Paul Luckman, “Portugal News”: McCann are guilty of leaving the children alone

Saturday, 3 November 2007

Paul Luckman, “Portugal News”: McCann are guilty of leaving the children alone

“I was there (at Ocean Club) at 9.30 am, next day, and everybody was there: regular police, Policia Judiciaria, firemen, Civil Defence, all resources were there and everybody was looking for the child” - this was the description of Praia da Luz, made by Paul Luckman, editor of Portugal News, an English-language newspaper published in Algarve, during a debate in a TV program, “Sociedade Civil”, from RTP. Paul Luckman said that “the parents are guilty of leaving their children alone” and criticized the fact that the McCann didn't used the baby-sitting service available at Ocean Club: “A baby-sitter costs 12 euros per hour...” About what happened the night Madeleine disappeared, Luckman admitted that an accident could be something “possible”, in theory. The editor of “Portugal News” said that “the McCann and his team should stop criticizing Portugal and the Portuguese police”, and they should apologize, “because it was their fault, all of this problem.”

AJE wrote:If they were working class the response from the British authorities would have been different.

Verdi wrote:

AJE wrote:If they were working class the response from the British authorities would have been different.

They are working class.  Anyone who works is working class.

Professor McCann is of Irish origin, a large working class family.  Kate McCann is a middle Englander, from a working class family.

It ain't what or who they are - it's what they've done and who they did it with.

Verdi wrote:

AJE wrote:If they were working class the response from the British authorities would have been different.

They are working class.  Anyone who works is working class.

Professor McCann is of Irish origin, a large working class family.  Kate McCann is a middle Englander, from a working class family.

It ain't what or who they are - it's what they've done and who they did it with.

sharonl wrote:

Verdi wrote:

AJE wrote:If they were working class the response from the British authorities would have been different.

They are working class.  Anyone who works is working class.

Professor McCann is of Irish origin, a large working class family.  Kate McCann is a middle Englander, from a working class family.

It ain't what or who they are - it's what they've done and who they did it with.

And when they did it.

Biggest question is why? And the coverup by so many people including the UK Government?

I cannot see that this coverup is taking place just because they are doctors or that it has anything to do with class.  Everyone must have been protecting themselves, so what were they all up to that cannot be revealed?

AJE wrote:

sharonl wrote:

Verdi wrote:

AJE wrote:If they were working class the response from the British authorities would have been different.

They are working class.  Anyone who works is working class.

Professor McCann is of Irish origin, a large working class family.  Kate McCann is a middle Englander, from a working class family.

It ain't what or who they are - it's what they've done and who they did it with.

And when they did it.

Biggest question is why? And the coverup by so many people including the UK Government?

I cannot see that this coverup is taking place just because they are doctors or that it has anything to do with class.  Everyone must have been protecting themselves, so what were they all up to that cannot be revealed?

I remember Richard D Hall mentioning Gerry McCann had links to politicians. What I don't get is how did they get so many people involved and no one has let a word slip? Think about Murat, Lourenco, Krokowski, tapas 7 and so on. Every detail of this case disturbs me a lot.