Dame Joan Bakewell on assisted dying vote: “This is the chance to end such needless suffering”

Dylan Thomas may have expressed it slightly differently than intended. “Do not go gentle into that good night” was essentially a plea from Thomas, who couldn’t stand the thought of parting ways with a parent nearing death. He implored them to “fight, fight against the fading of the light,” not for their own benefit, but for his own emotional solace.