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https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mum-who-flew-4000-miles-27505254

Combo fail/wtf too I reckon.

Not to go all Dailly Mail, and obvs feel really sorry for their children, but the whole thing is epic examples of entitlement and selfishness. Nothing the authorities have done seems unreasonable, and the story reeks of a news story to accompany their gofundme.

There's also a heavy editorial slant there to heighten the emotional tension, especially the quote 'We are essentially stateless'. If you read the article all the way through it seems as if they just have to wait for the result of the DNA test and all is good.

Also, I presume they went all the way down to the Caribbean to ensure that the water the baby was born into was close to human temperature? From personal experience, I got infected by an antibiotic resistant strain of staph (IIRC) in Florida exactly because the water temperature allows such microorganisms to survive without a human host. Supposedly the sea water in Miami sustains a near permanent presence of bacteria that normally should only infect by direct contact between humans. So yeah, give the kid a natural birth and and you also expose the kid and the mother to medieval levels of health risk.

Great Instagram pics though

Of my foot turning read and swelling to almost double size? Sure I'll DM you.

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I meant the Caribbean kid....but yeah...let's see it

Please fill out a form to oppose closing railway ticket offices
https://www.transportfocus.org.uk/train-station-ticket-office-consultation/

nhs england offering to take extra patients from wales and scotland while having 7mn people in their own waiting list

smacks of .... look over there at the mess they're in ... distraction tactics

In response to how will the closure of ticket offices affect you, I wrote "I won't be able to buy a train ticket from the train station" because in its simplistic form, this is what some people will find is what happens

it seems as if they just have to wait for the result of the DNA test and all is good.

That's basically it and they're not happy with the speed of Grenadian bureaucracy.

The ideas some folks get in their heads… Not glad it’s shot them in the foot but I don’t feel much pity either, except for the children whose financial prospects are now worse, and for the daughter who might be young enough to develop abandonment and resentment issues.

Serves them well. Taking a long haul flight to give birth? FRO

Or- we're all a bit fucked, and you're more % fucked than we are. The least we can do is vaguely try and help out, considering no-one else can. Considering the hiring challenges faced by NHS Scot/Wales - this is not a surprise.

Arguably more memorable an occasion than “just another” holiday?

Nah, it’s so fucking… actually I don’t have words for it.

Entitled, privileged, climate blind, irresponsible, foolish? Barring the irony of adding their grain of salt to the climate change that will affect their newborn’s life, it’s about as entitled as going on distant summer holidays, which aren’t as momentous as the birth of a child.

But then add to that the paperwork that they have wilfully created. And then complained about.

I have no issue with stupid people’s stupid actions biting them on the arse. Too often, stupid people end up rewarded.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66515278

You knew when they were pimping the old boy out and lapping up the TV interviews that they would be wrong 'uns

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Hadn’t realised that the old fella had died of covid, meaning someone likely passed it to him in person. What a mess.

If my memory serves me right, BA gave the family and holiday and he may have caught it during the holiday or on the flight.

This appears to be good news. I am totally behind anything that catches anyone dangerous driving:

An artificial intelligence (AI) camera system caught almost 300 drivers breaking the law during the first three days of its use in the UK.

The motorists were found to be using mobile phones or not wearing seatbelts.

The free-standing AI road safety camera is currently in use on the A30 near Launceston, Cornwall.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-66508840

Knowing AI, we'll soon find out it only snapped Black people.

Does AI have racist previous?