Pensioner Harmer Starmer: Cut Costs With Euthanasia

Is Sir Keir Starmer backing euthanasia as the government's next cost-cutting measure? The chilling reality behind assisted dying schemes.

Let’s be honest, folks—the Covid years showed us all just how far the state could go to control our lives, all in the name of “protecting the NHS.” While I sympathise deeply with families whose loved ones are suffering, I can’t get behind the idea of legalising assisted dying in Britain for fear many will be convinced to die in order to “protect the NHS”, in a complete reversal of the entire rationale behind staying at home to save granny and grandad.

Over the weekend it was announced that a vote will be held to legalise assisted dying. And guess what? Sir Keir Starmer is all for it. No surprises there. The measure has cross party support. The former Tory MP Matthew Parris’ argued earlier this year that societal pressure on the elderly and terminally ill to “hasten their own deaths” might not be such a bad thing is, frankly, horrifying.

Imagine that for a second: we’re now meant to celebrate the idea that our loved ones, once they become a burden, should take the ‘responsible’ option and shuffle off to protect our socialist healthcare system. A little nudge from the state when you’re past your sell-by date. Parris might want to reconsider his enthusiasm for euthanasia if he finds himself, frail and vulnerable, looking down the barrel of this brave new world of ‘kindly’ nudges toward the exit door.

Now, according to the biggest poll ever done on this topic, with over 10,000 people asked by Opinium, the majority of Brits support the Starmer and Parris view. Fine, I get it. I know I’m in the minority here, but stay with me for a minute.

Canada rolled out its Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) scheme in 2016, supposedly for terminally ill patients who wanted to exit life with a bit of dignity. But surprise, surprise, it’s morphed into something else entirely. Now it covers people with chronic illnesses, disabilities, and potentially even mental health issues by 2027. Slippery slope, anyone?

As I’m sure most will agree, allowing euthanasia for people with mental health issues is asking for trouble. I mean, if you’ve ever hit rock bottom yourself, you know how tempting it would be to take the easy exit, that’s where Canada is now at after taking this path. And sure, when it comes to elderly relatives in excruciating pain, people might say, “We wouldn’t let a beloved pet suffer, so why not them?”.

But hold your horses. Let’s look at how that “exit” actually works. Sodium thiopental, one of the drugs used in such procedures in Belgium, was once part of the U.S. execution cocktail. Yeah, you read that right. It’s not exactly peaceful. This stuff can make you feel like you’re drowning, think being waterboarded in Guantanmo Bay as opposed to an easy dispatch to the green vistas of the afterlife.

And in Canada, they’re using midazolam—a sedative, not even a painkiller. In fact, autopsies from two death row inmates killed in this way in Oklahoma showed that both suffered from pulmonary edema—fluid building up in the lungs—causing sensations of drowning or suffocation. One’s lungs weighed a whopping 1390 grams, and another’s hit 1510 grams. That’s not a peaceful end, folks; that’s torture dressed up as compassion.

And it gets better (by which I mean worse). Research from the British Medical Bulletin revealed that assisted suicide isn’t the quick, easy process it’s sold as. In fact, deaths can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 24 hours! Imagine that—24 hours of slowly drowning while paralysed. That’s the brutal reality behind the “dignified death” we’re being sold.

Take it from someone who knows. One Canadian woman shared how hospital staff kept pushing MAID on her 91-year-old mother. Her mother went in for gallstone surgery, and instead of just doing the bloody surgery, the doctors tried to sign her up for assisted dying! Even after discovering it was just a bladder infection, they still pushed for it. Disgusting.

And let’s not kid ourselves—there are incentives for governments to push this. We’ve already seen policymakers cut winter fuel allowances and posit axing council tax discounts for the elderly. Why not just finish the job? After all, euthanasia is a hell of a lot cheaper than caring for the chronically ill. One author from The Spectator put it perfectly: health care for the chronically ill is expensive, but assisted suicide costs just over $2,000 per “case.” Think of the savings! Oh, and don’t forget—Canada’s already considering euthanasia for “mature minors.” You can almost hear the Treasury salivating at the thought of those lifelong savings.

Since Canada legalised assisted death in 2016, nearly 45,000 people have been “peacefully” put down. But how many of those deaths were actually horrific ordeals of drowning and suffocation, all while paralysed? We’ll never know, but I wouldn’t bet on a quiet, pain-free death for all of them.

Let’s be real here in Britain—this isn’t about dignity or compassion. It’s about offloading the sick, the elderly, and the mentally ill to save a few quid. With an ageing population, a mental health system that’s barely functioning, and constant cries that the NHS is at breaking point, you’re telling me the government won’t see the upside to thinning the herd? Give me a break.

The real question is this: How many vulnerable people will be coerced or pressured into signing their death warrants, convinced they’re a burden on the rest of us? I’m not buying this whole “compassionate” act, and neither should you. The whole thing reeks of a cheap, state-sanctioned way to save money, and it’s absolutely terrifying.