liam neeson. whenever you're ready. >> here comes peter cottontail hoppin' down the bunny trail. hippie hoppity. easter is on its way. >> this time why don't we keep it light? remember, it's for children. and he's a bunny. >> do you understand what's happening here? he's hoppin' down the bunny trail. hippie hoppity. he's coming. he's an unstoppable force. measured, inevitable. eggs aren't the only thing that'll be dying tonight. >> i'm sorry. is that the bunny saying that? >> if you have to ask, you don't understand the bunny's mind-set. >> i think i do. he's a bunny bringing candy to children. >> yes, he's a bunny. but bunny who's laying eggs. he's a freak of nature. a confused, grotesque monster. there's no telling what he's capable of. why do you think he's holding a carrot, pal? >> 'cause it's what he likes to eat? >> no. by implying the bunny's certain set of skills he can gnaw it down into a shiv. slip it between people's ribs. over on them. >> okay. well, thanks for coming in. we'll give yo

the liam fox wants to stop the mp liam fox wants to stop that. do you agree with him or not? and get this, thousands of so—called waspi women are owed compensation due to the way that changes in their state pension was managed. so should they get it? will they get it and who will pay for it? and we talk about building houses all the time, don't we? but you know what? it's time to move the conversation on. never mind houses. we need to houses. do you think we need to start building whole new towns? if where. also if so, tell me where. also council tax rises have been announced today. how much is yours up ? also, kemi yours going up? also, kemi badenoch says that workplace diversity courses are snake oil. is she right ? diversity courses are snake oil. is she right? yes, indeed. that's all to come over the next houn that's all to come over the next hour. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live for tonight's latest news headlines . tonight's latest news headlines. >> michelle, thank you very much indeed. and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gp newsroom toda

liam fox, thank you very much.tion, is here. good evening. you heard what nick and ben had to say, with a labour government be happy with cuts in national insurance and income tax tomorrow?— national insurance and income tax tomorrow? ., ., . ., tomorrow? whatever the chancellor chooses to do _ tomorrow? whatever the chancellor chooses to do tomorrow _ tomorrow? whatever the chancellor chooses to do tomorrow i _ tomorrow? whatever the chancellor chooses to do tomorrow i do - tomorrow? whatever the chancellor chooses to do tomorrow i do not. chooses to do tomorrow i do not think it will go in any way to compensate for the damage that we have seen in the past 14 years. 14 years of low wages and debt rising and taxes rising and whatever he will do is not going to make a difference compared to the overall record that we've seen from this government. we do not know yet what he is going to do but what we have heard is lots of speculation and what we have heard is a sense that i think most people will pick up that what th

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liam moore spent nearly 19 months without _ bother? months without a game and - bother? liam moore spent nearly 19 | months without a game and suffered bother? liam moore spent nearly 19 i months without a game and suffered a seriously injury, then his contract ran out at reading. he finally signed at northampton this month. trying to get a job after being out for so long is a high—risk or any club, so it took longer than i hoped. it was emotional or myself and i remember the manager asked me after the game how it felt and it was a whirlwind. you picture coming on the pitch but you cannot picture the emotions on the day. it was a big step, just crossing the line. his team—mate has got used to scrap for a contractor. after five his team—mate has got used to scrap for a contractor. afterfive months without a club, hejoined for a contractor. afterfive months without a club, he joined the cobblers in october. you without a club, he joined the cobblers in october.- without a club, he joined the cobblers in october. you are looking for purpo

liam halligan not them instead. liam halligan always . thanks for always a pleasure.show. there's joining us on the show. there's lots to between lots more still to come between now 4:00, and we'll cover now and 4:00, and we'll cover the news that millions of the big news that millions of women who to wait longer to women who had to wait longer to get pension could be get the state pension could be in line for some compensation. but first, it's for your but first, it's time for your latest headlines polly latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour . as >> the top stories this hour. as you've been hearing, the bank of england has held the interest rate at 5.25. for the fifth time in a row. the bank governor, andrew bailey, saying the economy isn't yet at the point where rates can be lowered. but he said things are moving in the right direction. number 10 is said today that it's dealing with a migration emergency after a record number of asylum seekers crossed the english channel ye

liam an absolute liam halligan always an absolute j'oy liam halligan always an absolute joy in the studiotill to between lots more still to come between now and 5:00 and we'll be discussing. you proud to be discussing. are you proud to be british? are the british? and if not, are the political and the media political class and the media and the entire system in fact, are they to blame? but first, it's are they to blame? but first, wsfime are they to blame? but first, it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines wenzler. headlines with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, martin. it's 431. i'm sophia wenzler your headlines. diane abbott, the mp at the centre of a growing racism row, has accused the speaker of the commons of not serving democracy after she wasn't called to speak in parliament. it's after the conservatives biggest donor, frank hester, allegedly said that the former labour mp made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot at prime minister's questions today. sir keir starmer confronted sunak over the confronted rishi sunak over the

i mean, liam was joking . that was liam byrne was joking.ften do. so, the tories then made a lot of political capital out of it. but yes, you're right, i mean, if you look at the predictions for debt, we're going we're heading towards 94% of gdp. according to the chancellor, under tony blair, that was that was below 40. so you can see there are real problems. and i think that's that's part of my criticism of this budget. it was a scorched earth policy by nicking the laboun earth policy by nicking the labour, non—dom tax and paying for national insurance cuts. it denies labour the chance of doing things that could really help people. they were talking about 2 million more nhs operations paid for by, overtime at evenings and weekends for doctors and nurses. 700,000 more dental appointments, breakfast clubs in schools, doubling of nhs scanners . now, obviously all nhs scanners. now, obviously all that's gone. labour is going to have to rethink what they can actually do. but that's not what you actually call terribly responsible government. the

with his drought terry require we're getting close towards of end i'd like to make sure we introduce liam frost did a great job of the irish society (clapping.) ethic, of course, i get to follow the talented sirens and all the speakers i'm the president of units irish society of san francisco and demeanor met was my procedures i want to say wow. one hundred and 73 years for the irish have been celebrating and it was brought to our attention no longer the same day but sfaipd for the month of mark and this can only happen from when one hundred and 74 years ago like our tom and you decided to get to the and celebrate the irish heritage and could angle last this many years have mayors will i london breed that welcome us with the irish flag raising and doing everything we can to celebrate our parade so mayor london breed and her staff foster and others helped to organize this and then the council general smith and jennifer is the advice council all those people make piano last one hundred and 73 years and i'd like to um, supervisor supervisor stefani for putting on the reception and continue t

the peerless liam halligan, with on the money . liam always on the money. liam always a pleasure.tax. oh, and there has to be. there has to be surely a tax cut or it's , it's curtains tax cut or it's, it's curtains for the conservatives >> well jeremy hunt has been reining in expectations because up until a few days ago we thought they were going to be huge tax cuts, really big tax cuts. all the burden , cuts. after all the tax burden, taxes, a share our national taxes, a share of our national incomes, of gross incomes, a share of gross domestic product , the size of domestic product, the size of the economy is at 70 year high, and the tories have just hit a record low in the opinion polls. and a lot of people would say those two things aren't unrelated. a lot of people out there feel the tax burden , not there feel the tax burden, not necessarily because of the headune necessarily because of the headline rate of tax, but because of the freezing of tax thresholds. what we call fiscal drag dragging more and more people as their wages go up into top, higher tax brackets. you know, m

with his drought terry require we're getting close towards of end i'd like to make sure we introduce liam frost did a great job of the irish society (clapping.) ethic, of course, i get to follow the talented sirens and all the speakers i'm the president of units irish society of san francisco and demeanor met was my procedures i want to say wow. one hundred and 73 years for the irish have been celebrating and it was brought to our attention no longer the same day but sfaipd for the month of mark and this can only happen from when one hundred and 74 years ago like our tom and you decided to get to the and celebrate the irish heritage and could angle last this many years have mayors will i london breed that welcome us with the irish flag raising and doing everything we can to celebrate our parade so mayor london breed and her staff foster and others helped to organize this and then the council general smith and jennifer is the advice council all those people make piano last one hundred and 73 years and i'd like to um, supervisor supervisor stefani for putting on the reception and continue t

central bank. >> liam liam can i just all >> liam liam can ijust all about credibility . can i just about credibility. can i just jump about credibility. can i just jump in here? we have got the breakdown of this vote. it was 8 to 1, eight to hold and one to cut. no one this time voted to rise as well. >> that shows you just how stuck in the mud the bank of england is. eight to hold and one to cut. but at least, at least you haven't got nbc members still voting to raise interest rates. you had two of them voting to raise rates as recently raise interest rates as recently as last month, which strikes me, as last month, which strikes me, as know , ridiculously hair as you know, ridiculously hair shirted, if i may, if i may say so. look, they won't thank me for saying this, but i think it's fair enough. you know, they need to listen to outside economists who aren't maybe as conventional as they are. the bank of england's monetary policy committee . it's dominated policy committee. it's dominated by treasury appointees. it's woefully short of any genuine cognitive diversity .

with his drought terry require we're getting close towards of end i'd like to make sure we introduce liam frost did a great job of the irish society (clapping.) ethic, of course, i get to follow the talented sirens and all the speakers i'm the president of units irish society of san francisco and demeanor met was my procedures i want to say wow. one hundred and 73 years for the irish have been celebrating and it was brought to our attention no longer the same day but sfaipd for the month of mark and this can only happen from when one hundred and 74 years ago like our tom and you decided to get to the and celebrate the irish heritage and could angle last this many years have mayors will i london breed that welcome us with the irish flag raising and doing everything we can to celebrate our parade so mayor london breed and her staff foster and others helped to organize this and then the council general smith and jennifer is the advice council all those people make piano last one hundred and 73 years and i'd like to um, supervisor supervisor stefani for putting on the reception and continue t

it's been drawn up by the liberal democrat msp, liam mcarthur, who says it would ease suffering.the bill is likely to be debated this autumn and potentially voted on next year. earlier i spoke to bbc scotland's political editor, david henderson, and asked him about the background of this legislation. it's come about because right now, helping someone to take their own life is a crime and it's punishable by up to ia years in prison. and campaigners say that is profoundly unjust, because it means that people suffer in the final phase of their life and they're unable to choose the way they die, when they die, where they die. so that's why today liam mcarthur, a liberal democrat msp, has has brought legislation to the scottish parliament to try to change the law. it would allow assisted dying on the nhs in certain limited circumstances. opponents, of course, warn that there are major problems with it. all sorts of concerns about what this means for people with disabilities and mental health. but supporters here say that the mood has changed, that there's broader public support for th

it doesn't seem to be much it about liam. thank be much of it about liam. thank you very indeed.ry much indeed. now, one of that drove me of the things that drove me absolutely yesterday was absolutely potty yesterday was the of that the opening paragraph of that speech, when he talked about building a muslim memorial, and i made the point, and i was even filmed , wasn't i? yesterday up filmed, wasn't i? yesterday up there in whitehaven with some commonwealth war graves, to say equality and death actually was the principle established 100 years by who years ago by men who were cleverer and better and more principled than today. but christopher hope, our political edhon christopher hope, our political editor, asked jeremy hunt about it today. here's what he had to say. >> good proposal . i also, by the >> good proposal. i also, by the way, remembered, the sufferings and worries of people of the jewish faith in my autumn statement . so a very good statement. so a very good proposal was made to me by sajid javid. yes. who is a colleague and a friend. and i decided i'd have merit . h

my name is liam from buckinghamshire. _ blue shirt. my name is liam from buckinghamshire. father. blue shirt. my name is liam from buckinghamshire. i'm a father to | blue shirt. my name is liam from. buckinghamshire. i'm a father to a young _ buckinghamshire. i'm a father to a young boy— buckinghamshire. i'm a father to a young boy with asd and adhd, sol have navigated the special needs system _ have navigated the special needs system since 2017. it is populated by toads _ system since 2017. it is populated by loads of really hard—working, well—meaning people who try to help you. well—meaning people who try to help you if_ well—meaning people who try to help you. if anybody tells you this is because — you. if anybody tells you this is because of covid, it isn't. all of those _ because of covid, it isn't. all of those services have been chronically underfunded. getting funding... it isjust— underfunded. getting funding... it isjust despicable what has happened to our— isjust despicable what has happened to our public services. you isjust despicable what has happened to our

he is you had liam halligan. he is the great guru, great prophet. you had liam halligan. prophet. you had liam halligan. he is the gre ki'iowsi, aboutt prophet. you had liam halligan. he is the gre ki'iowsi, about these het. you had liam halligan. he is the gre ki'iowsi, about these things. he knows all about these things. i know about them, but i don't know about them, but what we're hearing is that we're going a cut in national going to see a cut in national insurance. which of course, will help work and help people who are in work and under of under under the age of under pensionable doesn't do pensionable age doesn't do anything pensioners because anything for pensioners because they national they don't pay national insurance place. insurance in the first place. um, so that's what we're going to might a to see. and that might be a larger cut. therefore it might be as much as £0.02 national be as much as £0.02 off national insurance, national insurance, 2% off national insurance. and that seems to be what's being briefed. but i don't out chancellor don't rule out the c

and stay >> okay, liam, thanks. and stay with us all morning, liam.llor his feet at half chancellor on his feet at half 12. thank you mate. >> thank you. what do you >> thank you. well what do you want see in the budget. want to see in the budget. well our out our reporter jack carson is out today leamington spa speaking today in leamington spa speaking today in leamington spa speaking to local people and local business . jack, what are business owners. jack, what are locals there expecting and what would they like to see from the budget ? budget? >> yeah. well good morning to you both. we're with murray carman fitness here in leamington spa this morning to find out, of course, why and what people want from the budget, what life is like at the moment. murray, thank you so much for joining moment. murray, thank you so much forjoining us this much for joining us this morning. your small business owner, you're a mum as well. just kind of tell us what what's life like at the moment in the current economy. >> yeah. so it's really hard with cost of living.

>> liam. >> but liam. >> but liam. >> the female >> liam, on the female entrepreneurs, know , i'm a entrepreneursose to female. i may choose to start a business. is true that in business. it is true that in terms of getting investment, they are very far behind the men they are very far behind the men they are. >> emily and i must say , i'm >> emily and i must say, i'm glad you asked me that, because certainly in my experience , some certainly in my experience, some of the most impressive female, some most impressive some of the most impressive small businesses that i've come across have been started by female entrepreneurs, you know, not just in the sort of cliched areas like health and beauty and lifestyle . not at all. i've met lifestyle. not at all. i've met many, many small business owners, female small business owners, female small business owners, and they tend to be really rooted in their communities. and female small business founders . they tend to business founders. they tend to they tend to found small businesses out of frustration , businesses out of frustration, not just out of frust

with his drought terry require we're getting close towards of end i'd like to make sure we introduce liam frost did a great job of the irish society (clapping.) ethic, of course, i get to follow the talented sirens and all the speakers i'm the president of units irish society of san francisco and demeanor met was my procedures i want to say wow. one hundred and 73 years for the irish have been celebrating and it was brought to our attention no longer the same day but sfaipd for the month of mark and this can only happen from when one hundred and 74 years ago like our tom and you decided to get to the and celebrate the irish heritage and could angle last this many years have mayors will i london breed that welcome us with the irish flag raising and doing everything we can to celebrate our parade so mayor london breed and her staff foster and others helped to organize this and then the council general smith and jennifer is the advice council all those people make piano last one hundred and 73 years and i'd like to um, supervisor supervisor stefani for putting on the reception and continue t

and a pulling over here liam, yeah, it's a pulling over here liam, yeah, it's a visual and a feeling let's have a quick look at the _ never forget. let's have a quick look at the aerial _ never forget. let's have a quick look at the aerial shots, - never forget. let's have a quick look at the aerial shots, they i look at the aerial shots, they really do bring to life the scale and the extent of the damage there of the portions of a collapse section visible in the water, with a small span of the bridge lying across the dali a shipping container, which has caused that collapse. the mayor of baltimore declaring a state of emergency after that bridge collapse. we will continue to monitor the day, and you can always catch up on our website. right now it is time the weather. hello again. in the next couple of days, take your brolly with you, we expect some heavy downpours, some of which will be thundery with hail mixed in there and it's often going to be windy. something quieter comes our way on good friday and saturday. but this afternoon what we are looking at is a fair bit of cloud arou

liam i'm sure. shortly. with liam i'm sure.th , on migration. he's growth, on migration. he's trying disavow time. trying to disavow the same time. here's he had to say. here's what he had to say. >> have had a big increase in >> we have had a big increase in migration in recent years because of ukraine, because of afghanistan, because of hong kong, very specific factors where as a country, we did the right thing, but the current levels of migration are not sustainable . this government sustainable. this government wants to bring it down, it's currently, as you know, over 700,000, far too high. the government's brought in some very clear policies to bring those numbers down. the obr make an estimate of where that will get to based on what the office for national statistics say, it's a small increase on the numbers . the it's a small increase on the numbers. the ons it's a small increase on the numbers . the ons previously it's a small increase on the numbers. the ons previously said what i'm saying is we've got to change that.

liam halligan as ever, thank you for joining me in a moment. unbelievable.owing that up to 20% of police officers have simply had enough and are on the verge of jacking it in. what on earth has gone wrong? but more importantly, what can we do to try and prevent it ? a big survey of 7 a big survey of current serving police officers. showing that up to 20% of them are thinking about quitting the force and doing so within the next year or two. what on earth is going wrong ? the problem, of course, wrong? the problem, of course, is that those that go will be the experienced ones to be replaced by inexperienced ones . replaced by inexperienced ones. kevin hurley, former detective chief superintendent at the met police joins me from his home in surrey. kevin this figure is shocking , really alarming. shocking, really alarming. >> and nigel, i come from a family of nine metropolitan police officers. my own son resigned last year with 16 years service. as you said, a very experienced detective sergeant on the anti—terrorist squad. been on grenfell murder been on the

liam halligan with on the money. liam halligan with on the money.m what i've been heanng liam now, from what i've been hearing in the press anyway, these tax cuts are rather illusionary. it will be that perhaps we might get a tax cut somewhere, but then they'll pile on the taxes elsewhere. is that right? i think that's roughly right. >> i must say, tom, i'd be worried there for a moment. i thought i was, uh, i thought i was missing something. a budgefs was missing something. a budget's going on and i'm not even covering. >> know , let's have let's have >> i know, let's have let's have a little on the money. >> graphic and we can just go through these various points. safe to say, tom, that the first line of my on the money graphic is that the statement is on wednesday the march. so wednesday the 6th of march. so recalibrate your diary. uh, young man. but you're right, emily, uh, jeremy hunt is hinting and indeed , he just hinting and indeed, he just hinted there to our colleague , hinted there to our colleague, katherine forster. he may cut 1 or £0.0

what would you do, liam ? to what would you do, liam?gination of a wailing interest from the public who feel. oh, come on, give me something exciting. what would you do, liam? >> would you do, liam? >> well, what i would do if i was chancellor. i think that ship has sailed. various people have i should governor have said i should be governor of england as well. of the bank of england as well. fat um what i would do , fat chance. um what i would do, precisely as i wrote in my sunday telegraph column at the weekend, is i would raise what they call the personal allowance now. yeah no one pays income tax unless they earn above about 12.5 grand a year. the average wage in this country is about 30 odd grand. so 12.5 grand a year is a is a low wage. it's often a part time wage or so on. but you know, many people do important jobs, earn 12, 15 grand a year and fair, fair play to them. but you don't pay tax until you reach 12.5 grand a year. and then from 12.5 grand a year, you pay then from 12.5 grand a year, you pay the basic rate of income tax

liam halligan there at the liam liam halligan there at the bank of england where he will be bringing at some the show by looking at some of the things us this show by looking at some of the things that us this show by looking at some of the things that leo us this show by looking at some of the things that leo varadkarthis show by looking at some of the things that leo varadkar debate morning that leo varadkar debate we had earlier about. really interesting. i thought that was one of the most interesting parts the show today. and parts of the show today. and what doubt hours. what was no doubt 2.5 hours. very interesting, he tim has got in touch to say leo varadkar he got it wrong again. the view of the public in ireland is the opposite of establishment. opposite of the establishment. yeah, what is wrong yeah, varadkar is what is wrong with establishment and karol with the establishment and karol said ireland has its own values and mindset. they've been badly let down by varadkar. it's wonderful that gone. wonderful that he's gone. i don't the vote was don't think the vote was entire

thanks, liam. liam there. our liam. liam halligan there. our economics and business editor.nel the radicalism of margaret thatcher, but i'm sure not the policies. well, exactly. >> there's one big there's one big policy planning reform . big policy planning reform. there we go. >> planning reform. >> planning reform. >> sweep those anti era >> sweep away those anti era regulations that make it much harder to build things in this country than, than it should be build build build. well i mean we can't even build a tunnel under paperwork to build a under the paperwork to build a tunnel for a road under the thames has stretched longer than the actual tunnel would be. yeah. cost of this paperwork yeah. the cost of this paperwork is more than a norwegian tunnel of length. anyway, of the same length. anyway, coming up, we're going to be joined by the reform uk leader richard tice, as the bbc apologised for describing his party as far right. apologised for describing his party as far right . well, we'll party as far right. well, we'll get to that after your headlines with sofia . wi

all editor, liam halligan liam. or 2 new things, wearing my sort of slightly cynical hat. years of experience , something that was almost half a sentence, which was doing a lot of work in terms of the government's sums, making the ledger add up was the chancellor mentioned that he's going to give a bit more money to hmrc to quotes, make sure that the tax thatis quotes, make sure that the tax that is owed is paid, i.e. clamping down on tax avoidance . clamping down on tax avoidance. yeah, £4.5 billion more. that's a huge amount of to money, assume hmrc is going to be able to summon up by chasing people that it believes owe more tax. that hasn't attracted much attention, but it's doing an awful lot of heavy lifting there. i also thought it was quite interesting how the chancellor philosophically said he almost hinted that if the tories stay in power, they're going to almost try and abolish national insurance altogether. yes, the double taxation of work is unfair. and, you know, i've been covering budgets for the thick

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liam halligan.et's start with you. it's really fascinating that the obr, for the first time have acknowledged that migration isn't always an economic boon. there's different types . there's different types. >> well, absolutely. i thought that was very interesting indeed . in previous budgets, conservative mps have consistent criticised the obr for overestimating the economic benefits of migration. i think it was in the last budget that one think tank said that the obr had overestimated the economic benefits of migration by up to £8 billion, because they had refused to accept that they hadnt refused to accept that they hadn't built into their workings the fact that foreign students can only work for a certain number of hours. so the economic benefits they describe just wouldn't have been legally possible at all. the obr chief also admitted last time round that the obr's profile of economic, benefits of migration assumed that all migrants have a similar demographic profile to uk. nato citizens. obviou

savannah mckenzie, liam, john and freya.it's a family tradition. okay. talk to us about the detailsúof people would like to be there ont& saturday. give us the details. >> the details, obviously, bart or muni is the best to get down there, it's the parade starts at 1130 at second and market goes up market to the civic center plaza. once the parade is over, aboutú2:00. that's when the festival is going to start in the civic center plaza, which is free, everybody can come listen to the bands, we have food, we have drinks, and there'll bet& face painting and stuff for the kids to enjoy. >> i love it, i'm excited for you and i hope you have such a great turnout, because we were talking in the commercial break and i said, how did it go afterúcovid? and you said, yeah, this is really this is going to be it. >> this is the breakout year. we want everybody coming to help us celebrate this saint patrick's day season, because every year it's big. for me, it is. it really is. but this year i want it to be even bigger, and i want it the

that is quite as important a parliament is allowed to scrutinise this bill, liam has many years now ofis has actually improved the quality and therefore people, so many people in scotland and across the uk are denied the right to a good death. i think it is high time that we offered something that the public want as well, the consultation around this bill garnered 1a,000 plus responses, one of the biggest ever responsive to a scottish parliament consultation. 76% of those responding tos emphatically supported this. i have to cut across _ emphatically supported this. i have to cut across you, _ emphatically supported this. i have to cut across you, we _ emphatically supported this. i have to cut across you, we are _ emphatically supported this. i have to cut across you, we are at - emphatically supported this. i have to cut across you, we are at a - emphatically supported this. i have| to cut across you, we are at a time, but thank you for your time here today. i am but thank you for your time here today. iam back but thank you for your time here today. i am back injust a moment. hello

that's why liam mcarthur is introducing a bill here at the scottish parliament which would allow somenced and progressive. it would require the diagnosis not just of one but of two medics, who would also assess capacity, would discuss with the patient the reasons why they'd arrived at that decision, to ensure that there hasn't been undue coercion or pressure applied. so, how's your day been today? audrey has terminal cancer, but she does not want the option of an assisted death. instead, she has found comfort at st columba's hospice in edinburgh. having been here and feeling the way it scoops you up and it does, you know... and feeling the care and the expertise, the skills of people. and now, i mean, that may change, but now, i'm not afraid of dying. so you think there might not really be a need for this legislation if we, as a society, improved end—of—life care? yes, yeah. in a very holistic sense, yes. many doctors who specialise in palliative care also have concerns about the bill. the worry is that it's notjust a choice — l it becomes a suggestion, _ which then becomes an expecta