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 4:36 pm
582 ~ well stevo from one kettle to another… all i say to the mccanns is…when you open pandora’s box becareful as to what may come out…. as for the article I thought it was well written…just a tad niave…. what the net does is provide a forum to vent your spleen…. before the net we still vented our spill we just shouted at the tv instead… now we can shout at the tv’s and fk me other people can hear… whether they agree doesn;t matter…what matters is issues of importance are debated and from that comes our moral code…
here’s a moral challenge to all those who think the mccann’s were not guilty of neglect in leaving 3 youngs kids in an unloacked room in a foreign country.
If you happen to hve young kids all the better for this test:
For 1 night only ~ Leave your own kids in the same circumstances… go on
I dare you….
But some how I doubt anyone will take up the challenge… why because thats the true test of negligence…. doing [or in the alternative not doing] something that ordinary reasonable people would not do [or in the alternate do] faced with the same circumstances…
September 18th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
574
I can hardly believe that the stupid woman likens leaving 3 tiny toddlers alone to leaving the burglar alarm off when you go out.
“If you don’t turn on your burglar alarm and get burgled do you deserve it?” She asks after pondering the sanity and empathy of people saying “that if they left the children alone, they deserve everything they get” and “they don’t know how they would feel, they have never been in that situation”. (NOT quoted verbatim)
BECAUSE MS INDIA KNIGHT, WE DO NOT LEAVE OUR YOUNG DEFENCELESS CHILDREN HOME ALONE.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
This guy is so funny but he is voicing what I am thinking.
WARNING (lots of offensive language)
I give this guy 10 out of 10.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JcRCpcJnuW4
September 18th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Footnote: 79 yr old Swede Ingvar Kamprad, the founder and owner of IKEA is not even in the top 20 list.
But if you’re looking to find a Swede who is, check out this guy:Stephan Persson
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Stefan-Persson_XM99.html
Apparently, the greatest wealth is stil remainsl in the technology sector.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
I think the press/pjs are letting us do all the detective work
we have a theory next day someones using it
we are the sources
September 18th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
579 - SSS
You’re right in that you never like someplace 100% but for me, I thought I might as well pay half (or less) than what I paid for things in the UK.
Oh…and I have awesome weather all year round.
Yes, I miss Colemans Mustard and Yorkshire Pudding etc. but the UK has a lot to answer for these days.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
577
Luckily for me I remembered my French (not that I’m implying you didn’t) from school, a quick refresher course and I’m sorted!
September 18th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
403 karen
“Have you overdosed on coffee or something? You seemed sane a couple of posts ago.”
Quite the reverse - NEED Coffee! Thanks, I think!
September 18th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
574 - impressed
Isn’t it a case of the pot calling the kettle black with a newspaper telling us forum posters we’re guilty of something?
September 18th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
American Bill Gates is the winner 9 years in a row.
Whoever said Abromavitch - I won’t embarrass you - but he’s a mere #16.
http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/07/billionaires-worlds-richest_07billionaires_cz_lk_af_0308billie_land.html
September 18th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Was there neglect on previous nights? There are leaks/reports of them dining much further away “down in the village” without their children. Fictional ? Still on the “same property”? I don’t want this covered up. I want the facts found and known, regardless of any postulated mismatch between law and morality.
For the sake of little children being left alone by British parents everywhere, these facts need to be known.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
566/569
I have dual nationality (British/Australian) and went over to live in Australia for a while before I had kids, but I love the UK and couldn’t consider leaving! I agree, the government DOES let us down, but isn’t that true of a lot of governments? Which citizen can say they are 100% happy with the way their country is run?
(I am sure suddenly reams of people will make their opinions heard now!)
September 18th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
(552) That’s not actually true about Spain. I’ve lived here for 30 years and I don’t know a single other British person. In fact, I don’t know a single English-speaking person.
What is true is that the Spanish family is not what it was. With both parents working (and many office jobs can go on until 7 or 8 at night), children are very much left to their own devices and there is a high school failure rate. Most Spanish families can no longer afford the domestic help they had before and may have to rely on illegal immigrants who don’t speak much Spanish to watch the kids. Also a lot of alcohol problems with adolescents, in spite of the fact that there is now a law that prohibits drinking alcohol in the street. This is, I think, partly because parents have always (and still do) give minors wine at special events and never realised that this could open the door to something more dangerous.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
562 - Veres
I’d be living in the south of France now if I could speak French more fluently. I love it there.
The USA isn’t so bad though. At least I can go out without worrying about hoody gangs or hearing the F-word in normal day-to-day public conversation like you hear in the UK.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
573
Isn’t that post libelous, ah, I read it again, it’s true allegedly
September 18th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
When they’re found guilty Gordon Brown should resign, he supported them so his judgement should be brought into question.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
dear all…if you’re bored during the news lull then you could do worse than read this article….
not only are the papers watching you … they are even quoting you..
[ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2459924.ece ]
when you become part of the story rather than commenting on it ….well what can i say…
September 18th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
that would take the bisquit
MC CANNS SUE ANORAK POSTER OVER DUBIOUS THEORIES SURROUNDING MADELEINES DISAPEARANCE
can we sue them for being distasteful selfish negligent self obssessed bastards!!!!?
September 18th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
570
I read somewhere he’d gone above Bill Gates so he’s gotta be up there.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
565 Different Strokes for different folks I guess, but then surely had you all have eaten together then from a young age you would have liked the same kind of thing?
I was brought up where the whole family ate together - we hate each other now LOL - and have brought my family up that way. The oldest boychild phoned yesterday actually and said he was missing the dinners! Although, that could be because he’s too lazy to cook!
September 18th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
531 - Last time I checked, the Sultan of Brunei was and has been the richest guy on the planet for sometime. Check out Forbes 400 and Fortune 500.
http://www.forbes.com
http://www.fortune.com
Since he’s got “funny money” - I don’t know if the Sultan qualifies on the Business Executive status list. But I think it takes everyone’s money at face value.
The IKEA guy is NOT the richest man on the planet. That I’m quite sure of…it’s not a Swede.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
562 - SSS
You’re not wrong there. Parts of the UK are as nice as anywhere in the world. I come back 5 or 6 times a year but I despise the way the nation has fallen on the bones of its arse through ineffective and weak government.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
yes––I think I know what they’ll tell the twins when they are old enough to understand: don’t bank with Northern Rock
September 18th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Moderation said:
“I’ve mentioned before, the PJ said way back in the beginning that because the family were on the property where the children were no offence was committed…. maybe they lied? Oooops I forgot, the PJ don’t lie!”
Now this really is important in my opinion. I have never heard this before. I seem to remember a reported PJ statement to the opposite. Do you have any link, url, or other backup for this statement, please, Mod ?
Logically it seems to be nonsense, dependent totally on the meaning of “same property”. Some people own estates of hundreds of acres, or houses with outbuildings and roome hundreds of yards apart. The Mark Warner complex is at least a mile across. Doesn’t make sense.
But if the PJ are reliably reported to have made any statement that a prosecution for child neglect cannot succeed, I’d really like to know.
If it’s true, with all this visible pressure and interference in the legal process, I predict the the suspects will walk free, guilty or not. Child neglect was the only thing that seems absolutely clear morally, and the hope of many of us was that it is clear legally too.
A suspended sentence would do if innocvent of other matters - but in order to maintain the reported sudden improvement in child care by Brit parents abroad, some sort of visible punishment is surely required.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
562
I’m looking to get out of this place as soon as I can. The South of France calls me, might even try get citizenship.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
559. I left school two years ago. In our school it was still called Home Economics and we did budgeting, dressmaking, cooking, the lot.
And I’ve never had dinner with my parents, apart from Christmas and on holiday (McCanns take note) due to us all liking different things - it doesn’t matter because we’re a family of gossips. I’d love to keep stuff secret from them but if it’s a good story I always end up yakking.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
555 - impressed
Thanks for the amazon link. I’ll check that out.
I could write all day about bad parenting. I get so ticked off when I hear parents say that raising children is a full time job. No it isn’t. It’s called being a parent. You don’t get paid to raise your children and if you don’t want children then don’t have them. But, if you do choose to have kids then make the best damn job of it you can because you don’t get more than one attempt at raising a child through to being an adult.
There is no book of rights and wrongs but instinctively a good parent knows you have to develop eyes in the back of your head and you have to look after them BEFORE you think about what you want yourself. The McCann’s were selfish on May 3 and apparently they were selfish on previous nights.
I wonder what they will tell their twins when they’re old enough to understand?
September 18th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
terrible to see that the mcnabbs are in discussion with a film company to make a hollywood movie about the disappearance of little Mandy. How low can people stoop? Apparently it’s to be set in Australia and involves a dingo or something. Russell Crow and Cate Blanchett have been lined up to play Frodo and Sarah.
September 18th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
554/558
I don’t holiday abroad, I do actually think parts of the UK are absolutely gorgeous, so we bought a holiday home in the UK and the kids love going there, plus we get to go every weekend too
September 18th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
558
I agree about Magaluf etc etc. Those places are lost forever, the same can be said of many Greek resorts/ islands. Thank god Italy’s too expensive for the average lout.