Daughter of Dame Esther Rantzen 'wishes she was Scottish' for assisted dying law

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Rebecca Wilcox appeared on Good Morning Britain to talk about her mum’s battle with stage-four lung cancer and why she’s campaigning for people to have the right to die.

The daughter of terminally ill veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen has said she 'wishes she was Scottish' ahead of Holyrood’s assisted dying debate.

Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. "Because obviously, who knows how long mum has left, but she doesn’t have enough time to move to Scotland to be there for a year, plus this bill probably won’t go through until next year. "Things are not certain, but I think we can pretty much say that won't help my mum and it won't help lots of people who are going through what they're going through today.

 

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