Madeleine McCann: Carlos Anjos Says, Clarence Mitchell Replies And The Daily Express Is Quiet
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE SUN: “Maddie cops snub”
Carlos Anjos, head of the Portuguese Police Federation, says: “There are bigger problems in the police”, than the case of Madeleine McCann
Says Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns’ spokesman: “Mr Anjos is entitled to his opinion but it is entirely unhelpful”
This the same Carlos Anjos who once noted:
“There is no criminal investigation which can feed a news frenzy for six months, so what we have seen are both English and Portuguese journalists behaving in a scandalous and unprofessional way. Writing terrible stories in the papers, some of which have clearly affected the McCanns… now we have to say that the McCanns are partly to blame for this. Because it was something they created”
And then one of the oddest lines yet seen in a newspaper:
“Meanwhile cops have ruled out a theory the four-year-old could have been snatched by Swiss pervert Urs Hans Von Aesch. He blew his chance in august after killing a girl of five”
Anyone care to explain that comment?
DAILY STAR: “FIND MADDIE? WE’VE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO. HEAD COP BLASTS McCANN SEARCH”
Says Mr Anjos: “There are bigger problems than the Maddie case”
Why the Star should appear shocked at this seem unclear, given the tabloid stories of paedophilia being rife in Portugal
Says Mr Anjos: “I am certain that all of my colleagues involved in the investigation are doing everything they can to discover what happened”
DAILY MIRROR: “Maddy’s ‘not our priority’”
Mr Anjos made his views known in Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas
MARI Luz Cortes – Still missing. Her father has posted a £110,000 reward, The paper reports that police are “scaling down the search”
DAILY MAIL: “Maddie? We’ve got bigger problems”
Says Mr Anjos: “But with respect, there are bigger problems in the Policia Judiciaria than the Madeleine case”
DAILY EXPRESS: NO MADELEINE NEWS – Which is the biggest Madeleine McCann news of the past six months
Madeleine McCann: hype, frenzy and speculation
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February 8th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
199 MrsT
Yes, if you were in another country. But, in thirty years in Spain, I have never felt the need to get in touch with the British consulate except to renew my passport. If you live permanently in a place, you usually choose other channels to seek assistance (unless there’s a coup or something like that). I’m not saying Murat’s not entitled to it, just that he may not have wanted it.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
199
MrsT
Absolutely
February 8th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
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man on a hill Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Why is the CN spin machine so quiet? Why the change of tactics?
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2 possibilities ??
- theyve been told to shut up and keep VERY low profile
- they are on holidays in portugal
Wait for next week……
February 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
188 coolandcalm
I have to disagree on that. I was a Spanish Resident but any help I needed came from the British Consulate and not the Spanish Consulate.
Could I also suggest you read the mccannfiles site. Under the heading Robert Murat it gives a resume of his life and the time he spent in Britain. I think you may find he lived and worked in Britain a bit longer than what you are suggesting.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
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jo Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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I don’t know what the hell the debate is about - if he holds a British passport he is entitled to British consular assistance - it does not matter whether he is on holiday or a resident somewhere abroad.
The only point is - did he receive the same amount of consular support as the Mccanns did?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I did ask the M&As to send it to you
February 8th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
185 Saturn
We do not know what brought together the shady or otherwise PDL ‘convention’ – probably organised/managed by BP for a client organisation(s). Stevo has very valid ideas as to what the subject of the gathering might have been. Frohlich. I would think, was there doing his job (and Tapas 10) when the GM’s-created maelstrom broke. He then had to call up the artillery. IMO
February 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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Julie
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dcb
As I have children with multiple nationalities -including brtish for 3 of them- I can firmly say Murat is totally entiltled to help and support from british embassy etc…
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The british recognise most dual nationals.At the age of 18 my kids have been through the normal channels: do they want to keep their multi national staus?reny one nationality? etc….they kept them all (more paper work for me!!!
Murrat has been well silenced ,had no help etc…..and I wonder why?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
man on the hill
packing for cuba?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
188 coolandcalm
I must say that, having lived in Spain for many years, if I had some kind of legal problem, I would hire a Spanish lawyer. I don’t think it would occur to me to ask for consular assistance.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Why is the CN spin machine so quiet? Why the change of tactics?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
No SC I didn’t
February 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Julie - I know the feeling. I am just shuffling paper too and looking at the clock. Unfortunatley I am the boss so it’s not a good example to set.
Did you get my email address?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Firestar… I subconsciously plagiarised your ‘paragon of virtue’. sorry!
February 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Firestar…. he is also the same person who, because he is openly gay, feels it is his duty to out anyone and everyone whether they want it in the public domain or not. It was he who outed Mandelson on TV and tried to name several MP’s with little or no proof.
I actually despise the bloke.
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Murat…. he is a Portugese resident……. imagine the furore if the Brit Government intervened on his behalf? He comes under Portugal’s care as a resident…. he was brought up there for heavens sake! He only spent a very short while in Britain.
Also, I was one of those who stood up for him against the initial villification however I also think it wrong to assume he is completely innocent and paint him as a paragon of virtue in this whole business!! definitely worth sitting on the fence on this one……….
February 8th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Doing great thanks SC, but would be even greater if it was hometime already
. I’m not cut out for this Friday afternoon work thingie … papers get pushed from one side to the other …. then land in the dustbin 
Anorak beats work any Friday afternoon (although the boss wouldn’t think so) 
February 8th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Brandon - Ive added ‘Streets of London’ to the site too, but have to click the link under the jukebox to play it.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
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Jez Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
125 Saturn
Your observations make a lot of sense. BP’s original on-site involvement and expedited back-up forces explain how the whole campaign, logo, websites, limited cos, promotional collateral were in place so quickly. BP probably unwittingly party to support of the ‘abduction’ programme. IMO.
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It could be an unwitting contribution. The most disturbing thing, though, is that Michael Frohlich of Bell Pottinger was in PDL from one week prior to May 3, 2007 This was reported in a PR news bulletin. The only reason given was that he was there “on a generic briefing”. What exactly that means I do not know. Does anyone know? Is this an innocent coincidence?
This could be a case of “revelation by omission” in that even though Frohlich was initially said to be the one who urged Mark Warner to get Alex Woolfall, yet Frohlich disappeared from the news media, into a black hole, and was forgotten.
I would guess that Michael Frohlich was there because Bell Pottinger was sponsoring most or all of the guests at that time (best case?), or because the “Madeleine McCann crisis began a week prior to the announced “abduction”. (worst case?).
I doubt that Frohlich was there for a reason totally unrelated, or otherwise that reason would have been stated clearly. But I could not figure out what “on a generic brief” meant.
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Reference:
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/656479/Mark-Warner-hires-Bell-Pottinger/
Mark Warner hires Bell Pottinger
PR Week UK 09-May-07, 17:31
Mark Warner, the holiday company at the centre of the Portuguese kidnap story, is using the Bell Pottinger Group for help with the crisis.
Head of issues and crisis management Alex Woolfall is on location in Portugal and reports directly to MD David Hopkins.
Mark Warner brought in Resonate on a generic brief a week before three-year-old Madeleine McCann was kidnapped from its Portuguese resort in Praia da Luz. MD Michael Frohlich then referred the firm to his parent company’s crisis specialist.
Frohlich and Resonate director Tricia Moon are helping liaise with the British Consulate in Portugal, the Portuguese Police and the Portuguese and UK media.
They are working with staff at Mark Warner’s Kensington headquarters.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Julie - so how are you today?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Old news I know, but it clearly states that Murat is BRITISH!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6656451.stm
A British man questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal is being treated as a suspect.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
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Chloe Spain Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
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As long as he holds a British passport he qualifies.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
firestar
ok
February 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
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coolandcalm
As far as I know as a dual citizen myself and if I was in need of official support I would get it anywhere on earth.I actually did as a matter of fact in the past.
Hence Murat qualifies for assistance.Of course,he didnt get it because he is not a GP and does not have the support from rich people around like the mcBigots…..
February 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
175 dcb
But I’m not sure if this is applicable if he is a citizen of the country where he is at the time he needs the assistance.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
174
annie1 Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
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I can recommend Specsavers.
dCb not deb
February 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
168 - me sneaky? noooooo…
February 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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mrs pigeon aka brandon f Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 10:26 am
matt
This is old but I have never read it.
From The TimesAugust 25, 2007
The forgotten victim in the McCann case
Our columnist on the disgraceful hounding of Robert Murat
Matthew Parris
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article2324200.ece
Worth a read till something better comes along
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matthew parris lives just down the road from me.
this paragon of virtue is the same matthew parris that used to work for thatcher, and once sent a woman who’d complained about her council house being damp and unfit to live in, a letter saying she ought to think herself lucky that the council supplied her with a house at all.
as defenders of the class system go, this guy is up there with the best of them.
pots and kettles yet again.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
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Julie Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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Exactly - part of the cost of a British passport is to pay for assistance abroad - he is British and qualifies.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Deb - 166
Interesting link - it seems that there are very few missing people in Portugal. The only other little girl listed was apparently taken by her dad and it would be her mother who reported her missing. Others on that page seem to have been missing for years and are mainly older folk. Nothing recent other that Madeleine - unless there are other lists of missing kids
February 8th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
161 coolandcalm
Assuming dual British/Portuguese nationality exists, which is probably the case (dual British/Spanish does not - some people have managed to get both passports but they are considered exclusively British by the British and Spanish by the Spanish).