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'Disrespectful, insulting': MPs criticise terminally ill Esther Rantzen's assisted dying intervention

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'Disrespectful, insulting': MPs criticise terminally ill Esther Rantzen's assisted dying interventionTerminally ill journalist Dame Esther Rantzen was branded "disrespectful" and "insulting" by MPs during a debate on the assisted dying bill.
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