Labour’s assisted suicide pitch

It’s day two of Labour conference and there’s no end of attractions for bleary eyed delegates. Rachel Reeves, Ed Miliband, David Lammy: all the party’s intellectual heavyweights are up before the faithful. But away from all the centrist paeans and ritual Tory bashing, Mr S couldn’t help but observe the roaring popularity of one of the fringe stalls in the conference hall. ‘My Death, My Decision’ are campaigning to legalise assisted suicide in the UK, urging delegates to pressure MPs to change the law on euthanasia.

A novel approach to win the grey vote? Intrigued – and all too aware of the obvious puns – Mr S sidled up to hear the elevator pitch. In the interests of fairness it seems, assisted suicide ought to be legalised as currently only the rich can afford to fly to Switzerland to access euthanasia. To this end, attendees were presented with Swiss chocolates and mock airplane tickets to highlight the disparity.