Madeleine McCann: Child Alert, Daily Mail Knows And Fay Weldon
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DAILY MIRROR: “McCanns win child alert fight MADELEINE”
Kate and Gerry McCann yesterday won their fight for an EU-wide missing child alert system, in tribute to their daughter Madeleine. A declaration supporting the couple’s plea attracted backing from at least 398 MEPs - more than half the 785 European Parliament members.
Or as the Mail said earlier in the week: DAILY MAIL: “Brussels throws out McCann’s appeal for European missing child alert system”
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Film
I went to see Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone for Radio 3’s Saturday Review. “Emotionally disturbing” it claimed to be, with its echoes of the Madeleine McCann case, and so it was, and a welcome change from the dull, written-to-formula films that pour from major studios. If profit rather than enthusiasm is the bottom line, all you get is variations on what made a profit last year.
On it goes…
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July 12th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
There has been talk of leaks in the early stages of the investigation.
I cannot believe that now - after a long time of silence - details of the PJ’s FINAL REPORT to the hands of the Prosecutor are suddenly available to the newspapers …
July 12th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Hi Cheryl!
Hope you got my message the other evening?
Nice to see you. Thanks for the post.
yes, I know it was TB’s favourite theme but what was it based on?!
I know the priest’s right and duty to maintain the seal of the confessional is respected but what evidence is there that one or other or both of the Mcs “confessed”? The fact that they spoke to him doesn’t mean that the sacrament of reconciliation took place. Where did all that come from?
And even if it did, they might just have been talking about having left the children alone, or whatever.
But who says they confessed at all?
Is it likely that a priest to whom they had confessed a crime, eg. killing their child, would carry on conducting prayer services and masses for them, asking God for her safe return? This priest led the anniversary mass in Praia da Luz for Madeleine one year after her disappearance. It is also on record in a form at least as reliable as the one Gandolf gives (The Resident) that this priest denied as “barbarism” the thngs that had been said about him in these other press “reports”.
I was just wondering why Gandolf, of all people, would pay any attention to these stories. I wondered if he had any firm basis.
Hope you are well.
Must go now. We have visitors staying.
July 12th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
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Châtelaine Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
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Cheryl Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Good heavens, Chenier, your taste in music is rather like my sons!
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I don’t think it’s Chenier’s taste. it’s more what she thought Gandolf’s would be …
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I know that just American humour with her! Though I have to say I send the link to my son he’ll think she is great!
July 12th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
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Maria Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
781 Gandolf
Could you give any links to sources that say the priest refused to tell the police what he knew?
Thanks very much.
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Maria, remember that was TB’s favourite theme re the Priest way back when? It all fell back on the fact that Priests are forbidden to reveal what they hear in confession. I think there is some doubt if that is respected over in Europe but over here it is recognized in all courts that a Priest is not expected to testify nor can be forced to.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
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Cheryl Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Good heavens, Chenier, your taste in music is rather like my sons!
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I don’t think it’s Chenier’s taste. it’s more what she thought Gandolf’s would be …
July 12th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
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chenier Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
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Gandolf Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
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Really?
I’d always pictured you more along these lines…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p6VzdtmrP6Y&feature=related
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Good heavens, Chenier, your taste in music is rather like my sons!
July 12th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Hello
July 12th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Maria, sorry can’t provide a link over and above the one you’ve been given, but they tried a few times to get it out him, I really hoped they had succeeded the last time, obviously not.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
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Gandolf Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0j_TbGnpCgg&feature=related
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Walking all of us down memory lane, Gandolf? Well better smiles than frowns on here.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Gandolf
Thanks! Doesn’t look 100% reliable though!
July 12th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
789-well the silence is deafening-you don’t think they’ve all gone out do you-maybe one of the kids will respond-’Hello-’hell hey’re not answering either-la, la….. must be asleep..
July 12th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Knock once for yes and twice for no.
Three times if you’re a hanged voter..
July 12th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
is there anybody out there?
July 12th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
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Gandolf Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
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Really?
I’d always pictured you more along these lines…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p6VzdtmrP6Y&feature=related
July 12th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0j_TbGnpCgg&feature=related
July 12th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Cost of a babysitter-8 Euros an hour, cost of taking the kids with you-an extra 20 Euros-Cost to the taxpayer of leaving them behind-Priceless-You know it makes sense-send someone a Mccann gift card today-acceptable, it would seem, in all European countries.
July 12th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Maria, http://www.anorak.co.uk/madeleine-mccann/176493.html
July 12th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
hmm-i wonder if there is a salary bracket/tolerance ratio though for the new Mccann law-might have to up my hours to qualify….
July 12th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
781 Gandolf
Could you give any links to sources that say the priest refused to tell the police what he knew?
Thanks very much.
July 12th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
It is a mess jo, and embroiled in that mess is Madeleine McCann, serious questions need asking, me I would start with the priest. As I understand it he refused to divulge what he knows to the PJ, yet he was not under the protection of arguido status, why was he allowed to keep silent.
July 12th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Jo, that’s what I meant (I think)
July 12th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
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HOTWATER
Anyway it looks certain now that aside of anything Eddie may have sniffed, nothing was found in the Renault or any other car, always one of the more bizarre and intriguing aspects to this story.
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One of the most ….amongst all the others
July 12th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
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DuncanR Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
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It’s that red hair; gets hippos going every time…
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wwiOuhRc-Pg&feature=related
July 12th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
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Gandolf Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
FFS jo keep it up
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I do, I do, I even did the whole day,Gandolf,and yesterday and I will for the coming sad days ahead
July 12th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
769 - Gandolf
Enough, enough - Please !!!
July 12th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
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wtf
It is an even bigger mess than we think and a very sad one as it is
July 12th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
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Ferdinand Says:
July 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
To elaborate:
” The mystery lies with one or two of the ten or twelve elements that used to enter that apartment.”
Who used to enter the appartment? Not necessarily all of the Tapas9 (why should they, Mrs. Webster for example?). But certainly some of the staff, cleaners etc.
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Ferdinand, yes the words of Mr Flores are open to interpretation - in fact I was expecting someone to come back and say T9 + the three McCann children = 12. That’s another interpretation.
My impression is he is telling us there were 3 other adults in the group, perhaps people who didn’t fly out with the T9 (eg were there already or live in the area.) If this is the case surely it will come out one day, it’s a holiday resort for gawd’s sake, someone must have seen these people.
As for the dogs, my understanding is that Eddie is second to none when it comes to finding a live body (eg person trapped after an explosion) or a dead body (eg murder victim buried in a field) BUT that we should be sceptical about his ability to smell a place where a body has supposedly BEEN.
Anyway it looks certain now that aside of anything Eddie may have sniffed, nothing was found in the Renault or any other car, always one of the more bizarre and intriguing aspects to this story.
July 12th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
whoops
well said
July 12th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Ah well-shall we all meet up for a pint or two-leave the kids behind mind, no harm can come to them………Don’t lock the door whatever you do there might be a fire…..take your watches off, leave your mobiles behind-let the party begin-hope the pesky things don’t wake up too early-I’ve got a tennis lesson and a manicure to deal with……Hard life, eh….now how to dress when I get my OBE .motorway signs the new babysitters…
July 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
FFS jo keep it up