Jun 7, 2019 -- 12:23PM, Baphornet wrote:

just to add; a point made by the panel last night has some resonance. This story sells papers, the spin has never stopped & The Met fuel the media by not letting go. A conspiracy of meeting agendas?

Indeed: The media, notably The Sun - which is basically in business with the McCanns with book deals etc - pressured the government to start a police inquiry that was under strict instructions to look for abductors only. As there is not a shred of evidence that there ever was an abductor the police effectively can only follow suspects that have nothing linking them to the crime. As there is an inexhaustible supply of people with no links to the crime they can go on to infinity with this. Always they are said to be 'closing in' on some random shadowy figure, so the media is hyping that and providing the justification to keep it going because it is on the verge of being solved. The Government dare not shut it down because the media might say they are abandoning Maddie etc. The crucial thing for the police/media is to never settle on one abductor, as if the public dwells too long on any suspect they realize it is laughable that this guy is being considered and then they might start asking questions about the whole abduction theory.