There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious. Polly Toynbee childdifferencehand Change image and share on social
Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal. Polly Toynbee incapacityindignitypain Change image and share on social
People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. Polly Toynbee choosedeathdie Change image and share on social
How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions? Polly Toynbee artculturehistory Change image and share on social
But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. Polly Toynbee educationfaithgovernment Change image and share on social
Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability. Polly Toynbee influenceinstabilitylive Change image and share on social
My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of the weak morphine pills she had around her. When she knew she was dying I promised to make sure she could go at a time of her choosing, but it was impossible. I couldn't help. Polly Toynbee abilitybegchoose share on social
My Lords temporal, today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment, compassion and common sense. Polly Toynbee commoncompassionday Change image and share on social
In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it, plus 76% of Church Times readers. Polly Toynbee catholicchurchdie Change image and share on social
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. Polly Toynbee deathdiefear Change image and share on social
