Madeleine McCann: Irvine Welsh, French T-Shirts And A Halo
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
SUNDAY HERALD: “I don’t believe we get rewarded or punished, but I believe we have a responsibility to try to get the best out of life and make it comfortable for other people”
IRVINE WELSH arrives at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin carrying a holdall in two-tone, light beige leather; it gives the impression that he has just walked in from a picnic. Natural atrium light swamps his head and in a flash he’s almost on top of me, swapping his bag from one set of fingers to another and shaking my hand. His face contorts: he is an hour and a bit late and he’s sorry.
A halo?
Welsh’s jacket is reversible yellow. His T-shirt, in French, says “What would you do if this was the end of the world?” Well? “I don’t know,” he says, apparently uninspired by the question he is advertising.
Well, he could plug his new book: Crime:
“It’s the most difficult thing to write about,” says Welsh. “Child sex abuse tests the limits of our liberalism to the full. You have the whole idea of whether rehabilitation is possible or even desirable.” He was about halfway through the first draft when the Madeleine McCann story broke and forced him to stop writing for two months. “I couldn’t look at the novel or at the newspapers,” he says. “I thought I was never going to finish the book.”
Fact and fiction - can you spot the difference?
Posted: 23rd, June 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (318) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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June 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
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oops… just realised I’m responding to me. Oh well, maybe I made me laugh….
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:02 pm
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Julie Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Cheryl - quite frankly what did you expect? For Carmen to back down to you and your little digs? You have taken quite a few digs at quite a few posters - you don’t own the site and you’re definitely not God! If you can’t take it, then don’t dish it! (Oh I suppose you’re going to tell me to fuck off next - not very ladylike is it?). You got what you gave, so you’re in no position to be moaning about it!
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Please Miss……… its nothing to do with me……..but she did it!
What are you like?
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
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Julie Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Garth - I’d like to bet you my set of rechargable batteries that you post here as someone else as well - but from my side of the fence!
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Hey Jues, Im not sure what side of the fence you sit as your legs are constantly akimbo.
Anyway, putting them aside for a moment, you are, as usual……….WRONG!
Ooh i enjoyed that one!
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Cheryl - quite frankly what did you expect? For Carmen to back down to you and your little digs? You have taken quite a few digs at quite a few posters - you don’t own the site and you’re definitely not God! If you can’t take it, then don’t dish it! (Oh I suppose you’re going to tell me to fuck off next - not very ladylike is it?). You got what you gave, so you’re in no position to be moaning about it!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
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Carmen Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:40 pm e
Carmen 203…….. So nasty, vicious and 100% out of order. This is one of those occasions when I hope that what goes around comes around in spades……..
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Today I celebrate a year of suffering Cheryl’s nasty little jibes at me.
And what has been going round is coming back to her in spades………………
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On this one Carmen I’ll be banned but well worth - go fuck off! You have no idea what you just said but trust me, Carmen, I hope to hell you suffer it next!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Garth 212….. makes you laugh doesn’t it??!
Carmen… no excuse whatsoever. I have lost all respect for you.
Surely what happens off-forum between poster and mods should be confidential… shouldn’t it?
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Carmen 203…….. So nasty, vicious and 100% out of order. This is one of those occasions when I hope that what goes around comes around in spades……..
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C&C - Keep your mouth quiet please but thanks anyhow! She is what she is - “a god in her own mind” so let it rest!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
What pink tutu? What are you going on about now ffs?
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 pm
The story about Madeleine saying “Mummy why didn’t you come when Shaun and I were crying” was leaked by the Police in Portugal [ can you prove this strong assertion?] when Rebelo and his staff were over here questioning the Tapas 9 and the McCanns were in Europe talking about the Amber alert. It was seen [ by whom? - dr] as a deliberate attempt to smear the McCanns when they were doing something positive/taking the moral high ground, whichever you like.
It was taken from statements the McCanns had given at the outset and could not be denied, so they came on television to explain and justify what they had said.
[There is a difference between expressing an opinion and stating something as 'fact'. If you want to post 'facts' please support them with evidence. What you believe to be true does not count as evidence - dr]
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Garth - I’d like to bet you my set of rechargable batteries that you post here as someone else as well - but from my side of the fence!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:40 pm e
Carmen 203…….. So nasty, vicious and 100% out of order. This is one of those occasions when I hope that what goes around comes around in spades……..
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Today I celebrate a year of suffering Cheryl’s nasty little jibes at me.
And what has been going round is coming back to her in spades………………
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
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Garth Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Those poor bleedin batteries!
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Nope, they’re on overtime, unlike you who needs a good recharge - nobody takes you seriously anymore - that pink tutu and the teddy bear destroyed any reputation you may have had as a macho man
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:44 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Garth…… did you know that you and I are one and the same?? Can’t remember who said it but saw it when I was flicking through this morning.
:lol:
You are me and I am you…
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Blimey C&C. I thought you were fussy?
Tiny minds eh.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
C&C, I have to disagree with you there. Cheryl wants to dig at others, she must expect a poke or two back.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
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Julie Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Garth, you’ve really lost your edge haven’t you?
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Those poor bleedin batteries!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Sky news….
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1319849,00.html
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Of course C&C……….. the actions of the guilty.
If Madeliene was found and returned to her parents the antis would still believe the McCanns were involved.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Carmen 203…….. So nasty, vicious and 100% out of order. This is one of those occasions when I hope that what goes around comes around in spades……..
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Garth, you’ve really lost your edge haven’t you?
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Garth…… did you know that you and I are one and the same?? Can’t remember who said it but saw it when I was flicking through this morning.
You are me and I am you…
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
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Julie Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Garth, I have toys that I play with that are more stimulating than you …. and they run on batteries ….. time that you recharge yourself sweetie
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I think you might be getting stimulating and humiliating mixed up. Either way i bet its a good larf!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Garth, I have toys that I play with that are more stimulating than you …. and they run on batteries ….. time that you recharge yourself sweetie
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:32 pm
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June 23rd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
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June 23rd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
…..’Mr Smith’s sighting is similar to the one reported by Jane Tanner, a friend of the McCann family…..’
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I love that line.
Which description by Jane Tanner are they referring to?
There’s been rather a lot of them…
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Are you sure all these descriptions were by Jane Tanner Chez? Or are you starting to read the sport?
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
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Julie Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
NO Cheryl, you didn’t refer to her as A child - you referred to her as THE child - as if she were an object - big difference!
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So what?
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:27 pm
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PeterMac Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
48 lyn
My feeling too, is that the parents are involved in someway with Maddie’s disappearance. IMHO if details came out about what really happened, would we be that surprised.”
WE wouldn’t. The rest of the world who have lived in isolation from the few facts and who have not thought much about the implications of what is known, would be in utter shock, horror, denial and surprise. People would demand their money back, demand immediate changes in the law, demand justice, and demand revenge for having been duped for so long.
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Really? What bleedin facts? The truth is that noone gives a bleedin hoot about the McCanns anymore. Its only doubting hangers on who have nothing better to do with their time who continue to go about this case. Fortunately for all us you lot are very much in the minority and have no true reflection of the average mindset.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:25 pm
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June 23rd, 2008 at 6:48 pm e
But now that you’ve managed to have the occasion for the first time in over a month to get a nasty shot at me, would you please answer the rest of my query - was it ever decided who leaked to the Press about the child crying for her Mummy?
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Cheryl, dear, ……….’the first time in over a month to get a nasty shot at you’?
If you were a normal person, which I accept that you are not, far from it, there have been many occasions over the past month when I could have countered your facile postings. I have chosen not to.
I would remind you that I am still waiting for an apology for you calling me unprofessional for saying you were a troll, when you know perfectly well, and have had pointed out to you many times, I said no such thing. I think you will find that it is you who has continually taken cheap shots at me.
Now, either you are, as I have been told, facing considerable difficulties in your life which affect your viewpoint, and having worked in the mental health sector for many years, I understand only too well how difficult that must be for you, in which case I will continue to take care not to affect your attempts at rehabilitation, or………….you are just a whinging, whining, humourless, poster who runs to admin with phony tales of hardship when called to account for yourself.
If you continue to ‘personalise’ your debates by derogatory references to my personality, then be assured, I shall retaliate. I am a moderator, not an Aunt Sally for you to take pot shots at every time the medication wears off.
Of course, you could always publicly apologise.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
NO Cheryl, you didn’t refer to her as A child - you referred to her as THE child - as if she were an object - big difference!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I knew you’d pop up sooner or later - can’t resist another dig can you big boy?
Love and kind regards,
From “The Pompous Old Tart”
(precious coming from someone who drives a motorbike dressed in a pink tutu)
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
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Garth Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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For heaven sakes, Garth, every time I talk with girl friend, whose daughter I am the Godmother for, I always ask her now how is that dear child doing! Met many adults throughout my life time I can’t stand, Garth, but never met a child I didn’t find dear!
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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Julie Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
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Cheryl Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
….. was it ever decided who leaked to the Press about the child crying for her Mummy?
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Cheryl, quick reminder …… “the child” happens to have a name - it is Madeleine - if….etc
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Take that as being told Cheryl.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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June 23rd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
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I am fully aware of her name but calling her a ‘child’ is not disrespecting her at all on my part. All children are very dear, Julie, whether name is said or not.