Geoff Burrow demands ‘no more government delays’ following Doddie Weir’s death
. 21/09/2021. London, United Kingdom. MND Letter Delivered to No10. An open letter signed by hundreds of people with motor neurone disease MND is handed in to Downing Street. The letter urges the government to inject 50m into targeted research over five years. Among those delivering the letter to Number 10 are former assistant chief constable Chris Johnson, ex rugby players Rob Burrow and former Liverpool footballer Stephen Darby. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY xMartynxWheatleyx/xi-Imagesx IIM-22599-0001
Rob Burrow’s dad, Geoff, has called for the government to deliver on their promises following the death of former Scotland and British Lions Rugby Union player Doddie Weir from MND.
The government stated in November last year they would invest £50 million funding for motor neurone disease (MND) related research to find a cure, but action has yet to be taken on that promise with no funds released.
SO SAD to hear about Rugby Legend Doddle Weir 💙 a true champion and such a lovely kind human being RIP Doddle 🙏 SO NOW COME ON GOVERNMENT – cut all “Red Tape” 😳and give the so called “promises” of funding of £50 million over 5 years. NO MORE DELAYS PLEASE 🙏
— Geoff Burrow (@burrow_geoff) November 26, 2022
In a passionate plea on Twitter following Weir’s sad passing, Geoff Burrow tweeted: “SO SAD to hear about Rugby Legend Doddle Weir a true champion and such a lovely kind human being RIP Doddle 🙏 SO NOW COME ON GOVERNMENT – cut all “Red Tape” and give the so called “promises” of funding of £50 million over 5 years. NO MORE DELAYS PLEASE”
It comes after son Rob, who was diagnosed with MND in 2019, told the BBC that they ‘had blood on their hands’ for failing to deliver on their promises regarding the funds for MND research.
He said: “I’ve heard it is curable but underfunded in the past, with the money supposedly coming from the government, the money Kev has raised, over £6 million, would start it off but this Tory government has blood on their hands because it kills six people every day.”