Lord Bell was provided with details last Friday
morning of the above.
He responded yesterday via his lawyers, Carter Ruck,
attacking the Bureau. Lord Bell said:
"The conduct of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
does not remotely constitute responsible journalism.
It is an attempt by unethical, deception to
manufacture a story where none exists."
Even if DCI Wall should surprise everyone on both sides
of the McCann fence, with a valid conclusion, built towards
via the seemingly unending dismissal of ‘likely ones’,
the question will remain as to why, given the Yard’s emphasis
on expediency, the truth was not arrived at until several years
had elapsed and more millions been spent.
In any event the Metropolitan Police will be happy to pursue
their inquiry all the while the special grants keep rolling in.
In reality, cessation is no more than the closure of a cheque book away.
It would only take one swingeing budget cut on behalf of this or
the next government to see to that.
Martin Roberts.
You can run cleaner as many times a day as you wish. But I ALWAYS run it before shut down.
Any Qs, let me know.
My ticked boxes.
Do the Reg once a week or so. If it asks if you want to back up? No
Note
Smiling wanly, Mrs McCann looked down at the pyjamas in her lap and added:
"These are virtually identical, but these are little bit smaller because they are Amelie's."
05 June 2007
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-459927/Madeleine-Exhausted-McCanns-Crimewatch-TV-appeal.html
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But what I do see in that photo is that Amelie is wearing a peach-coloured smock top, not Madeleine as Kate McCann stated in her account of the truth.
Amelie and Madeleine, same clothing size? (Eeyore pyjamas spring to mind)
From "Madeleine" by Kate McCann, page 65/66
Some images are etched for all time on my brain. Madeleine that lunchtime is one of them. She was wearing an outfit I’d bought especially for her holiday: a peach-coloured smock top from Gap and some white broderie-anglaise shorts from Monsoon – a small extravagance, perhaps, but I’d pictured how lovely she would look in them and I’d been right.
At the Toddler Club near the Tapas restaurant Fiona collected Lily and headed back to her flat. Madeleine and I met up with Sean, Amelie and Gerry and returned to ours for lunch. As the children were getting quite restless in the apartment we decided to get them out in the fresh air before the afternoon’s activities. We went to the play area, which was such a hit with our three that they never seemed to get fed up with it. We then sat round the toddler pool for a while, dipping our feet in, and I took what has turned out to be my last photograph to date of Madeleine. Heartbreaking as it is to look at it for me now, it encapsulates the essence of Madeleine: so beautiful and so happy.
Madeleine: so beautiful and so happy, but not wearing her peach-coloured smock top (from Gap).
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Lars dear boy.
Having just watched an unrelated program by architectural historian, Dan Cruickshank, reminded me of a little misunderstanding when I previously mentioned Cruickshanks's The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II
That misunderstanding was entirely my fault due to omission. What I failed to make clear, was not your knowledge of the castles, but rather your assessment, as a German, of an Englishman's, (Cruickshank) view of the history surrounding Ludwig 11.
Please don't feel obliged to watch it, but it may be of interest at your leisure.
Regards Ted
Ludwig II of Bavaria, more commonly known by his nicknames the Swan King or the Dream King, is a legendary figure - the handsome boy-king, loved by his people, betrayed by his cabinet and found dead in tragic and mysterious circumstances. He spent his life in pursuit of the ideal of beauty, an ideal that found expression in three of the most extraordinary, ornate architectural schemes imaginable - the castle of Neuschwanstein and the palaces of Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee. Today, these three buildings are among Germany's biggest tourist attractions.
In this documentary Dan Cruickshank explores the rich aesthetic of Ludwig II - from the mock-medievalism of Neuschwanstein the iconic fairytale castle, which became the inspiration for Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle, to the rich Baroque splendour of Herrenchiemsee, Ludwig's answer to Versailles. Dan argues that Ludwig's castles are more than flamboyant kitsch and are, in fact, the key to unravelling the eternal enigma of Ludwig II
From TV show with the much respected English survivalist Ray Mears
Cletis, It was the shingle roof on the tent that inspired me to take the screenshots, I had never seen that before. Took a couple more while I was at it. All relative to settling Appalachia.
If you have a proxy for Britain, you should be able to view, otherwise . . . .
How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears - 1. Mountains
Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's three great mountain ranges - the Appalachians, the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada - challenged the westward push of the early pioneers.
As Ray travels through each landscape he discovers how their awe-inspiring geography, extreme weather, wild animals and ecology presented both great opportunities and great challenges for the native Indians, mountain men, fur traders, wagon trains and gold miners of the Wild West.
Ray begins his westward journey in the Appalachians where he explores how their timbered slopes fuelled the lumber industry and provided the fuel and building material for the emerging nation. Native Appalachian Barbara Woodall and lumberjack Joe Currie share their family history with him, and he gets to grips with the rare 'hellbender' salamander.
Further west, in the high jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains, Ray goes mule trekking with modern-day mountain man Stu Sorenson and he has close encounters with beaver, elk and black bear.
Finally, in the desert mountains of the Sierra Nevada, he explores the tragic story of the Donner Party wagon train whose members allegedly turned to cannibalism to survive. His journey ends as he pans for gold with modern day gold prospector John Gurney, and explores the boom and bust story of ghost town, Bodie.
Saved for posterity.
Ditched by Their Pope
By Anna Smith
Sunday Mirror
September 16, 2007
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/columnists/annasmith/2007/09/16/ditched-by-their-pope-98487-19799045/
IF anything is to shake the McCanns' unswerving Catholic faith, it must be the Pope ditching them from the Vatican website.
In their dark hours, it was faith that kept them going. They had nowhere else to go.
They took their torment to the very seat of their faith - to the Vatican, where the Pope held their hands and told them he would pray for them. They seemed to gain great strength from that.
But now, in their hour of need, like Pontius Pilate, he has washed his hands of them. A whiff of guilt, and the Catholic hierarchy distance themselves. And this from an organisation built on guilt and hypocrisy.
This, from an organisation that for generations swept sexual abuse under the carpet, and gave shelter to paedophile priests who ruined hundreds of lives, from Glasgow to Boston to Donegal.
Shame on them.
Of course, the Vatican will say they constantly update their website on world events. Rubbish.
This extraordinary drama will be one of the most significant events in recent history.
But, like the Vatican, as much as the world seemed united in sorrow and support for Gerry and Kate, now the worm is turning.
And there is a condemnation mindset creeping in that is sickening to watch.
I was never comfortable with the media circus that has surrounded this tragedy. I think they were ill-advised by dubious media and PR people. I always had a feeling their highprofile campaign would come back to haunt them.
I remain convinced that they are innocent. To consider any other notion would be to abandon my faith in the human race.
But from early on, you could see the slick campaign didn't strike the same supportive chord with everyone.
But is it not enough to live with the knowledge, as they will for the rest of their lives, that they failed their daughter by not being there when the abductor struck? Is that not punishment enough?
And now we have the cynical media turning and hedging its bets. The hours have yet to get darker for the McCanns. I firmly believe there is a witch-hunt going on. Of course, none of us can prove that the McCanns were not involved in their daughter's disappearance. But what happened to innocent until proved guilty?
If Madeleine WAS killed accidentally, then where did the parents hide the body? A corpse would go off in the heat in a matter of days, never mind weeks.
So, are we to believe the McCanns stored their daughter's body in the freezer of their holiday apartment, then stole out in the dead of night, away from the media glare, and moved it?
It's ridiculous.
And, as for any DNA the Portuguese cops come up with, as far as I am concerned, all of their evidence is tainted.
Portuguese police have never found the body of an eight-year-old girl who disappeared nearby in similar circumstances in 2004. Her uncle and mother were jailed for the murder, but five police officers have now been accused of forcing a confession out of them.
Most of our hearts are bleeding for this couple. Their lives are ruined, no matter what the outcome. You would have thought the one lifeline they could have depended on to the bitter end would be the Catholic Church.
Presumably someone has been in touch with the authorities. It wouldn't do for the Catholic Church to lose its absolute grip on a country so slavishly devout as Portugal.
Rather than turn our backs on this desperate couple, it's time we all got behind them. Our politicians should step in and ask questions.
I don't want to hear guarded comments from Home Secretary Jacqui Smith saying she hopes the Portuguese investigation will find Madeleine. I want her to express disgust at how the cops are drip-feeding the Portuguese media with lurid titbits for their front pages.
And I hope, if charges should come, that before she allows this couple to be extradited, she makes sure they are not being stitched up so that Portugal can escape this unsavoury spotlight that history will remember them for.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/09_10/2007_09_16_Smith_DitchedBy.htm
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "God Gaol and Kate McCann":
http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/2007/09/16/ditched-by-their-pope-98487-19799045/
Mirror can’t find the page, but we can:
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/09_10/2007_09_16_Smith_DitchedBy.htm
September 16, 2007
IF anything is to shake the McCanns' unswerving Catholic faith, it must be the Pope ditching them from the Vatican website.
A whiff of guilt, and the Catholic hierarchy distance themselves. And this from an organisation built on guilt and hypocrisy.
Oh, the irony.
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