Jonathan Dimbleby urges MPs to ‘get off the fence’ on assisted dying

Public opinion ‘overwhelmingly in favour of change’, says broadcaster as MPs debate law in Commons

Jonathan Dimbleby has urged MPs to “get off the fence” on the issue of assisted dying.

Public opinion was “overwhelmingly in favour of change”, the broadcaster said. After his younger brother, Nicholas, died with debilitating motor neurone disease, earlier this year, Dimbleby said the current law was “anachronistically cruel”.