Madeleine McCann: TV Survivors, Alan Carr And Karen Matthews Bingo
It is this compulsion to make sense of all the craziness that drives us to find patterns where there are none. So Matthews becomes not an unaccountable aberration, but a symbol of broken Britain; the hapless victim of generations of deprivation or the inevitable product of our dependency culture, depending on your political perspective.
Garavelli then lists a role of dishonour: Fred West, Myra Hindley and Peter Tobin. More Bingo.
To begin to understand public reaction to Shannon Matthews’ kidnapping, you have to view it through the prism of Madeleine McCann, whose abduction 10 months earlier is said to have inspired the whole sordid plan.
Discount Tobin, West and Hindley.
Because so many people already saw the McCann case as a signifier of class prejudice (Madeleine got more attention than other missing children because her parents were good-looking and well-off) they were geared up to view the Matthews family as the other half of the equation.
Two parts of an equatison for which the asnwer is..? Is…? Is nothing.
Madeleine McCann is missing. Still missing.
BBC: “Comedian Alan Carr has apologised for dedicating an award to Karen Matthews, who kidnapped her daughter Shannon.”
Government minister Shahid Malik, called him “sick and insensitive” after he made the remark to reporters at Saturday’s British Comedy Awards.
Carr said Matthews, who is from Mr Malik’s constituency, was “rough”, a gay icon and would be his dream guest.
The comedian later said: “I realise what I said was insensitive and I am very sorry for any offence caused.”
Now gimme a job on Radio 2…
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December 12th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
December 12th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
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December 12th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
December 9th, 2008 at 10:31 am
hi de hi !!!!
December 9th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Good morning campers !!
December 9th, 2008 at 12:23 am
hi coco, i’m just off to bed, thanks :), good night
December 9th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Hi Sam if you are still around! Loved all those fab pics! X
December 8th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
lone check your list and balance and phone xxxxxx
love you xx
December 8th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
goodnight lone
December 8th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
bed is calling - I might be a dad again in the morning - nite all x
December 8th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
glad you like it! It’s early days and something to do but I don’t expect much from it but it’s a bit of fun! The Aliens are brilliant….
December 8th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Hi Lone! Got you! Pretty in pink! Loved the Aliens!
Saul! It’s not the real Keela! She is a clone of Keela!!! Clones! The cloning of Joanna May - Fay Weldon knows all about it!
December 8th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
coco - try this!
December 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Keela is now banging their heads together. She seems to have a grasp of reality, along with the scruff of Albert’s and Osama’s necks. She is a clever dog.
December 8th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I have just put an order in for all that condemned pork from Ireland. I plan to feed it to Bin Laden when next he calls round. I will marinade it in curry powder first!
December 8th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Oh for fuck’s sake! Is Ben Doon and Phil McCavity in that bloody bathroom?
December 8th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Last time I saw Bin Laden he was at the bottom of my garden astride an Aberdeen Angus! The Angus wasn’t unhappy - but I said ‘Bin Laden! Get off that Angus!’ And did he take any notice? No! - Anyway - guess who turned up - Angus out of AC/DC! I couldn’t believe my eyes. That was another excuse for a party at the bottom of the garden. Angus only ever speaks to me through a glass on the Oui-Ja board as a rule.
December 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Too late!
Albert has snapped, he is now knocking fuck out of Osama with a Penguin edition of the theory of relativity, Salman is hiding in the bathroom.
December 8th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Is Bin Laden with you now? Don’t let him near the TV! I don’t want him getting ideas about Stanislavsky airport in Essex! Who’s Albert? If it’s Einstein - tell him I believe him - and he can be in two places at one time! X
December 8th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
nip out!! you bloody nip out every night!!
Eddie keeps nuzzling my toes, it is very comforting. Keela keeps watch at the door.
Can you get a brush for Albert’s hair? Salman and Osama keep taking the piss out of him.
December 8th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Saul! Where did I leave your buggy? Have you seen my big blue bag anywhere? They seem to have been missing forever ……….
December 8th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Saul! That wasn’t Eddie and Keela that were there with you. They are the decoys!
The real Eddie and Keela are under armed guard now. I wonder what happened to dear Amaral’s dog. I wonder whst really happened there. Tragic.
Hve you seen Salman Rushdie this week? He is always out and about now. He started an evening class in forensics. You should see his home-work! Gross! Ugh!
December 8th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Saul! I saw you - but pretended that I hadn’t seen you. Did you see me kissing that guy? I want you to know that there was nothing in it. Don’t tell your Dad!
I am going to have to tie you to the other side of the radiator if I nip out again! X
December 8th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Harrumph.
coco, You are a fine one to talk. While you were wolfing down your Welsh rarebit at the bottom of your 300 metre garden I was sitting with my nose peeking through the curtains. Luckily Eddie and Keela were there to comfort me.
December 8th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Garsehole!!! Stop awearing in that childish and gratuitous way. If the CuckooClam appeared she would feel physically sick. She has always had a soft spot for you Weirdy Men - and I think you are letting her down by this shocking behaviour. I particularly did not like the bit about a concrete block!!!
However - I am sending you a dose of itchy-penis through the ether. May you bollocks also be seriously traumatised by a rich raw rash.
Lone is one of our favourite posters - You Garsehole are just a Knob-End without a clue.
December 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
LONE!!!!!!! I got Error 404 - not your blog. It worked when you were blue.How else can I gain entry?
Garsehole appears to be blowing off again. Has he not heard of senna pods - or a steamed head of cabbage?
December 8th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Gandolf Says:
December 8th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
A hawk, wadaya think you fukwitted windylickin shit bombing f16.!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dont ask the fucker to think for ffs……..we could be waiting all nite!
December 8th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
A hawk, wadaya think you fukwitted windylickin shit bombing f16.!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 8th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
38 Gandolf Says:
December 8th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
What a shite bag, but there again pigeons shite anywhere.
Arrrghhhh I got ya gandolf eh I got ya
C’mon you gotta laugh .. it’s certainly been enjoyable trading insults eh
What ya getting for xmas?
December 8th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
37 Garth Says:
December 8th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
You’re right piegon plonker, i am attracted to you………. with a 6″ concrete block in my hand!
Here we go again - can’t you come up with anything better? You couldn’t even lift a 6″ block of balsa let a lone a lump of concrete. hahahahahahaa
December 8th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
What a shite bag, but there again pigeons shite anywhere.