Madeleine McCann And Spinning The New Labour Of Love
“DAVID Miliband was under fire yesterday on turning his back on the parents of missing Madeleine McCann.”
Is this the result of Gordon Brown’s no-spin policy, a departure from Tony Blair’s heart-on-shirtsleeve caring? No picture of missing Madeleine on Gordon’s mug of tea.
When Tony’s Chancellor, Gordon promised to help “in any way he could”. Back then the MPs in the chamber were wearing yellow ribbons. They no longer wear them. Have they forgotten or just moved on with a clean slate?
But Madeleine McCann is an ongoing tragedy. She’s not been found. So what’s changed? Was it mere exploitation back then, a mawkish and cynical move to show the carers in a good light?
Now we get what the Express calls “fury at Labour’s snub to family of Madeleine.”
Miliband is the new Foreign Secretary. His predecessor, Margaret Beckett, is said to have made “regular calls” to the McCanns to see how they were.
Amid war and famine Beckett found time to call the grief-worn McCanns and relay her feelings of sorrow. A source, said to be close to the McCanns, tells the Express that Beckett even broke off “important” calls to Washington to telephone Kate and Gerry.
But not 41-year-old David Miliband. Not the country’s youngest Foreign Secretary since David Owen, 38, took the job in 1977.
Miliband has a child. Is the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, billed by the media as “every parent’s worst nightmare”, no longer so?
Says the source: “If I were Kate and Gerry, I would have expected something but there hasn’t been anything.”
Is this right? Do they really expect the new broom who represents the Government overseas to call them? And does anyone really care that Miliband doesn’t? There is talk of “fury”, but who is furious?
The Story So Far
If the McCann story were a novel, a mystery, we would be in the middle chapters, reading along because we have started the story and made a commitment to finish it. But the end is not in sight. It may never end. The story is getting tedious. How long do we stay with it?
Of course, the McCanns do not complain. They just want to keep their daughter’s name to the fore. And with no little success. They have already had more media coverage then, for instance, the five Britons being held by Islamists is Baghdad; countless other murders and heinous crimes that have not been reported so avidly.
And all is linked. The media are working with the McCanns. And the McCanns are working the media, or so they suppose.
This means the McCanns are being invited to fill column inches on the promise that anything they do or say will to keeping Madeleine’s name alive. Nothing is too wandering or tangential.
Here’s Gerry McCann: “It was heartening for Kate and I to learn of the release of Alan Johnston after almost four months in captivity.”
Anything and everything the McCanns do and say is newsworthy. But are we listening? And do we still care?
Posted: 6th, July 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (32) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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September 21st, 2007 at 1:15 am
this is meant 2 be a site 4 madeleine, for us to say wat we think, not for idiots like molly,labrador of truth & justice 2 take the piss & to talk about drink food and slaging people off. if u want 2 chat 2 each other use a chat room like every1 else does,
none of u seem 2 under stand, u prob dont have children ur selfs, the candels & ribbons, wristbands & all the other things that were made were not made just 2 help find maddie but were made so we dont forget about her, if it was any of ur children u would no what it feels like 2 loose a child,
not knowing if shes still alive or dead must be a horrible feeling 2 go through day after day, & the question do we still care&listen of course we still care, & listen, well i do everyday i look on the net for the latest news on maddie, i only hope& pray for her parents & family she is home & safe very soon
July 8th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
OK folks, I am truly sorry for being such a complete dickhead as to think for one minute that that post of mine, that complete load of dogshit, would fool anybody.
I must have been thinking for a moment there that you are all as fucking stupid as I am!!
I am an utter fucker, I know I am …..
July 8th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
EEeeeeh I am such a tit, I really am.
July 8th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Good morning everybody,
I am the newly appointed Moderator (offically ). My name is Themis, she who is atop the Old Bailey with her scales of justice.
I have started a thread in the Forums, so if anyone has any genuine grievences I can be contacted there. You will have to register to post there.
Some of my duties are to prevent libel cases, so I shall ask you now to think very carefully what you say before you post, read it through very carefully BEFORE you hit submit, and edit it then.
Here in Opinions, views are just that, you may disagree, of course you will, but your point can and will be made without rudeness, and in the Madeleine threads without accusation of insanity,paedophilia or other perversions.
There have been serious complaints about multiple user names and abusing other peoples user names, including Anorak’s own. This will stop soon especially after Mods and Admin have stepped in officially and exposed the violators for who they are.
Posting of any email address is to stop, if any are posted ,please do not use them in any circumstances as they could introduce virus’ to your own machine.
Thankyou for your attention
Themis
July 7th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
The chimps are out! one of them (the ugliest one) thinks I’m Gerry! More tapas for that monkey please, more sangria. Janet the chimp is on form today.
July 7th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Frances, have the pills kicked in yet, or are you still off the planet
July 7th, 2007 at 3:54 am
Anything and everything the McCanns do and say is newsworthy. But are we listening? And do we still care?
And Madeleine is still missing ……
July 6th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Hal, my Pal. Get me some chimps.
July 6th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Bring out the Chimps.
July 6th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Me too. I just had a shit.
July 6th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Better than you, ya fat cow.
July 6th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
I am the fresh prince of belair. We can be like father and son?
July 6th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Frances. You and I should be best friends.
We are both bottom feeding forum trolls.
July 6th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
I am deranged and have no idea what I am talking about. I’m not even sure I know who I am?
July 6th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Molly is a fat slag who cares for paedophiles. She is no friend of mine.
July 6th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
You lying bastard, it was me.
Cunt.
July 6th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
I have a confession to make.
I am a condescending and deliberately confrontation waker. I just can’t help mysefl!
I’m a bit of a loser with no mates, I’m obsessed with witchcraft (really) and causing fights in forums.
Please forgive me. I will try to refrain from being such a complete nobhead. I have spent time in a mental institution in the past. I find my outbursts difficult to control, but now and again I can find it in myself to apologise.
I am truly sorry. And I think you are all a bunch of cunts, especially Molly.
July 6th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Try the calamari, Molly and The Labrador of Truth and Justice. It’s delicious. Pass the sangria…. I was worried where the two of you were… if you hadn’t shown up, I’d claim you were abducted and start a Find Our Cynics campaign. Hal can help me do a video of Labrador’s “Candle in the Wind” which will be shown at all theaters, not just the ones showing Shrek, since we want maximum publicity. Oooh, here’s the waiter with more cured olives. Have some Molly and Labrador…
July 6th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Sangria? Yummy… roll out the barrel
July 6th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Vats of whine and lashings of mourn-porn. The ghouls are loving this.
I’d even buy wristbands myself if it would bring the child back to life, but it won’t. This is what the McCannonisation Committee don’t understand.
Fancy some sangria Molly? I’m parched!
July 6th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Nope, criticising Gerry and Kate isn’t bringing Madeleine home …. but nor are candles, yellow ribbons and public emotional masturbation, are they?
Interestingly it is bottled up anger that causes ulcers, so I’m good for some of that Tapas Gerry if there’s any going? How about another vat of wine to wash it down with?
July 6th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Anon
Don’t think that Marian is the usual one!
Maybe some people think Mr Miliband should in fact baby sit for the Mc Canns?
SmokeyJoe 22,the PJ strongly advised the McCanns not to go ott with their campaign as it would in their experience be detrimental to finding their child……
Its lack of patience for such foolish parents.
And hold the warfarin thankyou
July 6th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
I reckon they should feel fortunate that their other two kids weren’t snatched - what say you SmokeyJoe22 ?
At least they can save on school fees, and ballet lessons.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
[Marian Says:
July 6th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Did this Mr Miliband go to the Dr McCann’s College of good Parenting? Is he naive at best?
He has forgotten something close to all our hearts. Madeleine McCann. We want her back, we want her back now.]
Excuse me? As Foreign Secretary, Mr. Miliband has slightly more important things to do than personally search for this missing child — something Kate and Gerry aren’t doing anyway. Mr. Miliband has to ensure Britain’s security and restore the people’s faith in the government. He doesn’t have time to pray at Lourdes, visit the pope, or shuttle numerous friends and relatives to and from the airport in the Algarve.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
What is a tapas?
heard so much about them lately just wondered wtf they are.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Do these same gov’t people all make calls to the parents of all missing children in the country or keep personally checking on them regularly? If not, I don’t see how the McCann’s can feel anything other than fortunate for the attention they have already received. Regardless, I continue to hope Madeleine is found safe and soon.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
What do you mean no more fun? I’ve been banging away on the Mrs between Tapas for some weeks now.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Did this Mr Miliband go to the Dr McCann’s College of good Parenting? Is he naive at best?
He has forgotten something close to all our hearts. Madeleine McCann. We want her back, we want her back now.
Withhold the tapas and the guiness, Mr Brown there is no more fun to be had until Madeleine is returned.
July 6th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I’m sending some Tapas to the next cabinet meeting to get Maddie back on the agenda.
July 6th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I always wear a Maddie yellow ribbon.
July 6th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Of course we still care
Even the people on this site that make little jokes about things care
Almost everyone is angry at what her parents did by leaving her and her brother and sister
But this doesn’t mean that they don’t care about Madeleine and all the other missing children out there .