Madeleine McCann: Jacqui Smith, Global Warming And Legal Action
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS: “MADELEINE POLICE BLAST HOME OFFICE”
“The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is being stalled by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, it was claimed last night. Police chiefs in Portugal are said to be frustrated at Home Office delays over a formal request to question Kate and Gerry McCann”
Now the Portuguese police are ganging up on The Home Secretary
A Portuguese police source tells us: “It is very strange that we have heard nothing. There seems to be no sense of urgency. We cannot proceed until these interrogations have been carried out”
Says a Home Office spokesman: “We have not received a formal request concerning the investigation. It is not appropriate to comment further”
DAILY MIRROR: “Madeleine McCann: Police quiz delay”
“Portuguese police have still not asked permission to quiz Gerry and Kate McCann about Maddy again - four months after saying they would.
Bungling detectives claim a request was sent to Britain more than three weeks ago but last night the Home Office confirmed nothing had arrived”
So it’s not Jacqui Smith’s fault? You can come out now, Jacqui…
Says the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “Any inconsistencies the police believe exist in their evidence can be cleared up very quickly and then we hope Kate and Gerry’s names will be cleared. This cannot happen soon enough”
MAKING CRIME PAY, by Sue Carroll
“Metodo 3 (which last year claimed it knew where Madeleine was and said she would be home by Christmas) has 40 investigators working on the case. It’s been reported that each has a replica of Cuddle Cat, Madeleine’s favourite toy, which they are encouraged to squeeze when they feel ‘demotivated’ by the size of their task. If that doesn’t work, perhaps a glance at their weekly pay cheques might help”
THE TIMES: “Green issues matter for holidaymakers - Before booking breaks, Britons are demanding that holiday companies take a responsible approach to the environment”
Madeleine McCann and global warming?
“The latest in a series of exclusive surveys for The Times shows that, increasingly, holidaymakers are taking the environment into account when choosing where to go on holiday”
And: “Mark Warner, the holiday company linked to the Praia da Luz complex where Madeleine McCann disappeared in Portugal, scores the lowest out of the all the tour operators surveyed by Populus”
LEICESTER MERCURY: “MCCANNS WARN OVER LIBEL ACTION”
Says Clarence Mitchell: “There are one or two voices in Portugal who say things which get picked up by the press and magnified. Anyone who says we are doing diversionary tactics is wrong. We have made it very clear that publications in Britain and Portugal are subject to the laws of libel and defamation, like everyone else, and our lawyers are watching all of this. We reserve the right to take legal action and have three years in which to do it”
This could go on for some time…
January 30th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
At last, a new thread.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Clarence says
“Any inconsistencies the police believe exist in their evidence can be cleared up very quickly and then we hope Kate and Gerry’s names will be cleared. This cannot happen soon enough”
No - and why can it not happen quickly enough? Because the suspects are hiding in the UK perhaps?
January 30th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
2nd
January 30th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Is Metodo 3 aiming for Easter?
January 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Damn you Ian.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Sorry! You can have 2nd!
January 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
All those flash bulbs and sniffer dogs can’t be good for the environment. Do the yellow ribbons biodegrade?
January 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
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Ian
Do you know if anyone that comes here will go today to ask Clarrie some Questions ???
There are paople in he3 A ,telling they are going to be there
January 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
8th
January 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
6 Ian
As woman on the hill’s gran used to say, ” if yer no first yer last”.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
*the
Oh, i wished i could be there
I would screamed ,at him ,to send K & G to come back to Portugal !!
January 30th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
887
can’t say no Says:
January 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Morning
Maaybe,i’m going to be banned from here.
It’s official !!
Both Coumtries ,don’t allow this case to have a solution.
There will be never, a Justice for MM !!
Brits. P.M. asked a favour ,to Sócrates and Durão Barroso, and they are doing it!
Yesterday ,i listened a French program, even there ,they know ,about all the Political pressure ,that is being made.
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PJ with hands tied up.
Just what was in the horizon
Then,NO justice to Madeleine?
The PJ further trashed
The mcHitlers on their way to the show of the century
More miscarriage of justice everywhere
Etc…etc…. off to Tibet.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Morning all. Oh, what a lovely picture of the mc cs, g with his mouth flappinf and 40 y/o k(must be by now) trying to look like a pouting teenager. IMO, of course.
And from The Times:
“The latest in a series of exclusive surveys for The Times shows that, increasingly, holidaymakers are taking the environment into account when choosing where to go on holiday”————————————-
Doe that mean make sure you think you can leave your babies unattended (NEVER)or does it mean stay out of Portugal? LOL
January 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
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jo
You are right, G.B. excluded both Portugal and Spain.
I think ,the true seekers would join and make something.
I’ve got to go now ,but i’ll come latter
January 30th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I just posted this on my forum (anyone from here going tonight?):
The credibility of Team McCann is at an all time rock bottom. This is the event tonight:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicLecturesAndEvents/events/2008/20071212t1400z001.htm
Here’s the list of speakers:
Steve Hewlett is a media consultant and former BBC editor. Roy Greenslade is a media commentator, columnist and blogger, and Professor of Journalism at City University. Kelvin MacKenzie is former editor of the Sun, firmly establishing it as Britain’s biggest selling newspaper. Clarence Mitchell is a former BBC royal correspondent and now spokesman for the McCanns. Justine McGuinness is a PR guru who manages the Find Madeleine campaign. Roger Graef was the executive producer of the recent Dispatches which featured the McCanns.
1. Steve Hewlett
2. Roy Greenslade
3. Kelvin McKenzie
4. Clarence Mitchell
5. Justine McGuiness
6. Roger Graef
Ok, we can rule out 3 & 4 as having any credibility - CM himself and The Sun’s editor.
Justine was the one texting Kate while she was in for questioning so she didn’t help the police and probably was technically breaking some law by doing that.
Roger Graef made the awful “Dispatches” documentary which was pretty much pro-McCann.
Does anyone know much about the first two on this list?
This list of speakers gives away the relationships and shows that CM influenced them. This is important to realise this. Channel 4’s Dispatches documentary was probably made with interference from CM.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
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Sally Says:
January 30th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Morning all. Oh, what a lovely picture of the mc cs, g with his mouth flappinf and 40 y/o k(must be by now) trying to look like a pouting teenager. IMO, of course.
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No - she’s doing her I’m sad impression.
And I see she’s got the cat by the throat. Again
Subconscious? body Language?
imo!
January 30th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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Sally Says:
January 30th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
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It means : BE responsible parents where ever you are…. but more in portugal and ….spain.Lots of abductors around.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
back in 5 mins in here….just reading yesterday’s thread
January 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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gillyflower Says:
LOL, Love to laugh while I’m having my morning coffee and can’t wait to turn in to Stevo’s forum tonight.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
15 Stevo
It’s probably just as well i can’t make it, best to keep things civilised for now.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Anyone got connections to a connection with a connection who has a connection to someone who owns a supersonic jet???? If so, please advise urgently …. I would love to attend!
January 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Stevo …
xxx
(PC at home still on sick leave
… hoping for a cure very soon 
)
January 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/30/nmaddy130.xml
“Jacqui Smith ‘hurting Madeleine McCann hunt’”
Nice idea. They are citing an old article from Correio da Manha, while this newspaper has recently claimed that the letters are still in Portugal. So they are preparing for tomorrow’s headline which will be “Discovered: Letters have NOT been sent yet.”
January 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
23 Ferdinand Says:
January 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/30/nmaddy130.xml
“Jacqui Smith ‘hurting Madeleine McCann hunt’”
Nice idea. They are citing an old article from Correio da Manha, while this newspaper has recently claimed that the letters are still in Portugal. So they are preparing for tomorrow’s headline which will be “Discovered: Letters have NOT been sent yet.”
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If there wasn’t a little girl missing and a grieving family, I would be p*ssing my pant out of laughter.
I like Anorak’s comment :
So it’s not Jacqui Smith’s fault? You can come out now, Jacqui…
January 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
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Julie Says:
January 30th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
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Call G.!
January 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Daily Mail: “Metodo 3, whose contract expires in March, has 40 investigators working on the case, here and in Portugal and Spain. Each has a replica of Cuddle Cat, Madeleine’s favourite toy, which they are encouraged to squeeze when they feel demotivated at the size of their task.”
Hot on the heels of the sensational success of Metodo3 and their 40 replicat ‘Cuddle Cats’, comes the launch of the ‘McCuddlies’. Why not join in with the latest craze ‘Take a Cuddly to Work’.
McCuddlies to choose from include:
‘Gerry the Furryous Ferret’
‘Gerry the Whining Weasel’
‘K- K- Kate the Frosty Polar Bear’
‘Kate the Clucking Cuckoo’ (complete with one abandoned chick)
‘Russell the Grave Giraffe’
‘Jane the Continually Changing Chameleon’
‘Bundleman the Red Herring’
‘Matthew the Blind Bat’
‘Rachael the Loopy Lemming’
‘David the Gullible Gopher’
‘Fiona the Silly Sheep’
‘Diane the Sluggish Sloth’
‘Clarrie the Pontificating Parrot’
‘Anti P the Spouting Whale’
‘Mrs H the Woolly Mam mouth’
‘Ester the Deserting a Sinking Ship Rat’
‘Robert the Scapegoat’
(All names are completely fictitious and are in no way connected to any character in any book, dead or aliar.)
NEWSFLASH
Just in – ‘Snatch the Maniacal Monster’ (ideal for kids, or Metodo3, to take to bed as a comforter.)
January 30th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=x1HU6iYHVVw
if you havent seen this then you should
enjoy
January 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
SWANNIE 26 brill, love all your funny post’s.I wish I had some of your wit.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Swannie ….PMSL
January 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
From the Telegraph:
“The letter from Portuguese investigators also listed a number of personal items they want seized from the McCanns, including Mrs McCann’s diary, Mr McCann’s personal laptop and Madeleine’s Cuddle Cat toy.”
I like this passage even more every time it is repeated. The laptop may have long been sold and exchanged by a new model, cuddle cat will meanwhile be inherited by the twins and washed once a week.