Outrage As Manchester’s Myra Hindley Promotes London Olympics
“HINDELY CRASHES OLYMPIC PARY,” says the Mirror. Myra Hindley is at the London Olympics.
Is Team GB so desperate for gold medals we are including not only drugs contests but utilising the very worst to be the very best?
To go with child killing, is crying in public to be an Olympic Sport (Diana would have wanted it that way). What about medals awarded for paedo spotting, weather talking and media demonising, the contest in which the world’s hacks, assembled for the great sporting occasion, are incited to think up a scare story?
Says the Mail:
There was anger last night after London tourist chiefs showed a promotional video featuring a picture of Myra Hindley during their post-Beijing Games party. The video fleetingly featured a notorious painting of the Moors murderer by artist Marcus Harvey, which shows her face made up of thousands of children’s handprints.
What should we do if we’ve looked at the image? Should we pluck out our eyes and wash them in bromine? We need guidance…
A source at No 10 said: ‘This is a complete disgrace. Whoever is responsible should be found and fired immediately.’
In the Mirror a spokesman for London mayor Boris Johnson tells us:
“He is deeply disturbed that this image has gone out. He firmly believes it should not have been used. It is wrong that a film promoting London should include Myra Hindley. It is deeply offensive to most people for understandable reasons.”
Indeed. Hindley was jailed for life along with her lover Ian Brady for the murders of four children between 1963 and 1964 in what became known as the ‘Moors Murders”. She died in custody in 2002.
She was born in Manchester and buried her victims on Saddleworth Moor, near the city.
Says a source:
“If we are going to promote London 2012, can we at least have a London killer, someone like John Christie, Jack The Ripper, Stephen Lawrence’s killers or Dr Crippen..?
“That some Northern monkey should muscle in on OUR Games is disgusting and an affront to the hard working…”
Continues for four years…
August 25th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Even worse, Alex Ferguson is being touted as manager for The GB footie team.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:52 am
That’ll be Wright
August 25th, 2008 at 10:54 am
How sick are the people that used myra hindleys portrait to promote GB mybe her head on a spike on london bridge while her body rots in hell is more apt mybe the castration and beheading of garry gitter for the opening ceremonoy
M and A
The pix they showed was the one made from childrens handprints, and that could be considered as strange too
August 25th, 2008 at 11:34 am
The Mirror was so incensed it actually the printed the picture of MH twice….. just to make sure everyone saw it!
Mind you… was it worse than the umbrellas, road sweepers (what they?) and a London bus made out of lego? It was a peek through the fingers moment of embarassment!
August 25th, 2008 at 11:52 am
With you all the way, C&C; it was a nightmare.
Four years time people will be wandering the streets of London expecting Mary Poppins II, and I propose not to be there. Doing an apartment exchange sounds an appealing prospect…
August 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
How strange that people are so outraged by a work of art being shown to portray the London Olympics.
I suppose these same people were not so outraged by the rest of the 8 minute G.B handover show which cost a measeley £2.5 million pounds to put on. For fecks sake how much does a bus and a football cost in London! This is outrageous!
August 25th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Once again a fine take on a sad story. I have posted the article on my website.
Cheers,
Hugh
August 25th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I know, but I was outraged yesterday.
I am perilously close to exhausting my outrage resources, so please feel free to emote on my behalf.
Also, I may have become addicted to rhythmic gymnastics.
This is not a good thing in the traditionally empty streets of the City on a wet Bank Holiday Monday…
m and A
Chenier what about popping along to Notting Hill?