Madeleine McCann: Clarence Mitchell Speaks, Make Madeleine History And Breastfeeding
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY MAIL pages 10 and 11: “Madeleine cried for 18 hours a day. Kate tells of the special bond forged in the painful days of early childhood.”
Kate McCann is speaking with Portuguese magazine Flash!. This interview took place before Kate McCann was named as a suspect in Madeline’s disappearance. Kate says the first six months with Madeleine were “very difficult”. Madeleine had colic. “I had to carry her around permanently,” says Kate.
What does it mean, this interview that has “emerged”? That what you tell magazines can be taken out of context and used in evidence against you, or something else?
THE TIMES page 9: “McCanns go straight to the top in search for powerful backers.”
Gordon Brown is being kept abreast of the investigation on Kate and Gerry McCann, possibly by reading the British press and watching the news bulletins.
(Is any MP still wearing a yellow ribbon?)
The McCanns have a new spokesman. He’s called Clarence Mitchell. He resigned as head of the Government’s Media Monitoring unit to take this new post.
Mr Mitchell once offered: “There’s a whole level of debate taking place online which simply didn’t exist before and departments feel they need to be fully engaged in that.”
Look out for Kate’s blog.
DAILY MIRROR front page: “THE TIDE TURNS.”
“McCanns WON’T be ordered back to Portugal says Judge”
“Gordon Brown briefed on the case”
“New spokesman will declare Gerry and Kate innocent today”
Clarence Mitchell says: “They have nothing whatever to do with Madeleine’s disappearance.” And as the McCann’s new spokesman he should know.
Pages 4 and 5: “RAY OF HOPE.”
Madeleine has not been found but Kate and Gerry McCann will not have to fly back to Portugal for more questioning.
On the downside sales of the “Look for Madeleine” wristband are not going well in Portugal. In “LOCALS REJECTS ‘FIND HER’ BRACELETS,” this year’s Make Poverty History band is being turned down at a car boot sales in Praia da Luz.
Says one ex-pat: “It’s as if they want to forget something so horrible happened.” Or buy something less with their money?
Says another: “We can’t understand how they can carry on jogging after losing Madeleine. Gerry went to a hairdressers a few weeks after she disappeared and continued tennis lessons. The Portuguese feel they should b hysterical.” But not the British, who understand reserve…
THE SUN front page: “MADDIE COPS SLAPPED DOWN. KATE BACKED BY JUDGE. Mum won’t be hauled back to Portugal.”
Judge Pedro Anjos Frias rejected Portuguese police calls for the McCanns to return. “He is thought to have ruled the case to flimsy to justify the move.” Or, to put it another way, he has not received sufficient evidence to be convinced of the need for a trial.
Pages 4 and 5: “COPS CASE COLLAPSING.”
And: “McCanns tell Brown: We have solid defence.” Gordon Brown’s reaction to this news is not known.
THE INDEPENDENT page 32: Thomas Sutcliffe says the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been “yoked by journalists to another kind of story – the primal faction of fairytale”. Here “the beautiful child is swallowed by something that has emerged from the dark”.
It is, is it not, every child’s worst nightmare.
Page 4: “Kate McCann ‘will not be reinterviewed in Portugal’.”
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE POLICE CASE FALLS APART.”
“Judge refuses to recall the McCanns”
“Impossible to detect sedatives in hair”
“But slurs against the parents continue”
Slurs?
Pages 8 and 9: “My struggles to control Madeleine – BY KATE MCCANN.”
As told to Flash! magazine. The twins arrive. “The worst thing is that she started to demand lots of attention, especially when I was breastfeeding them.”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE ALL SEVEN McCANN PALS IN FRAME.” The seven dwarves, to continue Mr Sutcliffe’s analogy?
“Cops set to name them as suspects.”
Pages 6 and 7: “BRIT PALS ALL SUSPECTS.”
The Tapas 9 are in the frame. This will put the lid – the tapas – on the case. Right?
“Maddie cops jet to UK as group face grilling” – Portuguese police are “planning” to come to the UK to continue the investigation. British police will conduct interviews.
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 8: “McCanns to be interviewed by British police.”
Kate and Gerry are also keen to reach Gordon Brown. A source tell the paper: “The McCanns do not expect help or influence to be exerted on their behalf but want to get messages to the very top that they are innocent.”
Does Brown read the Telegraph?
THE GUARDIAN page 35: “Never mind the high street: Branson sells his Virgin Megastores.”
No mention of Madeleine McCann, granted, but this news one day after Branson pledged to help the parents clear their names looks like interesting timing?
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September 18th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
313. I think the dingo should replace the Scottie dog - the dingo is now an honorary member of Team McCann (also I think he did it).
September 18th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Would a better games spin off would be a version of buckaroo - the game where you keep on putting stuff on the donkey’s back until it bucks - the stuff in this case could be increasingly far fetched theories as to their gulity until the McCann donkey finally bucks.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I think all these people like Branston etc are just jumping on the publicity bandwagon.
Can I buy shares in NcCann Ltd?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
auntie Phil could live at gatwick airport in one of the hangers
September 18th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
get on the tv again card
yellow ribbon instead of car
smelly cat instead of hat
September 18th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
305 moderation
Reading this lot, do you ever feel like banging your head against the wall in despair at how inconvenient ‘facts’ seem to be ?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
well there the villas and bars to own
September 18th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
301 - Pixie. Good article. It is the publicity that’s the main problem. It’s made them look extremely odd.
308 - Brandon Flowers. It isn’t just you. I think she looks like Rose West’s girlfriend.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Expanding on the “Madeleine Monopoly” idea…
There would be no “Go To Jail” card. Instead it would be a “Arguido” card. To combat it, you could trade a “Martin Brunt” card from the pile of “Madeleine Fund” cards (Community Chest).
Let’s have more ideas on this…at least injecting some humour into it breaks the monotony…
September 18th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
288
SSS
Hm remote working might be a possibility, you can always dial in and do your work that way. Would prefer someone internal though to be honest.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
306 - Anonymous the 1st
Yes, indeed. This could be bigger than Thomas the Tank Engine.
We have all the characters for a complete toy system.
There’s fat people, skinny people, ugly people, smarmy people, etc.
Because it’s almost October, we’ve probably missed the Christmas period for this year but in 2008, I bet there’ll be a “Madeleine Monopoly” and a Top Trump card set featuring everyone. Who would be the Joker? Plenty of candidates for that eh?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
300 teddy you going soft or what
September 18th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
305: It’s possible they refused to answer some questions – according to Gazeta Digital:
http://gazetadigitalpraiadaluz.blogspot.com/2007/09/why-clarence-mitchell-is-lying.html
Quote:
If the McCann’s were willing to fully cooperate with Police, they would answer to all questions Police asked them, while they were in Portugal. They were named formal suspects, because they refuse to answer to questions police asked them. That’s the Law, in Portugal: You only became a formal suspect when you refuse to cooperate with Police and you refuse to answer questions. So, Clarence Mitchell is lying, when he says that the McCann are and always have been willing to cooperate with Police and clarify anything.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Is it me or does Tanner look evil?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
295 - Anonymous the 1st
Re: Martin Brunt. It would be easy to write a descriptive rhyming poem with his surname wouldn’t it?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
297 Stevo
No doubt there are future opportunities with “Brand Madeline”…..a bit of business savvy wouldn’t go amiss.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Maicen 272 It was the Portugese prosecutor who refused the PJ’s request as there was insufficient evidence to rquest their return… the questions that need answering are not because she didn’t answer them but because they want to put them to her again.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
276 Chopper now there is an idea, and Tony Blair can play GM in that movie.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
139 rab
The link regarding the McCanns finances:
http://tinyurl.com/22t2vs
Yes they did say they would not be leaving without Madeline. Later they said essentially that they had reconsiderd and thought it would be best for the twins to return homeand a stble environment. They did NOT make this decision after they were questioned and charged, thay announced it before any suspicion was levelled against them
September 18th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
133 - Real Stig
Good points about finances etc. but unless you’re well connected and look to have the ability to pay someone for services rendered, they wouldn’t look at you. I for instance would have no chance at recruiting Pinochet’s ex-lawyer and not many other people would be able to either.
How many people who lose a child can talk about phoning “Gordon” to have a chat with him. On the one hand we hear the McCann’s are normal people albeit doctors and then they act like they’re Hollywood superstars in touch with the highest of society around the world.
It’s behaviour like that which prompts people to think of them as narcissistic. And by definition, they truly are.
What happened to being humble?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
299 i get nervous and suspicious whenever i make a withdrawal
( then i do live in west london)
Do they get crossed drafts, or cash?
i wonder
can you imagine “the computer says no” type cashier loudly counting two fousand five hundred and fifty six…………………….
September 18th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Very interesting article ” Sorry tale’s just spinning out of control”
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/columnists/gail-walker/article2974525.ece
…Mr McCann, we are reliably informed, has personally rung some editors to state his innocence.
…But one of the strange aspects of the case is that the perception of innocence or guilt is almost being determined by the magnitude of the law firms and QCs on one side and the Prosecutors and Judges on the other.
For every ordinary legal functionary doing their job in Portugal, there is almost a celebrity on the McCann side. In addition to Sir Richard Branson forking out on legal fees, one of their ‘top lawyers’ is none other than Michael Caplan QC, formerly hired by one Augusto Pinochet to fight extradition.
…Ex-hack Mitchell has lots of experience. But he is a government man, and the move will only spark more controversy and conspiracy theories.
…One problem for Team McCann is that the sophisticated Noughties’ public recognises when a story is being ‘managed’. Even though it also knows there may be perfectly good reasons why that may be so, the device jars. Getting the message across can easily, if unfairly, translate into: what are they hiding?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Maybe someone who knew them and how they were, removed the child for it’s own safety.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
# brandon flowers Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
i wonder how many hoodies are round the corner of the northern rock banks?
Ha ha ha I wondered that myself watching C4 news last night…..esp as it is the super savers who are drawing out…!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
285. I think it’s the only rational explanation. I’ve modified my Rosary to reflect this momentus visitation.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
289 - Anonymous the 1st
Yes, true.
I have a feeling that Branson is keen to sign up the McCann family as his media/PR team managers if he sets up a new business empire. He can’t fail to have noticed that these people are better at manipulating and controlling people than anyone else since Adolf Hitler.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
http://news.sky.com/skynews/home
for preggers video do the latest doing another public announcement
for the lovelly request from 280 impressed
“Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine”
We took a walk that night, but it wasn’t the same
We had a fight on the promenade out in the rain
She said she loved me, but she had somewhere to go
She couldn’t scream while I held her close I swore
I’d never let her go Tell me what you wanna know
Oh come on, oh come on, oh come on There ain’t no
motive for this crime Jenny was a friend of mine
So come on, oh come on, oh come on
I know my rights, I’ve been here all day and it’s
time For me to go, so let me know if it’s alright]
I just can’t take this, I swear I told you the
truth She couldn’t scream while I held her close I
swore I’d never let her go
Tell me what you wanna know Oh come on, oh come
on, oh come on And then you whisper in my ear I
know what you’re doing here So come on, oh come
on, oh come on There ain’t no motive for this
crime Jenny was a friend of mine Oh come on, oh
come on, oh come on
September 18th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Wasn’t someone on here saying Martin Brunt was a fantastic journalist last week?
http://gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot.com/2007/09/blatant-lye-form-paul-harris-and-sam.html
September 18th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
259 Maria..not been to other forums so cannot comment.We are self employed but taking a breather as we are off to Latin America on holiday, and fact finding mission soon.So yeah have good life.. before ,during, and after, this saga dies.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
139 rab
in relation to the 22 questions:
http://tinyurl.com/yntbux
The forum censorship software only allows one link per post so link regarding finances to follow.