Statement by Chris Gard..Charlie's Dad..like they haven't got enough to put up with..
Charlie's army
I would just like to say that Alasdair Seaton-Marsden is NOT our spokesperson.
Despite repeated requests, he has continually expressed views and put out statements on our behalf (including one just a few minutes ago) which we have NOT consented to and do not agree with. He is not helping us and he is certainly not helping Charlie. All he has done is tarnish the reputation of two parents who have been trying to save their son and we are getting a stream of abusive messages because of it.
With regards to parents being harassed in the hospital, this was Alasdair getting other distressed parents to try and sign a petition which we were unaware of and would not of agreed with had we been aware. We have tried very hard not to involve other parents in our fight for Charlie as we know what a devastating place this can be for upset and anxious parents and they have enough on their plate without hearing about our problems too.
With all the stress we are under, the last thing we need is this man putting out quotes on our behalf which we do not and have not expressed.
We have always acted in Charlie's best interests and we have never slated gosh publicly, in fact we have been grateful to the staff for their care despite some conflicting issues.
All the quotes you read in the media criticising gosh, have come from him, not us.
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I just want to make that clear.
Further to my recent post, I would just like to clarify a couple of things.
It was agreed that Alasdair would read a statement on our behalf outside The Royal Courts of Justice, as I'm sure you can appreciate, after a very gruelling day in court, it is very difficult to then go and speak to the awaiting press. The statement he read out was run by us first and it was agreed that he would read it on our behalf. We were grateful and also happy with this.
Since then he has obviously got a bit carried away with himself and repeatedly appeared on various tv shows and done radio interviews without our consent and has continually come out with quotes which we would not and have not said.
Please only believe quotes that are from us or our actual spokesperson Alison Smith-Squire.
Thank you.
