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So there's a lot of news today, some of it, I think, quite frustrating. I'm more frustrated

with the news I think today than a lot of other people are on the right. I'll explain why that is

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charges of child abuse and possibly... Let's just start with this. If mom and dad were at home and they had a kid with a brain condition, and they were deliberately refusing that kid water,

they would be brought up on charges of child abuse and possible homicide.

Instead, because this is being done in a hospital, everybody says that it's okay.

But now Alfie's family has issued a statement.

Okay, the statement is this note to supporters asking them to stand down as they negotiate with the hospital.

Why? Because apparently, according to the UK telegraph, Alfie's doctors told reporters that

Alfi's parents must make a sea change in their attitude toward the medical system holding their son

hostage. Quote, instead, the judge said the best Alfie's parents could hope for was to explore

the options of removing him from intensive care to either a ward, a hospice, or his home. But a doctor treating Alfie, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said that for Alfie to be allowed home would require a sea change in attitude from the child's family, and they feared that in the worst case, they would try to take the boy abroad. I mean, there's an astonishing claim that somehow the parents have to evidence a sea change their attitude, it's their kid who's dying. When Alfie dies, which you probably will,

when Alfie dies, which he probably will, when Alfie dies, it will not be any of these doctors visiting his grave. It will not be any of the bureaucrats or the judges

visiting his grave. It will be Alfie Evans's parents who are going there to bring flowers and pray

for him. They're apparently devout Catholics. This idea that they have to change their

attitude toward the government demonstrates once again that this is all about treating the government

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