Re: The Mark Williams-Thomas thread

[Liz Eagles]

According to Kevin O'Sullivan on Talk TV with the headline 'Jay Slater Trolls' the charity boss of LBT Global vows to catch those who lied and led search astray.

That is an astonishing thing to announce from the CEO of a charity.

[PeterMac]

According to Kevin O'Sullivan on Talk TV with the headline 'Jay Slater Trolls' the charity boss of LBT Global vows to catch those who lied and led search astray.
That is an astonishing thing to announce from the CEO of a charity.

we live in a world where Journalists and reporters turn into ‘Family support’ and “detectives”
And of course experts in every specialism needed
and charities turn into vengeful investigation and prosecution authorities 

No one just does their own job

[Liz Eagles]

According to Kevin O'Sullivan on Talk TV with the headline 'Jay Slater Trolls' the charity boss of LBT Global vows to catch those who lied and led search astray.
That is an astonishing thing to announce from the CEO of a charity.

we live in a world where Journalists and reporters turn into ‘Family support’ and “detectives”
And of course experts in every specialism needed
and charities turn into vengeful investigation and prosecution authorities 

No one just does their own job

Let's have a brief recap.

A young man goes on holiday to a dodgy, drug fuelled event and disappears. Police look for him. International media descend on the scene.

Spanish police are called dodgy by retired British police who have become pundits.

It is reported in mainstream media Spanish police have refused assistance from Lancashire Police (make a note that.a specific constabulary is named).

Mark Williams -Thomas arrives and inserts himself into the case, offering his support to the family and super-charging himself and his 'team' to do what no other law enforcement agency can do. He calls for support from a charity called 'LBT global' which makes amazing claims of its achievements with no specific reference.

The young man's body is found. Mark Williams-Thomas evaporates and the CEO of a charity vows to out trolls who interfered with the search.


So yes PeterMac you are correct.

[PeterMac]

And of course a family with names like Jay and Zak and Warren are not going to have a small dignified Family-only private cremation
It will be the full thing with glass sided coach, 4 black horses, funeral directors in full Pantomime Victorian gear, and probably the ritual punch-up, with side order of stabbings and glassings, in the pub afterwards,  after the Ham and Paté salad, to show their respect.

And it came to pass.

funeral TODAY, 10/8/24 Sky news.
Glass sided hearse, Two black horses with plumes, funeral directors in full pantomime regalia . . .
The full-on Gangster Funeral

[Amy Dean]

To be fair though, an innocent 8-year-old murder victim Sarah Payne, had a funeral like that.

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Isn't that how funeral directors normally dress?

[Liz Eagles]

And of course a family with names like Jay and Zak and Warren are not going to have a small dignified Family-only private cremation
It will be the full thing with glass sided coach, 4 black horses, funeral directors in full Pantomime Victorian gear, and probably the ritual punch-up, with side order of stabbings and glassings, in the pub afterwards,  after the Ham and Paté salad, to show their respect.

And it came to pass.

funeral TODAY, 10/8/24 Sky news.
Glass sided hearse, Two black horses with plumes, funeral directors in full pantomime regalia . . .
The full-on Gangster Funeral

No-one is naming their sprogs Tarquin, Tristram or Tamara anymore.

[Nina]

I have just waded through the video of the funeral of Jay Slater. Crowds of people there, black horses with blue plumes. Raining heavily but all sporting blue shirts and blouses. Lots of vapes and cigarettes consumed. There was a woman outside the church with a basket and people were dropping money into it.
I went to the funeral of a very dear friend yesterday. There were over 200 people in the church and then stood outside the crematorium as it isn't a huge building. No plumes, no balloons and not a ciggy in sight, though we all brought a single white lily as no flowers other than family. Donations to our local hospice in lieu of flowers. 
Rest in eternal peace.

[Amy Dean]

Note the funeral procession for one of the Southport murder victims. Horses and glass hearses are not uncommon.

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[Cake Lover]

That's just what a little girl would love

[Ladyinred]

It's a class thing.

I can't imagine the pain those families must be enduring.