This week, Ben and Sally dissect the astonishing results of the US presidential election. We ask how Trump defied the polls to win a huge victory, what role the abortion debate played in the election, and Trump’s complicated relationships with evangelical Christianity.

References:

Election exit poll statistics from the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/exit-polls-2024-election/

Lifeway Research statistics on church leaders and voting intentions:

https://research.lifeway.com/2024/09/17/half-of-pastors-support-trump-but-many-are-hesitant-to-share-preference/

Pew Research Centre statistics on Christian voting intentions

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/09/white-protestants-and-catholics-support-trump-but-voters-in-other-us-religious-groups-prefer-harris/

‘Christ and the Culture Wars- Speaking for Jesus in a World of Identity Politics’, book by Ben Chang

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Christ-Culture-Wars-Speaking-Identity/dp/1527109763

The Rest is Entertainment podcast on ‘Virtually Parkinson’:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2m8KTODSsD0XQ0Hi5qZjug?si=617597ea79894e91

Ben and Sally return to the podcast to discuss the recent Assisted Dying Bill introduced to the House of Commons by Kim Leadbeater MP. What are the main moral arguments at play? And how can we, as Christian healthcare professionals, respond well?

Please note: The second reading of the Leabdeater Bill is 29 November 2024, not 15 November, as said in this podcast.


Resources:
Public perspectives published by the Complex Life & Death Decisions Group (Oct 2024): https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/assisted-dying-two-thirds-of-public-back-legalisation-within-this-parliament-study-finds

BMA Resources on the Assisted Dying Debate: https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/ethics/end-of-life/physician-assisted-dying

Advice from the Chief Medical Officers (Oct 2024): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assisted-dying-bill-debate-advice-to-doctors/assisted-dying-bill-debate-advice-to-doctors-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-and-nhs-england-national-medical-director

Report of the Health and Social Care Committee (Feb 2024): https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6906/assisted-dyingassisted-suicide/

Wes Streeting public statement (Health Secretary): https://news.sky.com/story/amp/wes-streeting-to-vote-against-assisted-dying-over-end-of-life-care-concerns-13239483

Shabana Mahmood public statement (Justice Secretary): https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/23/muslims-bradford-assisted-dying-bill

Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury public statement: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9dn42xqg4o

Kim Leadbeater and the slippery slope: https://youtu.be/35lU-SnGTpk?si=khl-i-2W8VdDwbpU

Care Not Killing: https://www.carenotkilling.org.uk

CMF: https://www.cmf.org.uk/dying-with-dignity-the-problems-with-the-latest-move-to-legalise-assisted-suicide/

Ben’s thoughts on Taylor Swift: https://licc.org.uk/resources/the-eras-tour-returns/