Deborah James: 'All life is valuable'
The co-presenter of podcast You, Me and the Big C has said Lord Sumption鈥檚 idea that some lives are 鈥渓ess valuable鈥� is a hideous concept.
Deborah James told 5 Live presenter Stephen Nolan: 鈥渁ll life is valuable and we value it all equally regardless of who we are鈥�.
Appearing on 麻豆社鈥檚 The Big Questions and arguing against lockdown for everyone, Lord Sumption had said he did not agree that 鈥渁ll lives are of equal value鈥�.
Deborah James, who has stage 4 bowel cancer, had replied 鈥淲ith all due respect, I am the person who you say their life is not valuable.鈥�
To which Lord Sumption added 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 say your life was not valuable, I said it was less valuable.鈥�
Deborah James told Stephen Nolan: "I think my only question back to Lord Sumption would be would he have said the same to his own children and I think we all have to remember that these decisions about old people young people they are all somebody鈥檚 loved ones and I think we can鈥檛 shy away from that fact."
