It’s a cold November evening, and MPs are no doubt snuggled up wondering what to watch on TV and how to vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill. What a perfect opportunity to watch my documentary on that very theme, Better Off Dead?.
You may know me or you may not. I’m the wheelchair-using disabled woman who spent eight years playing the forensic boffin Clarissa in the BBC drama Silent Witness. I’m also a disability rights activist, and when it comes to assisted suicide (as I prefer to call it) I’m a bit of a nerd. Oh yes, and I’m opposed to a change in the law: I don’t think we should allow medical professionals to assist some people to end their lives.
