Charlie Gard 17 re started

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Ok guys, we have been very lucky to discuss this, please lets not give anyone anything to complain about, Mhq have been more than accomodating.

I think JR must be late getting there.

Joshua Rozenberg‏Verified account @JoshuaRozenberg* 6h6 hours ago
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Gard: I’ll be covering and tweeting for @SkyNews again this afternoon.*

No, he's supposed to be there.

Wonder if media have been banned.

That Catherine Foster person isn't media.

Catherine Glenn Foster:
Pushing into courtroom.
BBC journo comfortingly to public: "Even on the worst day, everybody got in." (Often SRO.)
A calming voice!

To respond to someone's question earlier...I think that if the judge orders that today's proceedings not be made public, it doesn't matter whether Connie & Chris make a statement outside court...any mainstream media would be in contempt of court for publishing their words. So would anyone on social media but that would be difficult to police.

JR has fans in Italy too, if I'm understanding this correctly:

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Il giornalismo migliore sul caso di #CharlieGard. Bravo e grazie, @JoshuaRozenberg!

All commenting on CA appears to be turned off.

news.sky.com/story/live-parents-learn-if-charlie-gard-can-go-home-10962631

Think this is the live Sky thread:

news.sky.com/story/live-parents-learn-if-charlie-gard-can-go-home-10962631

That CA page. My God, I have to stop looking at it

I've made the mistake of looking at that page. It appears to be populated primarily by the wilfully ignorant. Painful and grotesque

Joshua Rozenberg:
Gard hearing to begin shortly. Grant Armstrong for parents preparing to address the court. Connie Yates behind him but Chris Gard not here.

room - there seems to be general medic chatter that - given the circs and the relatively short timescales, coverage for around 24 - 48 hours could be found from volunteer staff from outwith GOSH across the U.K. This is via colleagues and friends of DH's.

The feeling seems to be that volunteering would be acceptable if there was a court mandated treatment plan and that volunteers would be willing to do it as it would be in Charlie's best interests and also those of the existing staff who are currently in a horrible situation. Obviously if it helps the parents too, that would be very important but not top priority.

I can't comment about moving to a side room but, again they think this would be feasible and possible in that hospital and under these very specific circumstances.

I suspect C&C will want to go to the hospice anyway and won't be willing to listen to alternatives within GOSH anyway

JR's own twitter:
mobile.twitter.com/JoshuaRozenberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

He has just started tweeting.

JR:
Armstrong: Enquiries have been made about care possibilities. A former intensive care surgeon is on his way here to give evidence.

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Gard hearing to begin shortly. Grant Armstrong for parents preparing to address the court. Connie Yates behind him but Chris Gard not here.

Skylink now live.... news.sky.com/story/live-judge-considers-charlie-gards-future-10959647

...any mainstream media would be in contempt of court for publishing their words.

And this is what makes me shake my head. It stops any UK media. But I'm sure any statement will be easily available on media websites outside the UK.

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Armstrong: Enquiries have been made about care possibilities. A former intensive care surgeon is on his way here to give evidence.

JR:
Armstrong: we think we can provide private nursing staff. Some GOSH nurses have volunteered to assist.

Oh sorry Lapin.... I didnt see you posting. Shall I stop?

Oh dear God.

Although I completely understand why it's not nice for things like this to be done in the public eye, I also think it might be the best thing for GOSH if they are kept that way.

For example, if yesterday's proceedings had been private the fact that GOSH were willing to consider C&C's request but were physically unable to carry it out would have been misrepresented as "GOSH refuses request".

JR
Armstrong: we’ve been in touch with suppliers of ventilators who can deliver one within 24 hours. Judge: where is the doctor’s CV?

Vincent McAviney for LBC is also tweeting. He did a good job last time.

My words exactly Venus