If the Tories get in, the cuts they plan to social service budgets will mean that parents of disabled children may well end up losing their after-school clubs, nappies, respite services, occupational therapy support for equipment at home, etc etc.
While I can see that the Tory leader is an individual with a family and a desperately sad bereavement, I also think that it would be naive to assume that politically, the Tories won't try to spin David Cameron's new shot at paternity for all it is worth. And if they get back into power, I have got a feeling that David Cameron won't give a flying monkey's about me as an individual with a family, and how immeasurably more difficult he will make the life of my disabled little girl. And there won't be a damn thing I'll be able to do about it to avoid the impact of those cuts, because unlike the Camerons, I do not have the vast personal wealth that tends to make coping with difficult situations just that little bit easier
The Tories will still look after their rich friends while the rest of us are told to tighten our belts until we pass out- and their party machine will certainly use any means at their disposal to win the election, including this pregnancy.
As I don't personally know the Camerons, I did not assume that this thread would be expected to be a list of personal congratulations for them (perhaps somebody could have set one up?), but that it would include some commentary on what this news would mean for the Conservative election campaign. Yet people are getting upset and offended, as though we are only supposed to respond as "mothers" in empathy with a family who lost their disabled child? I bear David Cameron no ill-will whatsoever personally, but I can't see his party showing my family with a disabled and sickly child any empathy whatsoever. So when I hear news that to me means a likely boost to the Tory poll results, I do feel that I can comment cynically on that on the "In the News" topic, without being treated like a disgrace to message boards and mothers everywhere. Because the Tories will be more cynical in their use of this pregnancy than anybody.