Listening to what the electorate want …… ? They did it again!

20/05/2008 by Fly-on-the-wall.

The Daily Mail 20 May 2008.

Millenia of moral, religious and scientific belief were defied last night by MPs who voted to allow the creation of human/animal embryos.

In a landmark move which isolates Britain in the western world, they backed Government proposals which herald the dawn of a new era of experimentation. Despite fierce objections, politicians placed the need for greater medical understanding above the dangers of tinkering with the essence of life  -  even though many leading scientists argue that hybrid embryos are unlikely to bring promised cures.

Opponents warned that the decision had made Britain a ‘rogue state’ and pointed to 21 other countries where such moves had been banned. Catholic Church leaders have condemned the use of hybrid embryos as ‘monstrous’ and say tinkering in such a way is immoral.

Even fertility expert Lord Winston  -  who supports the Government’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill  -  has said it would not greatly matter if scientists were not allowed to engineer human/animal embryos for medical experiments.

But Gordon Brown urged MPs to back the work, saying it is a ‘moral endeavour’ which could save thousands of lives by producing treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

And Gordon Brown knows better than the experts. Having already made the UK the laughing stock of the world by their handling of immigration and the like, and having already made us the abortion capital of Europe, this government now force through this dubious thing which 21 decent nations have already rejected to make us the horror capital of the world - even though UK public opinion - “we will listen to what the people want” - was emphatically against it.

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