For once let me present an 'alternative theory' here. A well written piece from Battling The Behemoth which caught my attention recently. My lips remained sealed on my own truest opinion on this matter (as ever). I'm not going to comment just yet ... I'm formulating a much clearer picture with regard to it all ...
However, I found the piece from which this extract is taken a well written piece of 'conspiracy theory'. Hence my decision to include part of it here:
"After all, the English have played tough, and a turnaround in the investigation could have devastating consequences even at government level. The prime minister, Gordon Brown, got directly involved in the case, not only expressing his solidarity with the McCann couple, but also through the direct involvement of people that are close to him, in aiding and supporting Maddie’s parents.
On the other hand, British diplomacy itself opened the necessary channels for the McCanns to be received in several European countries and even by the Pope, in the
Or could the delay be an attempt to shield the McCanns, even as the noose appears to be tightening? As has already been observed, their campaigning behaviour has already marked them out as potential agents for the State. There are any number of reasons why an attention-diverting circus might be desirable to the hoodlums-in-government; particularly an unpopular government in its dying days. Madeleine easily supplanted Blair's last (and most treacherous) EU summit as the story of the hour; as well as providing effective cover for the 33rd meeting of the G8 in June.
Those for whom governmental conspiracies seem too fanciful will point to the testimonies of the McCann's travelling companions for validation of the abduction theory. The most important of these were provided by Jane Tanner, the girlfriend of fellow medic Russell O'Brien, with whom the McCanns share some unlikely coincidences. According to the Portuguese newspaper SOL, the pair's eldest daughter was born 'at exactly the same time' as Madeleine, and was also conceived as a result of IVF.
What started as an investigation into the abduction of a little girl has now morphed, irreversibly, into something else. And if the case is remarkable for marking the moment when even the docile public awoke to conspiracy most foul- of domestic, even political form- it is more remarkable still for its subtle intimations of a far greater, occult conspiracy operating just beyond the limits of normal perception. And whilst the lies of Kate, Gerry and the Tapas Nine are now so egregious to mistake, the other communicates in a symbolic language almost impossible for hived minds to recognise; and thus continues, undisturbed."(Battling The Behemoth)
