It would be a great pity if Deer and Godlee were never to be brought to court for their allegations. Any court would do, US or UK!! But funding is at the bottom of all court cases and boy does it eat money. Wakefield's insurance would not cover his one attempt to sue Deer in the UK, so it never happened there either, despite Deer's insistence that "it failed"..
You couldn't have put it any better. Money is the sole reason why Wakefield didn't appeal to court to clear his name, in the same way that Walker-Smith did. Walker-Smith had insurance that covered his court costs (Wakefield didn't, and couldn't pay out of pocket), and so W-S was able to show GMC 'trial' for kangaroo court of morons and boot-lickers that it was. A ship of drunken baboons wouldn't have made such mockery of a 'trial' any more twisted and illogical (but I'll leave the imagery to Silverblade . Btw surprise surprise most of bigwigs at GMC have very close links to vaccine manufacturers, either as paid consultants or shareholders.