Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

The McCanns. It's Still the Money Stupid!

It's nice to see the MSM eventually extending their critical faculties towards the McCann junketing. YUK! Here, Theo Dalrymple in the Telegraph wipes the floor with former Detective Superintendent Albert Kirby about the effectiveness of the grotesque media circus following... Read more →

Adolf Hodge

Credit to Popbitch for this one: Read more →

More on Clarence Mitchell's Role

Here, I mentioned that I had e-mailed the Central Office of Information, to try and find out more about this former BBC employee. I have just received a reply which is described as confidential and copyright-bugger that. Apparently Mitchell is... Read more →

The McCanns- Who's Paying ?

Sir Philip Green got his knighthood from New Labour "for services to the retail industry", even though he chooses to pay his taxes in Monaco. He owns a 12 seater Gulfstream and, according to this, it will be used to... Read more →

Madeleine- Unsupervised=Unnecessary Suffering?

I've no idea what legal provisions apply in Portugal, but in the UK, the Children and Young Persons Act provides that parents can be prosecuted for wilful neglect if "they leave a child unsupervised in a manner likely to cause... Read more →

So what's Clarence Mitchell doing here?

A couple of times I've spotted a familiar face directing the crowds and apparently protecting the McCanns as they make their regular public appearances. Here is a photograph from Sky News of the very same Clarence Mitchell accompanying Mr McCann... Read more →

The Madeleine Fund- Who's in Charge?

OK, I must be getting too cynical and perhaps too critical of these McCanns. Peter Harvey asks pertinently who's looking after the money paid into the Find Madeleine fund. Although the website gives a company registration number unfortunately a search... Read more →

It's the Money Now!

It was only a matter of time before the the McCanns and their mouthy relatives started a Fighting Fund to pay for the extended holiday at the Mark Warner Resort and the costs of publicists. At the moment the saturated... Read more →

Proof of Unintelligent Design.

Hat tip to my old chum Joel Shearer from Austin TX , for pointing this in my direction. The 2008 Republican presidential candidates were asked during a debate if any of them believed in evolution. Remarkably THREE, Brownback, Tancredo and... Read more →

Not Home Alone.

I suspect many people will find this an insensitive post, but here goes. A couple...not the usual feckless single parent this time... on holiday in Portugal left their three year-old daughter and their two year-old twins alone in their apartment... Read more →