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THE TIMES: Relocated at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London SW1
Yesterday, the Telegraph’s Charles Spencer reviewed the play Relocated and thought of Madeleine McCann, the Soham murders and Josef Fritzl. He left out Shannon Matthews. Can the Times’ Sam Marlow do better at Tabloid Bingo!?
Anthony Neilson’s new play, written during the rehearsal period and finished just days before its opening, is claustrophobic and clotted with menace. It’s performed, in the author’s horribly compelling production, behind a black gauze, which turns from opaque to transparent with lighting changes.
It’s as though we can see through walls, glimpsing the terrors that can occur inside seemingly commonplace homes. It’s a nightmarish vision that calls to mind not just the recent Josef Fritzl case, but also Fred West, the Soham murders and the abductions of Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews.
And a Fred West - Bingo!
DAILY RECORD: “Mccanns Alert Plea”
MADELEINE McCann’s parents will visit Strasbourg today to drum up support for a Europe-wide child abduction alert system. Gerry and Kate McCann, from Rothley in Leicestershire, still have to persuade 182 MEPs to sign up before July 20.Spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “Kate and Gerry are confident this can be achieved but they accept there’s a lot to be done.”
THE HERALD: McCanns lobby MEPs to win support for child abduction alert system
The couple visited Brussels in April to launch their campaign and have gained the signatures of 211 MEPs so far. They hope their presence at the other European Parliament building will help them reach the 393 mark.
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June 18th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Good morning all
After surfing the news it seems the tide is changing,isnt it? AND it is not finished
Anyhow, there is a new thread and I am first jajajajajaja but I cannot stay
June 18th, 2008 at 4:45 am
The McCanns make me nauseous.
A word with lots of vowels but oh so fitting.
I may puke.
June 18th, 2008 at 4:09 am
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chenier Says:
June 18th, 2008 at 12:16 am
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brandon flours Says:
June 18th, 2008 at 12:10 am
I cant believe Kate critisizes the publics help early on!
Shes had it now!
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In the past I have been puzzled by the McCanns’ apparent insensitivity.
I’m not puzzled any more.
I’m gobsmacked.
Night all…
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now, now… calm down dears
i suspect this is a bit like the MasterCard commercial and emphasis on that little word “priceless”. ok, so the public was moved to act, giving of time and money, to search and fund their ‘Search’ - engine, did you say?! - their men on the ground and in the air, the global hide ‘n’ seek games, the confidential CALL lines. but that one Priceless thing the public hasn’t quite delivered is Patsy. so where is Patsy and why is it taking so darning long to deliver It up to the gods who dwell at Row-thley?
ha ha. salvation…..
June 18th, 2008 at 3:42 am
211 brandon flours
thanks for your posting!
June 18th, 2008 at 1:58 am
“The fundamental question is the fact that a child was kidnapped and there is a criminal on the run”, said Kate McCann.
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only one? how does she know that?
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“We must concentrate in the fundamental question. It’s not helpful to insist in raising the same subject. Nothing changed, in the last 14 months and I don’t understand why we are talking about that, again.”
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Exactly: nothing has changed. We should continue to talk about it.
June 18th, 2008 at 3:24 am
194 Châtelaine
thanks for your posting . . . I am not yet bored.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:58 am
18.6.08
EU Vice-President Jacques Barrot rejects McCann’s project of a European Amber alert
The strategy approved by the European Parliament, concerning an alert system for missing children, will go forward, the European Commission Vice-president Jacques Barrot said, Monday, in Strasbourg. The appointment of Mr. Barrot to be the Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, will be voted by the European Parliament next Wednesday.
Mr. Barrot mentioned the European Parliament project intended to set up a EU hotline in all 27 state member and a coordinated alarm system, in cooperation with NGO’s and child protection associations and said that child protection was “among his priorities”, during a formal hearing on Monday. This hearing is one of the steps for the appointment of a new Commissioner or a change of portfolio. Mr. Barrot was the Commissioner in charge of Transports.
The remarks were considered by several Members of European Parliament a “diplomatic answer” to the McCann strong critics about the European Parliament project, published in Gerry’s blog on 13 June. The parents of Madeleine McCann went to Strasbourg today, trying to get the support of more 182 MEPs, for a “written declaration” that appeals for a system similar to the American Amber alert to be set up in EU, but they only managed to get 15 more signatures and are far from the 393 needed.
During a Press Conference, Kate and Gerry McCann reacted with exasperation, when journalists questioned them about the fact that they left three children alone in an apartment, the night when Madeleine disappeared. “We didn’t abandoned or neglected Madeleine. Somebody came in the apartment and took a child. Repeating that question is really annoying”, was the answer of Gerry McCann.
“The fundamental question is the fact that a child was kidnapped and there is a criminal on the run”, said Kate McCann. “We must concentrate in the fundamental question. It’s not helpful to insist in raising the same subject. Nothing changed, in the last 14 months and I don’t understand why we are talking about that, again.”
Duarte Levy and Paulo Reis
June 18th, 2008 at 12:50 am
nite Chenier sleep well
nite all…
June 18th, 2008 at 12:49 am
The gift shop facility is still under discusion with the Fund (mis) managers, who are concerned that it might detract from the rather profitable internet sales site ( opened May 2007)
You can however purchase coffe and tea in Heat activated Polystyrene cups which have a perviousley unpublished picture of Madeleine on the outside, which gradually dissapears as the cup cools, for a very reasonable £5 each.
And posters of Madeleine are for sale at a snip 10p each, however you cannot purchase a poster without signing your agreement of the ‘Poster Usage Policy’ with the special ‘disapearing ink’ pen, which can be hired at a rate or £1 per letter.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Now this really would have been news; picked it up on my way to boring sleep:
‘You are going over old ground, it is really quite boring. … British toddler Madeleine McCann visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, …’
Google entry for France McCann | APTNvideo.net.
Sadly the editting presumably omitted the ‘”parents of’”…
night, again…
June 18th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Annie
I hear that you can go on organised tours around Rothley (or Rowthley as the Pink one refers to it).
A snip at £12.99 per adult (a room is available in the village hall for you to leave your children suitabley unsupervised for the hour- open door policy)
You get a guided tour of the church, the hairdressers and the local pub which gives (FREE) B& B to chomical clarrie. But best of all on the way back to the Town Memorial you get to walk past the end of the road in which Rothley Manor resides.
Rumour has it that Team McC (in the interest of increasing takings for the Defence oops sorry Find Madeleine Fund) are currently negotiating with Tesco’s to have their tour included in the voucher scheme.
Entry is refused for those who turn up with stethoscopes or in nurses uniforms.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Shall we organise a day trip to Rothley? with banners and protest slogans and even ban the bomb badges if it make you feel better - I want to stand outside of their cosy little enviroment and tell them exactly how I feel about them. Just posting on these sites has suddenly become just not enough. I really do want to be face to face with them. I will go alone if nobody wants to join me.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Let us all, just for a moment think back to that very first time we saw the Mcs on TV. The morning of the 4th May. Immediately I said that they didnt ring true. How many of you thought the same. SO - why on this earth have they not been hauled over the coals before now. They have been allowed to make a very lucrative business out of what for anyone else would have been an absolutely devastating situation. I have had an admiration for the pj in that they have held it all together and kept the arguido status on the Mcs. under tremendous pressure - but now I am getting very flustrated with the Portugese authorities and am starting to wonder why, as proffessionals, they have not been able to see and prove what to us mere mortals has been blatently obvious from day one
June 18th, 2008 at 12:19 am
smacking gobs !!!!
Dont tempt me!!!!!!!!!!!
I have emailed sky 5 different emails at least 5 times each! not one published.
I wonder why
June 18th, 2008 at 12:16 am
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brandon flours Says:
June 18th, 2008 at 12:10 am
I cant believe Kate critisizes the publics help early on!
Shes had it now!
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In the past I have been puzzled by the McCanns’ apparent insensitivity.
I’m not puzzled any more.
I’m gobsmacked.
Night all…
June 18th, 2008 at 12:10 am
I cant believe Kate critisizes the publics help early on!
Shes had it now!
June 18th, 2008 at 12:05 am
I’ve spent some time now reading the comments on the Sky article. It’s quite “interesting”; wonder what the McCs think when reading that …
Good night all
June 18th, 2008 at 12:04 am
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Noseycow Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
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Come on; looking after small children is so very boring, isn’t it?
You really can’t expect Tapas munchers to to worry about trifling details like that, can you?
June 17th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
‘It’s really quite boring.’
Of course, looking after small children can be rather boring, but then they dispensed with that bit anyway.
Well, we wouldn’t want the McCanns to be bored, would we?
June 17th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
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Mic Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
” a rat’s arse”, Cheryl?
Shouldn’t that be “rat’s ass”, coming from one of the transatlantic persuasion?
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Yes, Mic, but I have a friend over there who constantly tells me when I use that expression that ‘arse’ would be better than that ‘damn yank’ word ‘ass’.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Chenier
have we inadvertently stumbled upon another medical condition?
JT Syndrome - sufferers have a the unfortunate disability of a susceptable memory.
SHould I add it to CBA syndrome which is a particular favourite of mine, which I think the Right Reverend Drs’ McC and the Tapas 7/8 suffer from in respect of their children.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Oops! Sorry!
Bit careless in cut&paste …:-(
June 17th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Mic
They are all play actors, but I have noticed how many ‘dirty’ tackles have been going in throughout this tournament.
Shame really coz the footy has been excellent.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
McCanns ‘Confident’ Over Alert Appeal
Updated:20:43, Tuesday June 17, 2008
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1319232,00.html?f=rss
“[...] At the press conference, the couple faced more questions from the Portuguese media about their actions on the night Madeleine vanished.
Responding to a television reporter’s suggestion that they could face child neglect charges, Mr McCann said: “You have gone over old ground. It’s really quite boring. We want to focus on issues that can make a difference.” [...]
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McCanns ‘Confident’ Over Alert Appeal
Updated:20:43, Tuesday June 17, 2008
Madeleine McCanns’ parents remain “confident” of winning vital support for a Europe-wide child abduction alert after a day of lobbying MEPs in Strasbourg.
Kate and Gerry at church
Gerry and Kate McCann need the signatures of 393 members - that is more than half the total number - by July 24 to see a written declaration of the cross-border system published and sent to the European President.
A signed declaration carries no legal weight, but suggests a political will to see such a scheme implemented.
The McCanns launched their drive for the US-style Amber Alert in Brussels in April, but travelled to Strasbourg needing another 182 members’ signatures.
That number was cut by a modest 15 to 167 by the end of a day-long visit, which left the couple “surprised” at a lack of awareness among MEPs of their high-profile campaign.
But in a series of meetings held throughout the day unsigned members vowed to add their names, and persuade colleagues to join them, before next month’s deadline.
Addressing a press conference with a statement on behalf of the couple, Mrs McCann said the visit had been “extremely useful”.
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“Whilst we remain confident that the declaration will have been signed by a majority of MEPs by the deadline at the end of July, we have also learnt that we still have much to do to increase awareness of the declaration amongst MEPs before then.”
Mrs McCann said “many” MEPs had told the couple directly they would be signing the declaration by the end of the next session.
Declaration sponsor and European Parliament Vice-President Edward McMillan-Scott said the McCanns were up against a European Parliament suffering “declaration fatigue”.
The McCanns believe a European version of Amber Alert - which notifies the public via media across the US when police confirm a child has been abducted - would have helped the search for their daughter in the crucial hours after her disappearance.
At the press conference, the couple faced more questions from the Portuguese media about their actions on the night Madeleine vanished.
Responding to a television reporter’s suggestion that they could face child neglect charges, Mr McCann said: “You have gone over old ground. It’s really quite boring. We want to focus on issues that can make a difference.”
LATEST COMMENTS ON THIS STORY
How can the McCann’s campaign for greater cross border cooperation when they and their friends refused to return to Portugal to help the police with a reconstruction?
Posted by Liz from Glasgow
It would be more useful if they’d advise us NOT to do what they did rather than spend our time and money searching for sainthood rather than their missing daughter.
Posted by Justin Garden from United Kingdom
I think using these two makes UK a laughing stock. Madeleine is missing because she was left alone. Who are they to talk to anyone about helping children? It´s an insult to caring parents.
Posted by diddy from germany
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June 17th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/2147221/Madeleine-McCann-evidence-against-parents-to-be-revealed.html
June 17th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/2147221/Madeleine-McCann-evidence-against-parents-to-be-revealed.html
jo
June 17th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
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Madeleine McCann: evidence against parents to be revealed
By Caroline Gammell
Last Updated: 9:16PM BST 17/06/2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/2147221/Madeleine-McCann-evidence-against-parents-to-be-revealed.html
Not the most sympathetic photo today
June 17th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
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brandon
Please, post it
Will read it later on pliz
June 17th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
188
Maravilha
How much do we know from each other?
You may say you are a nurse and I may say I work in childcare for example…. who knows?
Right now, I am off to have some dinner. I did not eat the whole day or hardly
I am very hungry
See you soon
June 17th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
McCannfiles talks tonight about Gerry’s words about neglect.
He finds it quite boring.
Now we know well one of their weak points:
let us ask them about neglect, all the time.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Has any one read the sky 54 pages of comments
tides a changing!
June 17th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
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Noseycow Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Chenier
Those of us who are under 21 and who will be affected by the imminent drinking ban (I’m including you in this) obviousley do NOT remember who Dick wotsis name is.
OK? Do I make myself clear?
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As crystal!
I can only conclude that I had a sudden attack of Tanner’s Syndrome, probably brought on by thinking about Duncan in fishnet tights.
I’ll be getting back to my pole, then…