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  • Editorial Director, Politics and Polling, POLITICO
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an editor at Politico: data, interactives, politics, The POLITICO Poll • “…Liberty and Justice for all.” • Before: data x democracy at the Philadelphia Inquirer

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Burnham’s big gamble offers a big potential reward — if he can pull it off

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By Jonathan Lai Verified
| POLITICO Europe Verified
ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England — The data is clear: Andy Burnham’s path to No. 10 Downing Street runs through the most difficult political terrain he could have chosen. Voters across the United Kingdom have fled Labour since the 2024 general election, instead embracing the populist right Reform UK Party and its anti-immigrant message. That’s turned many strongholds into politically dangerous waters for Labour — and Burnham has picked the constituency that’s the hardest of the lot for him to win.
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Opinion: Canada should stop the expansion of MAID for mental illness — once and for all

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By Jonathan Lai Verified
| Vancouver Sun Verified
Breadcrumb Trail Links Home Opinion Op-Ed Canada should not respond to unmet needs, trauma, isolation and system failure by continuing the expansion of assisted death, writes Jonathan Lai. Photo by GEOFF ROBINS /AFP via Getty Images More than 90 disability and mental health organizations, including Autism Alliance of Canada, have called on Parliament to permanently halt the planned expansion of MAID for people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness.
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Opinion: Canada should stop the expansion of MAID for mental illness — once and for all

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By Jonathan Lai Verified
| Prince George Post Verified
Jonathan Lai: What began as a narrowly framed end-of-life exception evolved into a system that places disability at the centre of eligibility debates. •   • Canada should not respond to unmet needs, trauma, isolation and system failure by continuing the expansion of assisted death, writes Jonathan Lai.
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