Grotesque and coming soon to a town near you?

Ugh. This is unbelievable. They withdraw fluids and inject morphine and then can't understand why the old guy is confused. He had a stroke but isn't worth keeping alive anymore, apparently. This is the new standard in England.

Mrs Munkenbeck said that her father was taken off an intravenous drip last week but she argues that he has as much of a right to life as anyone else. Although a spokesman for Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey says Mr Troake is not on the scheme "at the moment", it is likely he will be offered a plan of care for dying patients.

"We believe that he has been forced down this route. By withdrawing fluids he is now very weak and there's no going back from it," she toldThe Daily Telegraph yesterday.