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01-26-2018, 09:50 PM
Politician's emotional speech about her cancer got a standing ovation in Parliament
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There wasn't a dry eye in the House of Lords yesterday afternoon when a former Cabinet minister delivered an emotional speech about her battle with cancer.*
Her moving words got a standing ovation, and has since been hailed (https://news.sky.com/story/tessa-jowell-receives-standing-ovation-in-lords-after-emotional-cancer-plea-11222524) "one of the most emotional speeches" heard in Parliament for years.
Tessa Jowell, who's undergoing treatment for brain cancer, talked about coming to terms with the end of her own life, and appealed to the government to back a new cancer treatment.*
SEE ALSO: The UK's new Minister of Loneliness to battle 'a poison to humans' (http://mashable.com/2018/01/21/uk-minister-of-loneliness-to-combat-health-problem/)
"For what would every cancer patient want? First, to know that the best, the latest science was being used and available for them," said Jowell.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/01/26/tessa-jowell-cancer-speech/)
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There wasn't a dry eye in the House of Lords yesterday afternoon when a former Cabinet minister delivered an emotional speech about her battle with cancer.*
Her moving words got a standing ovation, and has since been hailed (https://news.sky.com/story/tessa-jowell-receives-standing-ovation-in-lords-after-emotional-cancer-plea-11222524) "one of the most emotional speeches" heard in Parliament for years.
Tessa Jowell, who's undergoing treatment for brain cancer, talked about coming to terms with the end of her own life, and appealed to the government to back a new cancer treatment.*
SEE ALSO: The UK's new Minister of Loneliness to battle 'a poison to humans' (http://mashable.com/2018/01/21/uk-minister-of-loneliness-to-combat-health-problem/)
"For what would every cancer patient want? First, to know that the best, the latest science was being used and available for them," said Jowell.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/01/26/tessa-jowell-cancer-speech/)
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