Cancer patient Deborah James hits back: 'Every life is valuable'

When Lord Sumption told Deborah James (@bowelbabe), a teacher turned presenter with stage four bowel cancer, that her life was ‘less valuable’ than others in a TV debate, all hell let loose. Arguing we must not lose our moral compass in the pandemic, Deborah is also determined to change the way we talk about the disease

Maybe Lord Sumption, a former Supreme Court judge, is having second thoughts about his choice of words after this weekend’s BBC’s The Big Questions...