DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Was PM rewarded for Swift's 護衛する?
In 早期に August this year, trouble was all around. 暴動ing across the country followed the 殺人,大当り of three little girls in Southport.
The small boats 危機 was getting worse. Pensioners were 存在 robbed of winter 燃料 支払い(額)s. The Israeli 強襲,強姦 on Gaza was at its 高さ.
So what was 占領するing the mind of Sir Keir Starmer’s then 長,指導者 of staff?
告訴する Gray was in discussion with Taylor Swift’s mother about 供給するing a police 護衛する for the pop 星/主役にする to and from her Wembley concerts.
Scotland Yard had 最初 辞退するd, 説 there was no 明確な/細部 脅し. Because blue-light 保護 is 普通は reserved for 王族 and 上級の 政治家,政治屋s, police 長,指導者s said that 申し込む/申し出ing it to a 私的な 国民 would 違反 議定書.
Sir Keir also received 解放する/自由な tickets to the Taylor Swift show, where he was pictured hugging his wife Victoria

Taylor Swift 成し遂げるs on 行う/開催する/段階 during the 'Taylor Swift | The 時代s 小旅行する' at Wembley Stadium on 15th August 2024 in London
After Ms Gray’s 介入, however, the Met capitulated, at 抱擁する expense to the taxpayer. This followed 圧力 恐らく 存在 put on the 軍隊 by Home 長官 Yvette Cooper, 司法長官 Lord Hermer and London 市長 Sadiq 旅宿泊所.
If the 政府 干渉するd in the 操作の independence of th e police, that would be scandalous on its own. But No 10 is 存在 dragged ever deeper into the Taylorgate 列/漕ぐ/騒動.
Sir Keir subsequently 受託するd freebie tickets for one of the shows from Ms Swift’s 記録,記録的な/記録する label 全世界の/万国共通の Music.
The 総理大臣 has sought to 正当化する his sponging behaviour by pointing out that the company’s British (警察,軍隊などの)本部 are in his 選挙区/有権者.
But after days of obfuscation, 負かす/撃墜するing Street last night 認める the PM and his family also met the artist at the gig on August 20.
Of course, this would have been a dream come true for fans of Ms Swift. But getting an audience with such a 大規模な 星/主役にする would be 高度に unusual, even for a country’s leader.
It seems the 政府 bent over backwards to 融通する Ms Swift’s grandiose 需要・要求するs. Were the tickets and 会合 a thank you 現在の?
A wise 介入
The 大司教 of Canterbury 追加するs his 発言する/表明する today to growing disquiet over the 速度(を上げる) with which the 補助装置d Dying 法案 is 存在 急ぐd through 議会.
Justin Welby 警告するs that for many 年輩の people who feel they have become a 重荷(を負わせる) on their family the 権利 to die will all too easily become a 義務 to die.

The Most Reverend Justin Welby, A rchbishop of Canterbury stands on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral after …に出席するing a service 確認するing him as the new 大司教 of Canterbury on February 04, 2013 in London

A '自殺 pod' known as 'The Sarco' is seen in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 8th July, 2024. The 審議 in the UK comes as the new 安楽死 装置 has been 原因(となる)ing a 動かす in Switzerland
He 認めるs that those who are chronically ill and in 深い 苦しめる should be 許すd to die with dignity.
But no 事柄 how many 保護(する)/緊急輸入制限s are put in place, he says any 補助装置d 自殺 法律 would be open to 乱用.
The 年輩の and 攻撃を受けやすい could be coerced into ending their lives by controlling and unscrupulous 親族s.
He 特記する/引用するs a 熟考する/考慮する in Oregon, where 安楽死 was legalised in 1997, showing almost half of those who 選ぶ to die say 恐れる of 存在 a millstone around their family’s neck was a factor in their 決定/判定勝ち(する).
He also 恐れるs that palliative care, already underfunded, would be その上の 減らすd.
These are all 深く,強烈に コンビナート/複合体 and difficult 問題/発行するs which deserve exhaustive consideration. There is a sense in which this 法律制定 is 存在 殺到d through the ありふれたs by 労働.
MPs must be careful to 避ける placing those they are trying to help under unbearable 圧力 t o choose 明言する/公表する-sponsored 自殺. As the 大司教 says, even the best 意向s can lead to unintended consequences.