This appeal, though part of a longer post, I made back in 2010. And now having witnessed the tragic death of, Brenda "Sweepyface" Leyland, who seemingly took her own life in consequence of being ambushed on her doorstep by the insidious, Martin Brunt of Sky News, I reiterate that appeal today.
I suppose I can thank the lovely Sandra Fegueiras for taking the edge off my very considerable ire, pretty women tend to have that effect on me.
But Ire it was, and ire it is, and ire it will always be, until that is, someone puts a stop to these two creatures.
Is there nobody in this country, is there nobody that has the wherewithal to end this obscenity, is there nobody prepared to say, enough is enough?
Is there not one politician, not one cop, not one journalist among you that will bring this thing to an end? And I deliberately refrain from using terms like grow some balls or find a backbone, because it doesn't take these things to do what is required, it takes decency, a sense of what is right, morals, or better, moral indignation; indignation at seeing the wrong that is going on all around us.
There must be so many of you in a position to end this, there has to be, and you know who you are, but I beg you, don't sit back and wait for the other fellow to act, you act, you have it in your grasp to stop this vile canker from polluting decency and polluting this country further than it has already.
Please I beg you, I beseech you, put a stop to it, bring this abomination to an end.
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Let me make this quite clear, Brenda "Sweepyface" Leyland was not a "troll" as, even in death she was so described, by the deplorable hacks of the UK media.
Rather, Brenda Leyland was, like us all, just someone who wanted answers to this ongoing affront to decency and justice.
And as such, she asked questions and proffered both her opinion and snippets of information. Is it I wonder, those snippets of information that caused Brenda to be targeted by the McCann Machine, in the form of Martin Brunt?
A similar question I add, asked quite recently by Allan Sugar, Lord Sugar.
If the McCanns are not on Twitter, question must be asked who pointed out to media the so called trolling of the McCanns by Brenda Leyland.
Brenda Leyland's Facebook comments can be read here, and I ask you, are these the words of a troll? No.
But I wonder, was it content such as this, that caused the targeting of, Brenda Leyland?
Brenda Leyland Gerry McCann has a very short fuse, to say he is testy, is to put it mildly, Kate has perfected the " anguished face" to a tee, they now have a well oiled PR team and a constant flow of income generated from funds, I have heard that there are many at Glenfield Hospital ( Gerrys work place) who have expressed disquiet, however the McCann will sue at the drop of a hat.
Research: Maren - The Netherlands.
“Of course it’s not just us - it is many other people who happen to fund themselves in rather tragic circumstances.
ReplyDeleteI've seen this misprint on Huffpo and now the Standard. Quote from GM attack on vile Twitter trolls.
It's a sad day Maren, such a tragic and needless loss of life.
ReplyDeleteI think far from being a troll, Brenda was an extremely sensitive person. That she is no longer with us attests to that.
But what she must have been going through in that hotel room, heaven knows?
http://blacksmithbureau.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/in-memoriam.html
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ReplyDeleteGood morning Maren.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the links, some good and interesting stuff.
Irony? Nah, they don't do irony.
Presumption of Death Act 2013
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/latest-news/451-missing-people-welcomes-new-presumption-of-death-system.html
Worth a tweet I guess, later on.
Just a quick look around the M tag, then I must do few jobs, be back later no doubt.
I still can't get over this tragedy, it has moved me deeply.
Regards my lovely.
I can imagine H.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNJ7aDmcuG4
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Clarence Mitchell
ReplyDeleteMore support for my #Pavilion campaign from the man responsible for turning our economy around. #cpc14 #Brighton
https://twitter.com/mitch_1uk/status/516934585729687552
8 October 2014 08:26
ReplyDeleteThe lone voice, bless her.
8 October 2014 10:19
Brunt attempting to look like a journo.
8 October 2014 10:32
Close family friend+McCann
About 708,000 results (0.46 seconds)
Nowhere near the millions for: A source close to the McCanns
8 October 2014 10:40
That, dear girl, is one you will be seeing more of.
I'm popping out for the afternoon, no doubt I will give it the attention it deserves later on.
just listening to BBC show, the files was handed to the police by the family according to Bernard HH.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/p02789bx
family handed the dossier to the team investigating/reviewing the murder errr missing girl? Umm ok... nice one Bernard.
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https://twitter.com/Delly38d/status/519814407035949056
ReplyDeleteSo the #McCann family handed the dossier to the team investigating/reviewing the murder errr missing girl? Umm ok... nice one Bernard.
From comment Paul (19)
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There are people who spend hours on end trawling through the internet for god knows what - latest iphones, sleb selfies youtube "funnies"...etc. Brenda Leyland devoted her online life to trying to seek justice for a little girl who was so obivously wronged (and continues to be so). I wish more people had Brenda's "problems"!
Even the issue of anonymity is a false one: "if you can't take, don't dish it out." Bullshit. Brenda entered into this fray, like thousands of others, with absolutely no line of defence other than the recorded facts of an investigation. Weigh this against the power of the McCanns, Sky, the Met.
The use pseudonyms and anonymity has an illustrious written and visual history. Historically, only totalitarian states have regarded it as a threat. And in my opinion, we should guard it closely.
Nobody in authority was going to help Brenda. We're told that Operation Grange has 40 officers and that they received this dossier of "threats" almost a month earlier. IT HAD BEEN READ. What the hell else was this 40 strong team going to do?
Well said. M
The EU/uk is already a totalitarian state, and has been so for some time...as is the states..there is no freedom. It should be more than obvious by now. Wake up people. It is too late already for a peaceful turnaround.
ReplyDeleteThe wolves came whilst the shepherds were sleeping.
CaT
http://unterdenteppichgekehrt.blogspot.nl/2014/10/the-family.html
ReplyDeleteHow terrible. How unutterably sad.
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This week I learned a lot about people. Brenda was clever, funny, articulate . Therefore a danger to the feckless medics. Brunt, Murdoch, Dacre are scum. The gloves are off now. It's made me more determined than ever to seek Justice.
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace, beautiful lady.
We will avenge you. With words.xxx
Thank you, Himself. Stay Human.
Ann-Kristine
Sickened to the stomach, I've had enough of all this for today so I'm off to listen to my favourite song:
ReplyDeleteBig Jim~ Fivepenny Piece.
I think I prefer being a bear, to say nothing of the occasional bit of shape shifting to lizard.
ReplyDeleteI thank you, it is all so terribly sad. I wonder if we will ever get to the bottom of it?
Like you 'all', Brenda had a serious mental illness. you can't blame the McCanns, Sky News or Martin Brunt for this woman's death. Tweeting about people you don't know from 7am till midnight - and doing nothing real or practical about your so called 'cause' - reveals the actions of a disturbed mind. Nothing wrong with that- just an 'illness', but no illness should be inflicted on others. What next? Martin Brunt commits suicide and you lot are responsible? Oh, please! He did not hound Brenda, He was actually very polite. You are one step saner than Brenda in that you're not spending a life online in anonymity, but you're still a fruit cake! Your bipolar is not your biggest problem. You've got a border line personality disorder - Along with Bennet, Jill Havern, Pat Brown, Joana Morais- All of you claiming 'justice' for Madeleine, and doing not one single thing to help the millions of living, desperate children in the world. Why? Because it's all about YOU. The very thing you blame the McCanns for- seeking celebrity- is the very reason you attach yourselves to this high profile case in the first place. Wherever you go, turmoil ensues- wherever Tony goes, the same.... You're all suffering from BPD and using the internet as an outlet, instead of facing the facts of your own lives. Whatever the facts of the case, it's a big soap opera for you, and a real tragedy for the McCanns.
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ReplyDeleteYou are one step saner than Brenda in that you're not spending a life online in anonymity
You don't do irony, do you.
Hi Anon 13 th Oct at 12.48. Why are you reading and replying to us Morons, have you no life, nothin better to do? Talk about a fruit cake, I'd go and get yourself analysed if I were you. We are all seeking justice and a conclusion for a child who is missing. What are you doing smart arse, besides trying to be a smart arse.
ReplyDeleteAnon addressing anon, they are not the McCanns, they are McCann and Healy, those are the legal names.
ReplyDeleteFor further confirmation, ask your dad, and if that's not good enough,
consult your old dog-NIPPER.
What a family, projection personified, but each and every one of you have one stunning flaw, you are all bad actors.
Only sick and twisted people bury bodies in the garden, under concrete... and so says Operation Garage.
Himself, Just to make it clear, comment 29 was not referring to Murat, Birch or any of that nonsense.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing in the files that convinces me that this entire Luz episode was not staged. It took good old Leicester months to bring the dogs in and that was only after the PJ wanted to go back to Blighty.
Everyone who's still interested in this case knows the dogs were spot on, but this mad affair is full of double bluffs. Remember the books in the villa, the surgical gloves, the disagreeable smells (Mr Wright).
Gerry driving around in the hire car, in full view of the world's press- CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! The entire fairy tale is built on misdirection and reverse psychology.
In addition, what are the odds of all those people suddenly falling
in line and looking anywhere but at each other, the whole thing smacks of utter contrivance to me.
Meanwhile back at the ranch,no one ever checked ground zero.
With the greatest of respect, try and have yourself a good day Sir.
We're not all trolls,iguanas maybe, but not trolls.
Saved.
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He chinks my hinky meter for some reason. Not least, telling everybody how to behave. (including me)
ReplyDeleteBut especially his men in suits You can't make a statement like that, and then whoosh it from your blog without explanation, as though you had never uttered it.
Definitely hinky.
Mama's later, but I'll be around for a couple of hours yet.
Pedantic twaddle and a monopoly of wisdom. He’s not alone, is he. But then, what do I know. I don’t even do social media, well not really. I never quite understood the use of those “pro”, “anti” and “troll” terms. Mind you, I do understand that one must call a spade a spade.
ReplyDeleteBrenda Leyland paid with her life. That is hard to comprehend. Men in suits.
You left out "stalker"
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Jeebus!
Oh yes "stalker". Tell me about it.
ReplyDeleteMania come in many forms. Theo is just one of them.
Mania comes and manias come. I mixed it up with Media. Quite confusing, to say the least. M
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ReplyDeleteBy any stretch, their campaign to find Madeleine has been an embarrassing, vicious disaster summed up by the death of Brenda Leyland. The irony for the McCanns is she now looms larger offline than she ever did on it.
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Reasonable articles Maren.
ReplyDeleteExpanded comment on link dump, this isn't the place for it.
https://twitter.com/winnower1/status/531185473431941120
ReplyDeleteA misconception, BL is referring to "Richard Philips"’ odd statement.
See comment 17 October 2014 07:12
That was my understanding, Brenda was quoting Richard Phillips.
ReplyDeleteIt's most unlike Win to get the wrong end of the stick.
Let that one play out, see how the bottom line plays out.
https://twitter.com/Colin54637641/status/531188520124432386
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ReplyDeleteHi Maren, still trying to catch up, had a bit of a situation yesterday evening, a power out.
ReplyDeleteCan't do an awful lot in the dark.
Or that which you can do, requires a third party.
Tha knows?
Glad to see Win got sorted out.
Tha knows M
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ReplyDeleteWe don’t believe for a moment in the existence of “paid shills” operating on the internet on behalf of the McCanns.
Neither do I.
The internet was left in the hands of their kin.
I tend to agree.
Hello Chuck, just in.
ReplyDeleteNeither do I.
Me too.
That, however, is very different from believing that no informal or organized support structure dedicated to countering “anti-McCann” posts and posters on the internet exists.
Instructed by, if not McCann directly, then through the clan’s internet monitor Michael Wright.
How can I be so sure?
If anybody should have come under constant attack from the trolls, it surely should have been me.
Instead what do I get, silence?
Silence, apart from half a dozen adverse comments, and that is all there has ever been. No more than that.
And, given that we know how vocal they can be, I can think of no other explanation for such an anomaly, than orders went out to stay away.
It's not my ego at play here, believe me. The silence has been deafening.
I had on two occasions in the early days,challenged the McCanns quite openly, to the effect: they were welcome, if they didn't like what I was saying, to file suite against me, and they could have their day in court, and I would have mine.
Whether or not that set the bar and the parameters, I don't know? All I do know, is that I have never been hassled.
That said, I did try to find where I had said it, but can't find it for the life of me.
Me time Maren, me time.
xx
https://twitter.com/prawnstar2013/status/519792062640570368
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ReplyDeleteThe hardcore is not as dumb and uninformed as some of the antis want us to believe, but their by-products, the useful idiots, are becoming a millstone round their necks. Not doing arguments has drawbacks. And that goes for both sides.
You would wake the sleeping dogs. http://bit.ly/11l1TMj
xx
Bonjour Maren.
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A good FB.
21 November 2014 08:28
LOL
Blacksmith
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http://blacksmithbureau.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/the-guilty.html
Why does this stuff matter?
ReplyDeleteBecause if this worthless bunch had done their jobs then Brenda Leyland would almost certainly still be alive today, that’s why.
http://blacksmithbureau.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/the-guilty.html
Thanks for the links. M
https://twitter.com/Cisttootbp/status/536671368302321664
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@ChanGlobal
@Ofcom @skymartinbrunt #askbrunt do you believe you are still a credible source for genuine news? #mccann #imaceleb
https://twitter.com/ChanGlobal/status/542820852770029569
ReplyDeleteSo if you want to be doorstepped, have you employer phoned, put your real name up. The beasts we are dealing with here are dangerous #mccann
http://bit.ly/1yvRDQi
They are. Mx
Recently found out the trolls and steel have my identity details.
ReplyDeleteBastards.
Go to "ignore" Maren.
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https://twitter.com/1matthewwright1/status/552575512023818240
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ReplyDeleteI can't process info Maren, my brain is non-functional. I'm only out of bed for short periods.
ReplyDeleteCiao
https://twitter.com/skymartinbrunt/status/554210826954231809
ReplyDeleteI disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - Evelyn Beatrice Hall
http://unterdenteppichgekehrt.blogspot.nl/2015/01/they-called-him-brunty.html
ReplyDeleteThank you Maren, and for your well wishes.
ReplyDeleteMarginally improved, but still a blob of jelly.
xx
https://twitter.com/JimGamble_INEQE/status/560116900655808512
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ReplyDelete@skymartinbrunt I repeat (4th time today) WHO GAVE YOU THE ADDRESS OF SWEEPYFACE? #AskBrunt
Martin Brunt @skymartinbrunt 2 okt.
.@jamer99 Nobody. I found it from public information sources.
https://twitter.com/c_mcfc/status/517934108790755328
https://twitter.com/_DarkMavis/status/519811513587359746
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Rebecca
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Which might be more the point.
Call me cynical, call me wary.
Mr Brunt told how he and a cameraman waited outside Ms Leyland's home for three hours before she came outside and they approached her, after he had received a dossier containing the tweets from Ms Leyland.
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A statement read out from Ms Leyland's youngest son Ben Leyland, said: "I have no doubt in my mind that the panic and fear heard in her voice when she confided in me after the Sky News interview was the final straw that pushed my mum into doing what she did.
"She was broken, a wreck and completely destroyed by what had occurred".
https://twitter.com/beemmjay2011/status/580682657564110848
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ReplyDeleteLast year, the parents of the missing child Madeleine McCann prepared an 80-page dossier of online abuse directed at them.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/beware/social-networks-have-clear-rules-on-what-posts-can-be-deleted-31086837.html
https://twitter.com/LoveRandomleigh/status/581896439229493248
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For @Sweepyface. How I wish you could have seen this. RIP Brenda Leyland, falsely labeled as 'troll', driven to despair and suicide by the MSM.