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Lord Rees of Ludlow

Lord Rees of Ludlow

The case for public funding of astronauts weakens as robots improve
Technology
By Lord Rees of Ludlow
The case for public funding of astronauts weakens as robots improve
I’m old enough to remember the Apollo program – and Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” in 1969, just 12 years after the first Sputnik and eight years after Yuri Gagarin’s flight. I remember thinking, naively, that it might be only another decade or two before there were footprints on Mars.
It is time for us to respect public opinion and end the indignity of our current laws on assisted dying Partner content
Health
By Lord Rees of Ludlow
It is time for us to respect public opinion and end the indignity of our current laws on assisted dying
Proposals to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill – those expected to have less than six months to live – are being debated in the House of Lords this week. This debate is welcome, and I shall support Lady Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill.