tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post6954086232164795860..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Charlie Gard - Farage Is A DisgraceTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-56126554120759706722017-07-26T00:04:17.473+01:002017-07-26T00:04:17.473+01:00It baffles me that an MEP lacks understanding of t...It baffles me that an MEP lacks understanding of the most basic principle in our constitution, namely that the courts are entirely separate from the state.<br /><br />As for the notion that only parents should ever decide what happens to their children - on that basis we'd better pardon Baby P's mother, and the likes of Rose West and Karen Matthews.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963024645745725671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-37606854443986144172017-07-25T16:18:40.782+01:002017-07-25T16:18:40.782+01:00I assume Farage has explained to the parents that ...I assume Farage has explained to the parents that he thinks they should pay for their child's treatment, rather than it being free at the point of use? Pat Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052759128423681613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-46720610273662880062017-07-25T14:35:54.901+01:002017-07-25T14:35:54.901+01:00Nigel Falange. "Deepest thoughts....and getti...Nigel Falange. "Deepest thoughts....and getting your ankles wet"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-29194922581233386662017-07-25T13:51:06.303+01:002017-07-25T13:51:06.303+01:00It seems to be another example of the recent lack ...It seems to be another example of the recent lack of faith in experts, and the belief that the views of thousands of social media users should decide the fate of a terminally ill child. <br />And while I sympathise with the parents, they started the ball rolling. They were reported yesterday as believing that the 'treatment', if started months ago, would have made him a normal healthy child. That was never possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-26981723440372057602017-07-25T11:19:01.633+01:002017-07-25T11:19:01.633+01:00Yet another demonstration that Mouth-Like-A-Rip-A-...Yet another demonstration that Mouth-Like-A-Rip-A-Welly is just another tory.<br /><br />When the Eurononsense is resolved he'll be comfortably resettled in the usual thief's armchair.<br /><br />As for the "interference" by Yank "private" (read:profiteering spiv) doctors - What else should you expect from a nation that won't even decently look after all its own sick? A nation where ambjlance crews can and do search for credit cards on a prone street casualty. That's what the tories want to inflict here too. Tories like Farage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-67889790808470389792017-07-25T10:59:11.066+01:002017-07-25T10:59:11.066+01:00Mr Justice Francis restated an English legal princ...Mr Justice Francis restated an English legal principle, that children have rights, separate from those of parents. To deny that, as Farridge does, is thorough-going paternalistic <i>(sic)</i> authoritarianism.<br /><br />As for Mr Fenton's headline for this piece, Farridge has long established his disgraceful nature.Malcolm Redfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907427518823910875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-64978026549957166822017-07-25T10:55:32.002+01:002017-07-25T10:55:32.002+01:00Nigel Farage: 'Bollock-faced foghorn of ignora...Nigel Farage: 'Bollock-faced foghorn of ignorance' Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-10075800570603485752017-07-25T10:46:39.610+01:002017-07-25T10:46:39.610+01:00And now it is revealed that the US professor takin...And now it is revealed that the US professor taking so much interest in the case has financial interests in the drug he was trying to publicise.Seems like the poor parents were being exploited even by him ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-58985908851306635382017-07-25T10:36:43.124+01:002017-07-25T10:36:43.124+01:00Agreed - and in any case, we can't always give...Agreed - and in any case, we can't always give parents carte blanche to make what choices they like about their children's future. I don't doubt that the parents in this case had the right intentions and were being exploited by Trump and co for their own ends, but not all parents do. How many cases of abuse have we seen by parents? So, yes, sometimes 'the state' needs to take decisions. David Austhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07984268619911877152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-81486480395927895492017-07-25T10:24:08.597+01:002017-07-25T10:24:08.597+01:00Children's rights.
There goes a complex notio...Children's rights.<br /><br />There goes a complex notion.<br />Yes, let's all let the state decide or journalists for that matter.<br /><br />No. Let's not.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com