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Critics of her measure have raised fears of coercion and a slippery slope to wider legislation taking in more people.

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But the virtual safety car turned into a full one, and then as that led the field around, a red flag, when Williams’ Franco Colapinto became the latest of several drivers to crash in the slippery conditions.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby told the BBC that legalising assisted dying was "dangerous", and could lead to a "slippery slope" where more people would feel compelled to have their life ended medically.

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He says it could be caused by fallen leaves "or sometimes you get very strange combinations of mist and rain that can end up creating a bit of an oily surface on top of the rail head and that’s extremely slippery".

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He has also spoken of concerns about a "slippery slope" - which Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has also warned of.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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