Julian Huppert

The Value of Citizens Juries on Assisted Dying: Hearing the Public Voice - Nuffield Council on Bioethics Council Member Professor Suzanne Ost shares insights from her role as an expert adviser to citizens’ juries on assisted dying both in Jersey and in England.

New blog!

Council Member Suzanne Ost shares insights from her role as an expert adviser to citizens’ juries on #assisted #dying in both Jersey and England.

Read it here: 🔗 bit.ly/4bwuK6B

Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge showing parked cars, broken pavements, a cyclist and a big group of pedestrians.

Tomorrow the @greatercambs.bsky.social will make a decision on whether to trial safety and accessibility improvements, including a new footway, on Sidgwick Avenue. In our new blogpost, we explain what the experimental scheme is about and why we fully support it.

www.camcycle.org.uk/blog/2026/03...

Deep time, dark skies, and cosmic recordings.

Artist Louise Beer's work explores how living under dark skies, or light polluted skies, can change our perception of grief, the climate crisis and Earth’s deep time history and future.

Register for a free ticket: bit.ly/3N3yx1R

The Gorton and Denton by-election shows people are bitterly disappointed with Labour but horrified by the rise of Reform.

In many parts of the country, it's the Liberal Democrats who can stop Reform.

I am very here for the HRC revenge tour if we’re going to get it.

... and try to get a better system! Why should people have to guess what will happen for their vote to count?

It's boom time for bar charts and MRPs (LDN#206) Welcome to Lib Dem Newswire #206 and a big thank you to everyone who has already responded to my annual appeal to help cover the costs of producing this newsletter and related activities.

Tactical voting is very likely to be more important than ever before at the next general election - especially as the evidence points towards anti-Conservative tactical voting still being a significant factor:

Celebrating 35 years of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics 🎉

Today we share our anniversary report highlighting where our work has had its greatest impact across health and biomedical policy-making.

➡️ bit.ly/NCOB_35

Huge thanks to everyone who has been a part of this, from 1991 to today.

A3 leaflet from Arbury Lib Dems promoting their candidate Fionna Tod.

I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel. Terry Pratchett.

GNU Terry Pratchett.

We love this distinctly Pratchett quote, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism.

'I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angle.'

Terry Pratchett – author and humanist.

#GNUTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett

Fresh call for national inquiry into Epstein’s links with Mandelson Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Lib Dems call for national inquiry into Epstein’s links with Mandelson

Pre-Crime Programme Manager Open Rights Group (ORG) is recruiting for a Pre-Crime Programme Manager The Pre-Crime Programme Manager leads our work on predictive policing and surveillance within the criminal legal system and…

JOB ALERT 🎯

ORG is looking for a talented and passionate Programme Manager.

You'll be responsible for our work on predictive policing and surveillance within the criminal legal system and counter-terrorism policy.

🗓️ Closes 2 February @9am

Apply now ⬇️

www.openrightsgroup.org/pre-crime-pr...

Only the Liberal Democrats can defeat Reform and the rise of dangerous, populist politics.

Success! Jersey votes in favour of assisted dying The island of Jersey is one step closer to an assisted dying law, after States Members voted in favour 32 to 14 votes. My Death, My Decision and Humanists UK, both members of the Assisted Dying Coalit...

In case you missed it: a crucial vote on #AssistedDying was successful in Jersey this week, bringing the island one step closer to a compassionate law. We've supported, and will continue to support, this bill at every stage.

humanists.uk/2026/01/20/s...

📢 Call for evidence to assist our ethical exploration of solar radiation modification (SRM).

We're seeking insights on incorporating the interests of non-human species, the environment & future generations into policy & decision making on emerging tech.

Closing 15 March.
➡️ bit.ly/CFE_SRM

I can barely process the Trump press conference I've just listened to. This is the kind of stuff you usually hear from dictators at the very heights of their delusions. Not elected leaders of superpowers.

CALUM MILLER QUOTE GRAPHIC TEXT: It's clear that this was never about the interests of the Venezuelan people or the wider world. This is Trump serving his own interests and ego, making the world far more dangerous in the process. Starmer must convene the UN Security Council to hold Trump to account.

Starmer must convene the UN security council to hold Trump to account.

LGBTQ+ and abortion organisations claim Meta is silencing their accounts in huge censorship sweep The pattern of takedowns has been described by one campaigner as “one of the biggest waves of censorship” on Meta’s platforms.

LGBTQ+ ​&​ abortion-rights groups say Meta is wiping out their accounts in a massive censorship sweep

One of the biggest waves of censorship the platforms have ever seen⚠️📵

https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/world/meta-accused-mass-censorship-lgbtq-abortion-accounts-506366/

Comedian Robin Ince quits as host of BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage Ince says he resigned after fallout with executives because some of his views had been considered ‘problematic’ The comedian and author Robin Ince has resigned from his role as co-host of the long-running BBC Radio 4 podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage after a fallout with BBC executives over “problematic” opinions and what he described as a lack of “obedience”. Ince, who has co-presented the popular science show alongside Prof Brian Cox for 16 years, posted on social media that his personal views, aired outside the BBC, “have been considered problematic for some time” and he “felt he had no choice but to resign”. Continue reading...

Comedian Robin Ince quits as host of BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage

‘Cruel’ amendments are being used to thwart assisted dying bill, says lead MP Lords’ demand for 1,150 changes include many that are ‘unnecessary’ and likely to run down clock, says Kim Leadbeater * UK politics live – latest updates Members of the House of Lords have proposed “totally unnecessary” and “very cruel” amendments to the assisted dying bill in a bid to scupper it, the MP leading the campaign has said. Kim Leadbeater said on Friday she believed that peers opposed to the bill were trying to block it by putting forward hundreds of changes, including one to film terminally ill people as they undergo an assisted death. Continue reading...

‘Cruel’ amendments are being used to thwart assisted dying bill, says lead MP

Brexit made us poorer and it’s getting worse Economists disagree on the detail but it’s clear that barrier-free trade would be a big boost

📝 "The latest (research), says that GDP per head, the best measure of prosperity, is 6 to 8 per cent lower than it would have been had Brexit not happened. That’s around £3,000 for each of us."

📉 Brexit is worsening the cost of living crisis for us all.
https://bit.ly/3MvK89r

The disinformation wars are here How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.

Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.

🚨BREAKING🚨

MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.

The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed five new Council members with a range of expertise.

@emmayhnell.bsky.social, Felicity Boardman, @julianhuppert.bsky.social, Rebecca Bennett and Suzanne Ost are joining us from this month.

Find out more here:🔗 bit.ly/3MMRAgo

I've been an admirer of their work for many years, and it will be great to be able to contribute to their hugely important reflections. I'm also looking forward to learning an immense amount from all the brilliant people on the Council, new and old.

Nuffield Council on Bioethics appoints new members to join its mission to make ethics matter   - Nuffield Council on Bioethics Five new members will bring a range of expertise across bioethics, medical and social science, politics, law and communications.

It is an immense honour to be appointed as a new member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/nu...

Needlessly cruel: Peer proposes mandatory pregnancy tests for all in assisted dying amendment A member of the House of Lords has suggested that anyone applying for an assisted death needs to do a pregnancy test, including men and older people. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision are disappo...

We’re not really used to filibustering in the UK, but this is what it looks like. This is a bad faith abuse of the legislative process at public expense in an attempt to wreck a measure approved by democratically elected members. Deeply immoral and disreputable. humanists.uk/2025/12/05/n...

Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.

Big news tonight as the Reform leader of Staffordshire County Council is removed from the party after racist post claims as reported by BBC

Reform has suffered significant losses from councils that faced elections in May

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

The 14-day rule for human embryo research has been in place for over 30 years.

As scientific capabilities progress, and society changes, does it still reflect people's values & priorities?

As part of our ongoing review, we're pleased to share two background briefings.

➡️ bit.ly/science_ethi...