It appears that the government are prepared to let a youg mother with leukaemia die because her sister, who is a perfect match, doesn't earn enough money!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-37656377
I believe there is a petition about this, somewhere.
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Where do I sign the petition?
Ridiculous and quite immoral.
You can sign the petition here:
https://www.change.org/p/home-...;utm_medium=copylink
Petition signed. 
Me too........and I added a comment.
When I signed it was about 1,000 short of 10,000. a wee while ago I looked in on it and it was over 10,500!
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Me too........and I added a comment.
When I signed it was about 1,000 short of 10,000. a wee while ago I looked in on it and it was over 10,500!
I added a comment too. 10,914 shortly after I signed. So the campaign seems to be moving along at a decent pace. I suspect the 15,000 mark will be hit soon.
I've already signed it...nothing and I mean nothing surprises me with this government. I hated Thatcher and what she did to industry and the working class...but the last six year have shown me how little this government cares for the elderly in care, the NHS, the poorest in society and the terminally ill...maybe she should get in touch with Branson, he's being allowed to buy great chunks of the NHS ....I can't really think about the tories without wanting to explode with rage 
El Loro posted:You can sign the petition here:
https://www.change.org/p/home-...;utm_medium=copylink
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I've already signed it...nothing and I mean nothing surprises me with this government. I hated Thatcher and what she did to industry and the working class...but the last six year have shown me how little this government cares for the elderly in care, the NHS, the poorest in society and the terminally ill...maybe she should get in touch with Branson, he's being allowed to buy great chunks of the NHS ....I can't really think about the tories without wanting to explode with rage
signed! What a disgrace.ïŋ―ïŋ―
Latest Figures.
17,409 supporters
Just got an e-mail to say the home office are going to let the sister in now!
Image copyright ACLT A woman undergoing treatment for leukaemia said she was "overjoyed" that her sister has been granted permission to travel from Nigeria to donate bone marrow.
May Brown from Weymouth, Dorset was told her sister Martha was a "10 out of 10" tissue match.
Martha was initially refused a visa to the UK because her income was too low.
The Home Office said it reversed its decision on her visa application due to "exceptional circumstances".
It comes after more than 61,000 people signed a petition against the refusal.
Image copyright ACLT Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill said: "I have carefully considered the case of May Brown and decided that her sister will be granted leave to enter the UK given the compassionate and exceptional circumstances."
Beverley De-Gale, co-founder of African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT), said Mrs Brown started a second round of chemotherapy at King's College Hospital in London last Friday in the hope the surgery would go ahead.
Got an email today telling me the above. Good news.
