight away. Get rid of you straight away. Now, your if now, thats your choice. If those were true examples, then that appalling. You that would be appalling. And you need to look at that situation. What youre talking about is safeguards. So if you recognise somebody has a right to life and they a right choose they have a right to choose that, to themselves that, what happens to themselves at end their and at the end of their life and they want speed up that they want to speed up that process, have make process, then you have to make sure there are appropriate safeguards in place so you dont take extreme examples. Take those extreme examples. I think need to think thats where you need to look it. And to be fair, the look at it. And to be fair, the canadians, set out the canadians, they set out the different and youve different examples and youve got work out and its still got to work out and its still an and weve an ongoing feast. And weve had an ongoing feast. And weve had a number attempts in the uk a number of attempts in the uk to it to balance the to do it to balance the requirements of article eight with with the with what weve got with the suicide you to suicide act. And you need to work make sure that those work out, make sure that those who potentially affected can who are potentially affected can have that discussion. What would who are potentially affected can have thatto scussion. What would who are potentially affected can have thatto do . Sion. What would you want to do . Tell you what, you well, i tell you what, you know, i am deeply sceptical because of what happened during those of lockdowns those years of the lockdowns and all it, because the all the rest of it, because the mantra protect the nhs became mantra of protect the nhs became and is the uks only and the nhs is the uks only religion. Days. Much as religion. These days. As much as it me, but honestly it saddens me, but honestly i just cannot way in which just cannot see any way in which actually this isnt abused. And thats what feel deeply thats what i feel deeply concerned well come concern