Public voices: From assisted dying law to HMRC chaos - what British people think today

The historic vote on assisted-dying has made many British people speak up. Bryan Hatter from Beaconsfield points to other countries success with such laws‚ while Kevin Duffy sees it as a dangerous step. Patrick Nicholls (a former MP) suggests looking at the double-effect doctrine instead: which lets doctors give pain-relief even if it might speed-up death

The recent Cabinet shake-up got peoples attention when Louise Haigh left her post. Some think its weird that someone with a police record got the job; others say her quick exit shows good standards in politics (unlike some other MPs who dont follow rules)

Migration numbers made people write too. The ONS data shows a really-big number: more than 900k net migrants in 22-23. John Stewart makes fun of their counting skills: saying he could do better guessing

Business owners dont like Labourʼs new rules. Graham Melroy talks about how small companies cant find workers even though lots of young people have degrees now. The chambers of commerce – with its 19‚000 members – should get more attention than the CBI when making these choices

Rhodes scholars at Oxford wore keffiyehs and stopped a dinner to protest

Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon writes about Putinʼs threats; saying we need to protect Ukraineʼs buildings like we did with Israel. Speaking of protection: some people wrote about guard dogs – turns out Jack Russells are really good at scaring burglars

The tax office (HMRC) keeps messing up. Anthony Jones tells a crazy story about paying taxes in 2019: but getting collection letters five years later. Even Sir Jim Harra had to write in to fix some things people said about him blaming old people for long phone queues

Lastly theres a fun debate about bringing wine to dinner parties. Edward Demery (an old wine seller) says he loves when guests bring bottles; while Alan Barstow thinks Swedish people like his home-made pork pies better than any wine