Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption today told a Stage 4 bowel cancer sufferer that her life was 'less valuable' than others.
Jonathan Sumption, who sat on the Supreme Court until 2018, made the comments while appearing on the BBC's The Big Questions this morning to discuss the cost of lockdown.
He told BBC podcaster Deborah James, 39, that her life was 'less valuable' than others because she suffers with Stage 4 metastatic bowel cancer.
Host Nicky Campbell invited guests to discuss the cost of lockdown and whether it was 'punishing too many for the greater good'.
Lord Sumption, who argues that vulnerable people should be able to isolate if they want while leaving the rest of the population to continue without lockdown, said: 'All lives are not of equal value - the older you are, the less valuable yours is because there's less of it left.'