First Lady Laura Bush to meet Gerry McCann - McCannonization appears overdue

Lord Patel first brought your attention to the Petition to Leicester Social Services set up by Ms Marilyn Baker (marilynbaker1955@hotmail.com) in a post on June 11th "Madeleine's parents face tough questions from Hessischen Rundfunk's Sabina Muller" when there were only 1,211 signatories.

There are now 13,809 signatories who ask ...

To: Leicestershire Social Services

"We the undersigned request that Leicestershire Social Services fulfil their statutory obligation to investigate the circumstances which led to 3 year old Madeleine McCann and her younger siblings being left unattended in an unlocked, ground floor hotel room....etc.,
Visit the site to sign and read more

Meanwhile Gerry McCann peripatetic and restless father of the lost girl, Madeleine, is in the US where he will visit the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children tomorrow and is also scheduled to meet the First Lady, Laura Bush.

"We want to work closely with the police and child welfare agencies in maintaining the profile of Madeleine's and other children's disappearances." says Gerry, a man whose behaviour increasingly puzzles many people... there are active forums on the Mirror site here and here.

We wait to see if the US Press treat him with the softly, softly line of the UK Press, which has been so expertly manipulated by No 10 Downing Street/ Foreign Office Press Chief ,Clarence Mitchell, whose 24/7 presence in the early days was so effective in stifling comment... and whose presence has never been fully explained ...even when Mr & Mrs McCann met the Pope.

Of course the McCanns have already had conversation with Gordon Brown when he was Chancellor ... as explained in a very strange report in the Scotsman on Sunday 27th May..

Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for the family, said: "I can confirm thattelephone conversations have taken place between Gerry McCann and Chancellor Gordon Brown.

"During them, Mr Brown offered both Gerry and Kate his full support in their efforts to find Madeleine, although details of the conversations will remain private.

"The conversations took place against the background of the Chancellor's earlier offer to help when he met and spoke to other members of the McCann family in the UK."

A Treasury spokesman refused to confirm that Brown had personally intervened to get the Portuguese police to change their minds.

Very,very odd.