that is typical of the energy and selflessness of doddie. i would like to express my condolences to doddie s family and also that staff at the foundation. and he certainly was a larger than life character, he had a huge personality, huge heart, and i have to say a huge determination to raise awareness about this disease and of course also millions of pounds for mnd research, so he was a little bit like his position in the scrum, he was a driving force in the united to end mnd campaign which was a collaboration with people with mnd, the main charities in the uk, the motor neurone disease association and mnd scotland, and also brought in leading neurologists and led to the government announcing last year that it would invest £50 million into mnd research in the coming