Re: International Missing Children's Day

by Guest 24.05.12 18:13

Comments here not very favourable at all..............

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149254/Madeleine-McCanns-mother-Kate-hails-missing-children-lifeline-Europe-wide-reporting-hotline-launched.html

by Gillyspot 25.05.12 9:04

candyfloss wrote:I have read a few articles, and don't see any mention of Kerry Needham anywhere. No mention of Gerry McCann either. So how come Clarence Mitchell was there, do you need a PR man to attend such a function with you?

I asked Martin Houghton-Brown CEO of Missing People on twitter & apparently Kerry was there at downing street launch. Here is his reply to me

Martin HB ‏@hblondon
@GILLYSPOT @msnuknews @missingpeople It took five years sadly, but glad we are there now, Kerry was there, she helped launch on ITV too

I am so very glad Kerry was asked and attended so can now only assume she didn't want the publicity from it (hard to understand). She is a strong & inspirational lady. roses

ETA Clarence was there as he is now PR for PACT (Parents & Abducted Children Together). Tweet from 26.4.07

PACT ‏@FindTheKids
Pleased to announce that Clarence Mitchell has joined us as PR and Media advisor.

by nomendelta 25.05.12 10:35

Look at the photo of Kate wth Nicki Durbin. Nicki's 19 year old son went missing in 2006 - look at her face. It is, as it is with most parents of children who have gone missing, the face of someone who has lost something of themselves. There's a haunted, lost quality about her face. Not with Kate - and Kate's, if anything, should be more anguished and lost looking given it's a young child she "lost".

by **Nina** 25.05.12 12:36

nomendelta wrote:Look at the photo of Kate wth Nicki Durbin. Nicki's 19 year old son went missing in 2006 - look at her face. It is, as it is with most parents of children who have gone missing, the face of someone who has lost something of themselves. There's a haunted, lost quality about her face. Not with Kate - and Kate's, if anything, should be more anguished and lost looking given it's a young child she "lost".

Kate McCann is just reveling in the glory of all this celeb/political/royal mingling imo, and always the opportunity for a new posh frock.
As you say nomendelta the two faces of mothers of missing children, imo one gaunt through worry and grief, the other through restricted diet and exercise.

by friedtomatoes 25.05.12 18:41

nomendelta wrote:Look at the photo of Kate wth Nicki Durbin. Nicki's 19 year old son went missing in 2006 - look at her face. It is, as it is with most parents of children who have gone missing, the face of someone who has lost something of themselves. There's a haunted, lost quality about her face. Not with Kate - and Kate's, if anything, should be more anguished and lost looking given it's a young child she "lost".

Glad I wasnt the only one that noticed.The latter looks like theyre posing for some fashion catalogue. Nasty sandals though. Wonder why she chose to wear a black dress on such an occasion and when the heat was incredible in London.

by **tigger** 25.05.12 19:12

Nina wrote:
nomendelta wrote:Look at the photo of Kate wth Nicki Durbin. Nicki's 19 year old son went missing in 2006 - look at her face. It is, as it is with most parents of children who have gone missing, the face of someone who has lost something of themselves. There's a haunted, lost quality about her face. Not with Kate - and Kate's, if anything, should be more anguished and lost looking given it's a young child she "lost".

Kate McCann is just reveling in the glory of all this celeb/political/royal mingling imo, and always the opportunity for a new posh frock.
As you say nomendelta the two faces of mothers of missing children, imo one gaunt through worry and grief, the other through restricted diet and exercise.

Kate has no dress sense at all imo, that dress is too short, doesn't do her any favours at all, showing knobbly knees, totally wrong scarf and those clodhopping sandals shortening her legs. Apart from that - she has a very 'boyish' figure, no waist, so it's a mistake to wear a belt.
She must work out a lot, those are very respectable deltoids showing.

So - going by the photograph meeting the Duchess of Gloucester she seems to revel in this environment. See the Expresso interview again - same thing.
No grieving mother she! (How does that work grammatically speaking?)

by tuom 25.05.12 21:07

This piece from the Irish Evening Herald last evening Thursday 24th May 2012:

DIAL-IN AD AIDS HUNT FOR MISSING CHILDREN

An interactive cinema and TV advert has been launched to promote a new hotline to help find missing children.

This film is designed to raise awareness of a service operted by specialist support groups in 16 EU countries , including Ireland.

The film which will be shown on MTV , shows a young boy making a telephone call , apparently to his mother, who is waiting desperately for his return. After the woman answers his call , the film freezes and the audience is invited to phone a number to hear the conversation.

Those who ring the number will hear an exchange between the boy and a charity , which operates the 116000 hotline. For other viewers the advert will continue in silence.

The film for the charity Missing People is backed by Kate McCann , above , mother of missing Madeleine.

Could not get c/p to work so above is from piece in paper. ( Article by Sam Marsden/Evening Herald)

by jd 25.05.12 21:14

This comment completely sums it up for me too...

"It's unbelievable that a woman can be invited to number 10 for leaving her kids alone while she went on the piss, oh yes and losing one into the bargain. It's unreal!!"

http://thepottingshedder.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00Z&max-results=24

by Gillyspot 25.05.12 21:19

jd wrote:This comment completely sums it up for me too...

"It's unbelievable that a woman can be invited to number 10 for leaving her kids alone while she went on the piss, oh yes and losing one into the bargain. It's unreal!!"

http://thepottingshedder.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00Z&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00Z&max-results=24

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"And since when the McCanns become such experts on missing children? Could Downing Street find better role models?"
- TC, Woking Surrey, 24/5/2012 13:16

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The keyboard warriors strike again! Have a little compassion - the McCanns daughter was kidnapped - end of. It amazes me how critical the British public are of this family.....
- EJ, Oz, 24/5/2012 14:46

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by Guest 26.05.12 16:35

tigger wrote:
Nina wrote:
nomendelta wrote:Look at the photo of Kate wth Nicki Durbin. Nicki's 19 year old son went missing in 2006 - look at her face. It is, as it is with most parents of children who have gone missing, the face of someone who has lost something of themselves. There's a haunted, lost quality about her face. Not with Kate - and Kate's, if anything, should be more anguished and lost looking given it's a young child she "lost".

Kate McCann is just reveling in the glory of all this celeb/political/royal mingling imo, and always the opportunity for a new posh frock.
As you say nomendelta the two faces of mothers of missing children, imo one gaunt through worry and grief, the other through restricted diet and exercise.

Kate has no dress sense at all imo, that dress is too short, doesn't do her any favours at all, showing knobbly knees, totally wrong scarf and those clodhopping sandals shortening her legs. Apart from that - she has a very 'boyish' figure, no waist, so it's a mistake to wear a belt.
She must work out a lot, those are very respectable deltoids showing.

So - going by the photograph meeting the Duchess of Gloucester she seems to revel in this environment. See the Expresso interview again - same thing.
No grieving mother she! (How does that work grammatically speaking?)

Hello Tigger!

The shoes, oh yes the shoes!
McCanoes: What you would put on those feet of yours, expecting to dazzle the public and the (minor) Royal Duchess, and, alternatively, to be able to kick the living shit out of any Infidels in your audience.

by friedtomatoes 26.05.12 19:01

at you Portia

On a different note, I didnt know where to ask this, has the discussions on the Met Police FB page been removed? Or is it that stupid timeline that wont let me read them?

by kazz1961 27.05.12 10:56

yes you can scroll down the met page to older posts and click on there over 2,000+ comments very interesting

by friedtomatoes 27.05.12 13:00

kazz1961 wrote:yes you can scroll down the met page to older posts and click on there over 2,000+ comments very interesting

Thanks kazz, I click on older posts and nothing comes up. Anyone else have this problem?

by Guest 25.05.13 9:11

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4941648/kate-mccann-plea-on-international-missing-childrens-day.html

Try to get past the first comment that Kate has searched tirelessly for her daughter since 2007 without choking on your cornflakes!

by marconi 25.05.13 12:56

Is there a National Missing Tapas 7 Day?

by plebgate 25.05.13 13:29

No Fate Worse Than De'Ath wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4941648/kate-mccann-plea-on-international-missing-childrens-day.html

Try to get past the first comment that Kate has searched tirelessly for her daughter since 2007 without choking on your cornflakes!

Didn't read much of the article. Did Mrs. write it herself, didn't notice any eeerrrrsss or ummmmmms in what I did read? International Missing Children's Day - Page 2 110921

International Missing Children's Day - Page 2 110921

Any mention of the Express article mentioning sobbing children in the article?

by Guest 25.05.13 15:25

What a busy bee Kate is at the moment. She's also involved in today's Miles for Missing People run.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/latestnews/view/316580/Father-s-hope-for-missing-daughter/

by plebgate 25.05.13 16:21

Is she trying not to smile in that photo?

Yeah, I wouldn't feel like smiling for the cameras with the headlines from the DE last week.

by Guest 25.05.13 16:27

No Fate Worse Than De'Ath wrote:What a busy bee Kate is at the moment. She's also involved in today's Miles for Missing People run.

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She's not running though is she?, just starting the race with the klaxon thingy.

by jeanmonroe 25.05.13 16:50

plebgate wrote:Is she trying not to smile in that photo?

Yeah, I wouldn't feel like smiling for the cameras with the headlines from the DE last week.

She's TRYING......... period!
Missing people would have gotten a lot more money if they hadn't made a possible future suspect in a missing child case, their ambassador!
I know a lot of people that instantly STOPPED giving to them precisely because SHE was involved!

by plebgate 25.05.13 21:39

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/402518/Child-abduction-cases-up-by-81

This is the report on Express on line. No mention of Mrs. in the article just her photo.

by Beanie 25.05.13 22:24

jeanmonroe wrote:
plebgate wrote:Is she trying not to smile in that photo?

Yeah, I wouldn't feel like smiling for the cameras with the headlines from the DE last week.

She's TRYING......... period!
Missing people would have gotten a lot more money if they hadn't made a possible future suspect in a missing child case, their ambassador!
I know a lot of people that instantly STOPPED giving to them precisely because SHE was involved!

IMO Kate as ambassador has caused great harm to the charity. I am sure the charity are greatly aware of this also. I think the problem is a favour has been called in and their hands are tied.

by Liz Eagles 25.05.13 22:52

I think Kate's role as ambassador (not that I like or agree with it) is definitely good for the charity. People are interested in doing good - and that is an easy target audience. Kate loses a child, struggles, shows herself as a strong woman working against all odds and giving her time to others, pens a book, runs a marathon for other missing people, suffers at the hands of the media and still manages to bring up two well rounded children. Kate is dynamite for this charity's fund-raising. Kate is heavily marketed as the woman that fights against all odds and still looks good.

It's not how I feel about it, or would have it but in my opinion this is how things are in the fund-raising business.

by Guest 26.05.13 7:10

No Fate Worse Than De'Ath wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4941648/kate-mccann-plea-on-international-missing-childrens-day.html

Try to get past the first comment that Kate has searched tirelessly for her daughter since 2007 without choking on your cornflakes!

In her first piece written for a newspaper Kate, whose daughter Madeleine was abducted in 2007, says: “The more of us who take part today, the greater the chance a child can be found. It’s that simple.”
KM urging people to Tweet to help find missing children. I hope those who Tweet just do it for a missing child and refrain from any libelous comments, imo she would be so quick to jump on that, just imagine the headlines!

I see the word abducted has raised it's head again.

by plebgate 26.05.13 8:19

Cherry Blossom wrote:
No Fate Worse Than De'Ath wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4941648/kate-mccann-plea-on-international-missing-childrens-day.html

Try to get past the first comment that Kate has searched tirelessly for her daughter since 2007 without choking on your cornflakes!

In her first piece written for a newspaper Kate, whose daughter Madeleine was abducted in 2007, says: “The more of us who take part today, the greater the chance a child can be found. It’s that simple.”
KM urging people to Tweet to help find missing children. I hope those who Tweet just do it for a missing child and refrain from any libelous comments, imo she would be so quick to jump on that, just imagine the headlines!

I see the word abducted has raised it's head again.

If abducted hadn't been used I doubt she would have agreed to write the article. This is the Sun she is writing for.

Wonder if they are testing out her potential skills as a journalist, they do seem to think the sun shines out of her. Replacement for Becky Brooks maybe. International Missing Children's Day - Page 2 110921

by Guest 26.05.13 9:14

She'll probably end up writing a piece every week on missing children, imo would be better if someone else did it.

by Guest 26.05.13 9:59

I really don't think you need to say "in my opinion" Cherry B!

The thought of Kate writing regular articles for a charity about missing people is stomach-churning. There can be few people in this world who would be more unsuitable and inappropriate than the sainted one.

She won't be pleased to merit only one sentence at the end of this article!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4942352/Top-celebs-join-Sun-readers-to-help-find-missing-kids.html

by jeanmonroe 26.05.13 12:47

In her first piece written for a newspaper Kate, whose daughter Madeleine was abducted in 2007, says: “The more of us who take part today, the greater the chance a child can be found. It’s that simple.”

So, Madeleine WAS 'abducted' says the Sun.
Under the new press regulations, whether Leveson or the press themselves, we the people can challenged anything that is not FACTUALLY correct.
The papers can be fined up to £1.000.000 for printing something that is not a substantiated FACT.
As the Sun obviously has DEFINITIVE information that Madeleine was 'abducted' why haven't they passed on this information to SY?

by plebgate 26.05.13 14:41

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4942352/Top-celebs-join-Sun-readers-to-help-find-missing-kids.html

by Olympicana_Reloaded 30.05.13 3:27

Cherry Blossom wrote:
No Fate Worse Than De'Ath wrote:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4941648/kate-mccann-plea-on-international-missing-childrens-day.html

Try to get past the first comment that Kate has searched tirelessly for her daughter since 2007 without choking on your cornflakes!

In her first piece written for a newspaper Kate, whose daughter Madeleine was abducted in 2007, says: “The more of us who take part today, the greater the chance a child can be found. It’s that simple.”
KM urging people to Tweet to help find missing children. I hope those who Tweet just do it for a missing child and refrain from any libelous comments, imo she would be so quick to jump on that, just imagine the headlines!

I see the word abducted has raised it's head again.

Although the terms abduction and missing have become almost synonymous, they are not quite the same.

In long-term missing/abduction cases, the motivation is harder to evaluate, and the investigation usually focuses more on finding the "missing" child. Such cases are among the most difficult, frustrating and emotionally draining for law enforcement.

Children can be missing for a wide variety of reasons (e.g., runaway, throwaway, lost, injured, etc.) other than abduction and can be abducted for a wide variety of motivations (profit, ransom, custodial disputes, etc.)

What investigators are often presented with is simply the fact that a child is missing -- the child did not return home as expected. Family and friends want an immediate and aggressive response by law enforcement with the issuing of Amber Alerts.

Law enforcement, however, must consider and evaluate all possibilities.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/08/opinion/lanning-missing-people/