Charlie Gard

[Magic]

Surprised someone like Rooney didn't jump on the bandwagon here to try and revive his England career. Great opportunity missed.

[Pleb]

Wouldn't made much of a difference if I'm honest.

Classic case of the parents not agreeing with the doctors. Sad really.

[Magic]

Wouldn't made much of a difference if I'm honest.

Classic case of the parents not agreeing with the doctors. Sad really.

Aye it would. Especially with his downgrade to Everton.

[Shindig]

Did he chip in when Maddie vanished? Anyway, not many parents get a "Sorry, bruv" from an acting Pope. Please don't spend the rest of your life acting as advocates for a cure.

[niko_cee]

Well, they've got to do something with all that donated money, and why not be well paid spokespeople for something no one really cares about forever?

I thought the way they signed off the court case was particularly underhanded.

[Offshore Toon]

Had to Google the name. Is this a thing now? Dead children in the news every week?

[Lewis]

I've done my best to avoid reading about this beyond having a very superficial idea of what was going on, and I think that my life has been all the better for it.

[Magic]

Had to Google the name. Is this a thing now? Dead children in the news every week?

Ffs he's been in he news constantly.

[Shindig]

I thought the way they signed off the court case was particularly underhanded.

Aye, very snide. I understand they were gutted by the decision but trying to slap the NHS on the way out was sour. They put their faith in two doctors who never even examined the patient. And ten percent.

[Alex]

I feel bad for saying this (and for thinking it every time I see him pictured in the news), but the Dad looks like a right wanker. I can't quite put my finger on it. He just does.

[randomlegend]

I can't imagine what it must be like to be a parent in their situation - and I could never blame them for what they tried to do in getting him treatment, even if they were 'wrong' - but I'm really glad the medical/legal system advocates for babies/kids in cases like this in this country.

[Offshore Toon]

Ffs he's been in he news constantly.
He hasn't been in my news feeds, though I do try to avoid reading about dying children.

[Spoonsky]

They remind me of the Broadchurch family a little.

[Boydy]

I've done my best to avoid reading about this beyond having a very superficial idea of what was going on, and I think that my life has been all the better for it.

That pretty much goes for all news these days.

[Spikey M]

I'd shag the mum

[niko_cee]

I've done my best to avoid reading about this beyond having a very superficial idea of what was going on, and I think that my life has been all the better for it.

And yet you are probably still far better informed about it that 99% of "Charlie's Army".

:face:

It was quite an interesting juxtaposition. When the saints of the NHS stopped "running towards the danger" (as I believe is the parlance of the times) and were challenged as being the cost-cutting baby-murderers we all know a system of socialised healthcare naturally gravitates towards, unwilling to give this sweet little brain stem a chance. I'm not really sure how they rationalised that one. I guess it must feel good when Donald Trump weighs in against you though, and the pope (lol).

I know they wouldn't do it, but they should publish the costs of fighting this in terms of how many nurses (also the fashion of the time) or other gravely ill children it could have helped. Multiple trips to the High Court and beyond must have cost a small fortune.

[Shindig]

Hearing the condition the lad was in (braindead, had no muscle in his arms, deaf, blind), I don't understand what life the parents thought they could give him. Nor what kind of money it would take for that life to continue.

[Henry]

Not acquainted with the details but I'm suspecting that the doctors had it right. Any time you have both Donald Trump and the Antichrist against you, you must.

[Raoul Duke]

And yet you are probably still far better informed about it that 99% of "Charlie's Army".

:face:

It was quite an interesting juxtaposition. When the saints of the NHS stopped "running towards the danger" (as I believe is the parlance of the times) and were challenged as being the cost-cutting baby-murderers we all know a system of socialised healthcare naturally gravitates towards, unwilling to give this sweet little brain stem a chance. I'm not really sure how they rationalised that one. I guess it must feel good when Donald Trump weighs in against you though, and the pope (lol).

I know they wouldn't do it, but they should publish the costs of fighting this in terms of how many nurses (also the fashion of the time) or other gravely ill children it could have helped. Multiple trips to the High Court and beyond must have cost a small fortune.

As ever: a win for the lawyers.

I saw a front page of one of the red tops calling him "our hero". Wut?

[Yevrah]

It's sad, but I'm not close enough to any party to be personally affected.

Which is about the beginning and end of it really.