Re: "We are very grateful to Dr Gerry McCann, a cardiologist"

by plebgate 15.10.14 8:08

People will always kiss backsides when money is about.

Couldn't care less how much they give to charity.

How wonderful for them(NOT) to be in a position to be giving these amounts away, a position they would not have been in had they not had a beautiful little girl go missing during a holiday that was for them as well. Wouldn't be able to sue newspapers, senior police officer, tv stations and threaten old age pensioner with jail.

Yes, bloomin wonderful to have their photos all over newspapers and tv because they are able to give to charity.

Such a contrast as to why their eldest daughter's photo is all over newspapers and tv worldwide isn't it. Pah they make me so annoyed.

How about keeping a low profile whilst the search by two countries is ongoing looking for that poor little mite and why not donate anonymously?

Whatever they do for charity I COULD NOT CARE LESS.

Answer those 48 questions, that's the starting point as far as I am concerned.

PAH, so annoyed to read this, this morning.

by tiny 15.10.14 8:20

flaxyard wrote:Blood money

That's my thought too.

by woodforthetrees 15.10.14 8:51

You'll probably find that the McCanns had no choice but to give the money to them. Most likely, the terms of the payout from the Times would be that they do not personally recieve a penny, but the paper would be willing to make a charity payment or 2.

I'm sure if they were in control of it, there's no way they'd dish out their winnings, errm, i mean 'victim money'

by plebgate 15.10.14 9:05

As we do not know the details of the settlement we do not know what choices - if any - they had.

Monies could still be donated anonymously, but here we have photos and people telling us how very grateful they are, blah blah blah.

No time for them at all.

by Doug D 15.10.14 9:10

I don’t believe any mention of the ‘out of court settlement’ has been made in The Times or The Sunday Times and certainly no further apology has been made since the half hearted one at the end of last year.

As has been previously suggested, it looks as though it was the cheapest option to settle like this, rather than incur huge legal costs taking it to Court and for the ‘bean-counters’ at the paper it was a ‘no-brainer’ decision.

by aiyoyo 15.10.14 9:25

woodforthetrees wrote:You'll probably find that the McCanns had no choice but to give the money to them. Most likely, the terms of the payout from the Times would be that they do not personally recieve a penny, but the paper would be willing to make a charity payment or 2.

I'm sure if they were in control of it, there's no way they'd dish out their winnings, errm, i mean 'victim money'

I doubt the Times can dictate terms who the award money should go to.
It's the McCanns money since they were awarded it and theirs to decide what to do with it.
Had it not been for the Metropolitan Police searching for Madeleine rendering their private detectives redundant I have no doubt at all they would have kept it in the name of the search.

They'd no choice in the matter. Had they kept the money in the private limited company that will draw immediate negative attention to the gullible public who didn't suspect the fund before. And also that will give the Times and the Express added reason to monitor the Fund and report on the dodgy spendings when the time is right.

Should they have kept the money for their defence? Who knows if it will come to that? They certainly seemed confident (or at least gave the impression) their liberty won't be compromised.

by margaret 15.10.14 9:50

It's the first time in 7 years they've actually donated money OUTSIDE their fund. They must be desperate for good publicity.

by aiyoyo 15.10.14 10:11

margaret wrote:It's the first time in 7 years they've actually donated money OUTSIDE their fund. They must be desperate for good publicity.

The thing it, not as if it was their own money donated. It was blood money won through litigation, so I don't understand what the big fuss was about. Who'd informed the press about their visit to the Charity ? I can't see the charity wanting that kind of limelight and I don't believe the press just happened to show by chance for the photo shoot.

The Mcs are suckers for lime light, and won't miss any opportunity to let the public know they are victims and good hearted victims at that, and it might backfire spectacularly. Look, they'd even forgiven the abductor, but they can't forgive their critics not even tweeter users. Anyone who disbelieves them should be made example of and more should be charged according to "good hearted" Gerry. Paradox or taking the biscuit!

by Snifferdog 15.10.14 10:27

Well well well. It does look to me as though the moneys ~~donated by Murdoch for the postponed trail in Portugal, w~~on by the McCanns without even a whimper from the Murdoch press, was to be used for the trial, but, as it cannot be given back to the paper without incurring suspicion, it was decided that the money would be donated to a cause "close" to Gerrys heart, seeing he is a heart consultant doc né? All done to show what a "generous" couple they are, etc.
However, we are not stupid and can see it is an exercise in public relations. Why the need for all the publicly then???
The McCanns have never to my knowledge used their own money for anything related to anything other than themselves. All in my own opinion.

by canada12 15.10.14 11:07

In Canada if you make a large donation to a charity you get a whopping credit at tax time.

Could the McCanns have been doing this for the tax break? Are there similar tax rules in the UK?

by pennylane 15.10.14 11:31

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Snifferdog wrote:Well well well. It does look to me as though the moneys ~~donated by Murdoch for the postponed trail in Portugal, w~~on by the McCanns without even a whimper from the Murdoch press, was to be used for the trial, but, as it cannot be given back to the paper without incurring suspicion, it was decided that the money would be donated to a cause "close" to Gerrys heart, seeing he is a heart consultant doc né? All done to show what a "generous" couple they are, etc.
However, we are not stupid and can see it is an exercise in public relations. Why the need for all the publicly then???
The McCanns have never to my knowledge used their own money for anything related to anything other than themselves. All in my own opinion.

Yes how very touching of 'Kate & Gerry' to donate money to charity..........and then promptly announce it to the media. "We are very grateful to Dr Gerry McCann, a cardiologist" - Page 1 9k=

"We are very grateful to Dr Gerry McCann, a cardiologist" - Page 1 9k=

by nglfi 15.10.14 12:09

I think they really need to stay away from charity events. It's very sad to say but true that many many people give to charity as a way of covering for their guilt. I personally immediately think of Jimmy Savile. Sadly a lot of people only give to charity for selfish/publicity reasons. It's also not good for their libel case against Amaral. I thought their claims centred around being cast out from society, everyone thinking they were guilty, stresss and unhappiness etc. This charity giving gives the opposite impression. People see them as good, kind hearted, still treated like celebrities etc

by **sharonl** 16.10.14 0:09

Dont Make Me Laff wrote:Was the donation from the McCanns?

It was probably from the British Heart Foundation who is a partner to the charity.

This is the charity http://jhmt.org.uk/

Doesn't Gerry link to the BHF in some way?

The McCanns may have lost some support following the loss of Leicester Lady Brenda Leyland but now the people of Leicestershire can see what a great couple the McCanns really are. winkwink

by jeanmonroe 16.10.14 0:11

sharonl wrote:
Dont Make Me Laff wrote:Was the donation from the McCanns?

It was probably from the British Heart Foundation who is a partner to the charity.

This is the charity http://jhmt.org.uk/

Doesn't Gerry link to the BHF in some way?

YEP!

He once NAMED the BHF as his 'place of residence' in the 'fund' accounts!

by Snifferdog 16.10.14 7:42

jeanmonroe wrote:
sharonl wrote:
Dont Make Me Laff wrote:Was the donation from the McCanns?

It was probably from the British Heart Foundation who is a partner to the charity.

This is the charity http://jhmt.org.uk/

Doesn't Gerry link to the BHF in some way?

YEP!

He once NAMED the BHF as his 'place of residence' in the 'fund' accounts!

:help:sometimes wonder what would have been GMs objective in doing so? Just Weird...
Somehow the help emoticon inserted itself in front of my post and it cannot be removed, but its nevertheless somewhat appropriate, as I would like to know the answer.

by SuspiciousMinds 16.10.14 13:17

aiyoyo wrote:
woodforthetrees wrote:You'll probably find that the McCanns had no choice but to give the money to them. Most likely, the terms of the payout from the Times would be that they do not personally recieve a penny, but the paper would be willing to make a charity payment or 2.

I'm sure if they were in control of it, there's no way they'd dish out their winnings, errm, i mean 'victim money'

I doubt the Times can dictate terms who the award money should go to.
It's the McCanns money since they were awarded it and theirs to decide what to do with it.
Had it not been for the Metropolitan Police searching for Madeleine rendering their private detectives redundant I have no doubt at all they would have kept it in the name of the search.

If it's an out-of-court settlement, it's not really an "award" is it? It's an agreement between two parties to keep the case from going to court, and therefore I would have thought that The Times could stipulate any conditions they wanted to. If the McCanns weren't happy with it, they could have rejected the offer and gone to court regardless. But it wouldn't have made them look good if they'd refused the settlement on the grounds that the money had to go to charity, and it would have highlighted in a very public way the fact that the Madeleine Fund is NOT a charity which I think a lot of people still don't realise.

I think they grudgingly took the money and decided to use it for PR purposes, since it's no good to them in any other way.

by jeanmonroe 16.10.14 15:42

As Lowie Walsh, with remarkable, advanced foresight, might have said of a particular 'group' on 'fiX' Factor "They don't have the likeability factor, nobody will vote for THEM, they won't be popular. It dosen't matter how hard they try, people just won't be taken in by their sham performances. So the group i'm voting off tonight is....The McScams. I know you like them, and think the sun shines out of their 'bleep' Simon, but that's my decision. They are just too fake and everyone can see through them."

by margaret 16.10.14 16:06

canada12 wrote:In Canada if you make a large donation to a charity you get a whopping credit at tax time.

Could the McCanns have been doing this for the tax break? Are there similar tax rules in the UK?

Good point canada12, I'm sure you do get tax relief on charity donations.

by sonic72 16.10.14 17:38

It's just a blatant PR exercise.

"Oh look at us donating money to a charity, doesn't it make us look good, and we get tax relief for making a donation"

It's a win-win for the Mccanns.

But as someone said, where's the other £45,000 ??

As we know, they said in the press that they'd donate the £55k to charity, so they need to provide an audit trail for that. Did they think that by donating £10k people would think they have donated it all?! People will be watching and waiting to see, that's for sure...

by Guest 16.10.14 17:46

Yes, agree, sonic72. It's also a distraction - look over here, (thank you, PeterM for this phrase).

by roy rovers 16.10.14 23:57

10,000 is the smallest 5 figure number. Maximum bang for minimum bucks.

by Grande Finale 20.10.14 23:20

The trust is headed by GM's Boss, Bit of "Brown Nosing" is obvious.

Martin Johnson has been a family freind of the Humphries for over 20 years.

The Humphries just happen to live around the corner from the Mccann family.

Angela Humphries has been a big support for KM.

NOTHING DONE without a reason ! prisoner

YES YOU DID!

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/school-help-create-generation-lifesavers/story-20724777-detail/story.html

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