MMR JUDGE FAILED TO DISCLOSE HE WAS BROTHER OF Glaxo SmithKlineDIRECTOR AND LANCET BOSS
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From: Mark Probert on 21 May 2007 23:41 Johnny, it still does not prove causality. Your buddy Wakefield caused injury and misery with his purchased lies. JOHN wrote: > completely ignored by the media > > > "JOHN" <john(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:heOdnbDgnZECR6DbnZ2dnUVZ8s6gnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> MMR JUDGE FAILED TO DISCLOSE HE WAS BROTHER OF Glaxo SmithKline DIRECTOR >> AND LANCET BOSS >> >> Just three days ago I discovered while going over the records for 2004 >> that the judge, Mr Justice Davis (aka Sir Nigel Anthony Lamert Davis), who >> had dismissed the appeal over the removal of funding of the MMR litigation >> by the Legal Services Commission was the brother of Lancet proprietor (CEO >> Reed Elsevier) Crispin (Henry Lamert) Davis who at the time had also >> recently become a non-executive director of Glaxo SmithKline. Though this >> has not been reported in the media the following press announcement was >> issued by the judiciary yesterday afternoon: >> >> "In 2003 Mr Justice Davis's brother was appointed as a Non-Executive >> Director of Glaxo SmithKline, a company which was formed as a result of a >> merger with Smith Kline Beecham. At the date of the hearing before Davis >> J, the possibility of any conflict of interest arising from his brother's >> position did not occur to him. >> >> "If he was wrong, any possible remedy must be sought from the Court of >> Appeal." >> >> Former litigants should complain without delay to the Office for Judicial >> Complaints, focussing on the GSK conflict. Clearly if the judge had said >> at the time that his brother was a director of GSK but he intended to hear >> the case anyway his decision would have been regarded with a great deal >> more scepticism: >> >> http://www.judicialcomplaints.gov.uk/ >> >> They should also write without delay to their MPs, and they should contact >> anyone they know who was also party to the litigation, and draw their >> attention to this notice. It is very important that as many people do this >> as soon as possible. >> >> People may like to note the sequence of events: >> >> 1) July 2003 Lancet proprietor Crispin Davis become a non-executive >> director of MMR manufacturer Glaxo SmithKline >> >> 2) February 20, 2004. The Lancet throws Andrew Wakefield to the wolves for >> tenuous reasons. He is dragged through the mud by the BBC and Sunday Times >> for four days. >> >> 3) February 27, 2004. Mr Justice Davis dismisses the litigants appeal for >> restitution of funding. >> >> 4) June 2004. Crispin Davis knighted by the Blair government. >> >> John Stone >> >> > >
From: Jeff on 22 May 2007 18:37
Kevysmom wrote: >> While the media will occasionally blat out a story, they know who >> their daddy is...and they won't tick him off too much. The only >> really remotely honest show I've found on TV is on PBS called "Now". > > > Is this the reason the Bush Administration has been trying to stop > funding PBS? PBS and NPR tend to be rather liberal. I guess it is not a very conservative idea to pay for quality broadcasting, as the members of the individual NPR and PBS stations do. Jeff |