More Funding for Operation Grange

[Brietta]

The difference is leads.  When a case has exhausted the leads more money isn't going to help.    I tend to think the issue is political as well.  IMO it is a reminder to Portugal to show greater respect to foreigners in their country.  Do a proper investigation from the start.

Precisely that Rob.  It is the fact that the police still have something to work on which has prompted their request for more money.  When they reach the end of the line they'll stop asking.  The fact that they continue to do so is proof positive that they are still working on something.

[Robittybob1]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7108023/Home-Office-tells-Met-Police-fund-Madeleine-McCann-investigation-year.html

A YEAR'S WORTH OF FUNDING.

[Brietta]

Obviously something is in the wind.  I am still opting for ongoing surveillance.

I believe the Policia Judiciaria have recently allocated more personnel to the case.  This certainly suggest that they and Scotland Yard are both actively following a positive line of enquiry and they are far from finished with Madeleine's case which remains very active.


Surprisingly, the alleged breakthrough has come from Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria, who are said to be putting more resources into the case.
https://extra.ie/2019/05/04/news/real-life/new-suspect-madeleine-mccann

Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, has said there are still “active lines of inquiry” being pursued by officers based at Scotland Yard and the Home Office is currently considering whether to fund the dedicated team for another year.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/03/portuguese-police-investigating-new-suspect-madeleine-mccann/

[G-Unit]

Clearly Operation Grange continues, but the news is getting less and less specific about the amount of funding being provided;

The government has said it will continue to fund the police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann until March next year.

The three-year-old disappeared from a holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007.

More than £11m has been spent on the Met Police inquiry, known as Operation Grange, since it began in 2011.

The Home Office said a "similar" level of funding would be granted this year as in 2018/19, when the inquiry was given £300,000.

However, the department said the final decision on the amount would not be made until October.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48533619

[Eleanor]

To me this is largely about the protection of British Citizens Abroad who vanish in unknown circumstances.  A British Passport gives British People this right, and states so.

[Gertrude]

Yep, but I think this is part of something huge.  Maybe they  are trying to round them all up and stop this pertilence completely.?

Who would they be trying to 'round up'...do you mean the people in your theory Sadie?

  Not everyone who is sceptical of the abduction story is against more funding. I'm all for it. It's not going to the
parents as people keep repeating, it's going to solve how a girl disappeared and very probably died.
  If our society just lets small children disappear with no consequences there's something very, very wrong.

   If Operation grange is truly investigating all leads then they should continue.

[Robittybob1]

To me this is largely about the protection of British Citizens Abroad who vanish in unknown circumstances.  A British Passport gives British People this right, and states so.

How many British citizens have visited Portugal in the last 12 years?  Divide 12 Million pounds by that number and that is hopefully a small price to pay for a trouble free holiday.

[Eleanor]

How many British citizens have visited Portugal in the last 12 years?  Divide 12 Million pounds by that number and that is hopefully a small price to pay for a trouble free holiday.

Agreed, Rob.  Good Point.  But anywhere in The World will do.  This is a fundamental right of all British Citizens Abroad.  That's what The Passport means  Pass Port Unhindered.

This one just happened to be Portugal and the Investigation just happened to be pretty abysmal.

Not that I don't care about other missing people but that is  for their own countries to deal with.

People missing in Britain?  That can only be left to Internal Authorities.

[Carana]

The difference is leads.  When a case has exhausted the leads more money isn't going to help.    I tend to think the issue is political as well.  IMO it is a reminder to Portugal to show greater respect to foreigners in their country.  Do a proper investigation from the start.

I agree with the first part, but not the second.

[Brietta]

I agree with the first part, but not the second.

When looking back at my response to Rob's original post ... I had forgotten to mention the second part of it.  As an outsider looking in ... I think official attitudes are in the process of changing as the old older changes ... for example, I think the Policia Judiciaria are determined to pursue Madeleine's case as far as it goes this time round.  My experience of Portugal and the Portuguese is a positive one ... and I think that applies to most foreigners ... probably what Madeleine experienced should perhaps be recognised as the perfect storm I think it was.

[pathfinder73]

In my opinion Smithman has been the prime suspect for years and that will NEVER change. When they reveal who he is then you will all know.

[Lace]

Brilliant news,   they wouldn't be awarded more funding unless they were on to something   

[The General]

Brilliant news,   they wouldn't be awarded more funding unless they were on to something   

We've been saying that for years, however.

[jassi]

Brilliant news,   they wouldn't be awarded more funding unless they were on to something   

Though obviously not expecting a speedy conclusion as they have funding for a year.
I'm sure OG will manage to spend every penny of it and then come back for even more.

[Brietta]

Though obviously not expecting a speedy conclusion as they have funding for a year.
I'm sure OG will manage to spend every penny of it and then come back for even more.

As long as there remains work to be carried out on Madeleine's case ... the police will make a case for continued funding ... I think that is entirely as it should be.