Sonia Sodha @soniasodha
Observer columnist & chief leader writer, Radio 4 Analysis presenter & @ThisMorning news reviews. Highly commended @EditorsUK Commentator of the Year 2023 theguardian.com/profile/sonia-… London Joined March 2009-
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Will be reviewing tomorrow’s front pages and tonight’s headlines from now until 2350 with @SebastianEPayne & @annabotting on @SkyNews
Absolute misreporting by @LBC Hope this will be quickly deleted, corrected or community noted
This is good to see from @UsdawUnion
This is good to see from @UsdawUnion
This isn’t the Rwanda scheme, but someone who applied for asylum in the UK, was rejected, and accepted £3,000 from the UK government to be relocated to Rwanda.
This isn’t the Rwanda scheme, but someone who applied for asylum in the UK, was rejected, and accepted £3,000 from the UK government to be relocated to Rwanda.
Early findings from our #MovingMindsets programme - along with @fairnessfdn on luck & meritocracy in the latest @soniasodha column. 👉"individualist mindsets, which attribute success to individual effort, dominate over “structuralist” mindsets" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
On the This Morning sofa this morning… what does it say about our politics when we’re talking about proposals to make lying in parliament a criminal offence for parliamentarians 🤯
On the This Morning sofa this morning… what does it say about our politics when we’re talking about proposals to make lying in parliament a criminal offence for parliamentarians 🤯
Truly awful set of statistics. Growing no of people will spend their whole lives living in the private rented sector, a tenure that provides virtually no security and actively tips some people into homelessness, and the government reneged on its commitments to reform last week.
Truly awful set of statistics. Growing no of people will spend their whole lives living in the private rented sector, a tenure that provides virtually no security and actively tips some people into homelessness, and the government reneged on its commitments to reform last week.
Missed the event with @Keir_Starmer, @williamnhutton. @campbellclaret and @soniasodha on remaking Britain? The full video is now available on YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=1joXcf…
Standard strategy: 1. Do something radical (eg publish new guidance denying women the right to same-sex intimate care). 2. Hope no-one notices. 3. If anyone does notice, accuse them of 'fighting a culture war.' 4. If pressure becomes unignorable, pretend you never meant it.
Standard strategy: 1. Do something radical (eg publish new guidance denying women the right to same-sex intimate care). 2. Hope no-one notices. 3. If anyone does notice, accuse them of 'fighting a culture war.' 4. If pressure becomes unignorable, pretend you never meant it.
Completely- it shows the extent to which organisations don’t understand existing equalities law. Understanding and following the law on discrimination isn’t a culture war.
Completely- it shows the extent to which organisations don’t understand existing equalities law. Understanding and following the law on discrimination isn’t a culture war.
And it's all very well for male leaders at @NHSConfed to imply sorting out female patients' rights to request single sex wards is a distraction, but perhaps they could ask female patients if it's important to them? They might be surprised by the answer.
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@soniasodha Agree with you Sonia. It’s a slippery slope and Canada isn’t the only example of the horror that will be caused. I don’t know why people think we could do a better job at safeguarding this than those countries.
@soniasodha The uncharitable might call it wilful blindness. It diminishes those who refuse to acknowledge this issue as a factor.
@soniasodha I find both sides of this debate persuasive & remain uncertain of the solution. But Sonia is absolutely right: "we desperately need politicians willing to acknowledge that assisted dying is one of the most complex & fraught ethical questions they will ever be asked to confront."
Excellent opinion piece on the risks of assisted dying policy.
As MPs debate assisted dying, here’s why having once supported it I now find it v hard to do so. I think state-sanctioned wrongful deaths will be inevitable. When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@soniasodha Thank you Sonia - I am glad if my thread proves helpful. I shall read your own piece with interest.
This is excellent by @soniasodha. I worked in palliative care for nearly 10yrs, and while I wasn’t against assisted dying, I worried that good end of life care was missing from the conversation. Recent international evidence however, has convinced me it’s the wrong thing to do.
As MPs debate assisted dying, here’s why having once supported it I now find it v hard to do so. I think state-sanctioned wrongful deaths will be inevitable. When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Very powerful piece on the complex and conflicting debate on assissted dying. Not sure there would ever be enough safeguards. When does the 'right' become the 'duty'?
As MPs debate assisted dying, here’s why having once supported it I now find it v hard to do so. I think state-sanctioned wrongful deaths will be inevitable. When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@soniasodha Excellent piece. I've also changed my mind,in part due to Canada/Dutch develop'ts. I do believe that simply the existence of the option itself, creates 'customers' (never mind the associated businesses to support euthanasia) and lessens abilities of unwell+ their families to cope
This is really excellent from @soniasodha and well worth a read whatever your views are on assisted dying.
As MPs debate assisted dying, here’s why having once supported it I now find it v hard to do so. I think state-sanctioned wrongful deaths will be inevitable. When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@soniasodha A very good article, I am worried about abuse too…..but my mother died of Alzheimer’s. She spent the last year bed bound, unable to speak, recognising nobody, doubly incontinent, fed through a tube. I’m not willing to go through that myself and I want to have the choice not to
@soniasodha That's v thought-provoking. (A dr on Today Prog likened it to Brexit re lack of clarity on how it wld work). On balance, I think I disagree. A lawful route would remove defence of abusive men & the status quo doesn't stop suicide attempts, often earlier than needed
@soniasodha Great piece & similar to the journey I've taken from pro this to now v.cautious. As an ex-NHS worker who is married to a doctor and moved to Canada I'd say that lack of oversight around MAiD seems seriously scary & expansion to conditions so far beyond original scope is too.
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Even beginning to think about this before we've sorted out social care is insane
As MPs debate assisted dying, here’s why having once supported it I now find it v hard to do so. I think state-sanctioned wrongful deaths will be inevitable. When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@soniasodha this is really good, Sonia. I'm very uneasy about it, and much of the discourse is dominated by high-status people used to having a lot of control of their lives. That crowds out voices expressing concern from people who don't have a lot of autonomy and who are vulnerable
@soniasodha @SBarutta Fair, but you also do it so *well*. So thank you. I always look forward to your writing - whatever the topic!
@soniasodha Whether members will get a vote far from certain, I think. And eve more so whether they will be offered a choice of possible FMs.
I feel deeply and profoundly betrayed by leftwing men. They just stood there while we were attacked, abused, harassed, libelled and shunned for standing up for women’s rights… and then they told us that we were being a bit mean actually and really we just need to be more kind.
This comment by @billybragg perfectly sums up what left wing women have taken from left wing men over the last few years. The problem isn’t whether Julie Bindel and I are correct on the issues, but that certain right-wingers agree with us. If you’ve spent any time at all on the…
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