IT'S GASP DAY AGAIN!!!!

Be still my beating heart!

GONCALO AMARAL DAY: Send a message to the man who dared to pull the McCanns in for questioning
Tony Bennett Today at 6:46 pm

GONALO AMARAL DAY - 2 October - this year falls on a Sunday.

Last year it was a Saturday, and a delegation from the Madeleine Foundation handed in a letter and petition at 10 Downing Street calling on the Prime Minister to set up a full public enquiry, with the power to summon witnesses, into all aspects of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Well, instead of that, on 12 May 2011, the day Dr Kate McCann published her book: 'madeleine', David Cameron decided to set up a 'Review' by Scotland Yard under Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, with the express purpose, as he announced later that day, of 'supporting the family'. He had forced the Home Secretary, Theresa May, and former Met Police boss Sir Paul Stephenson, to agree to deprive other budgets of £3.5 million, in order to support the family.

2 October is the date of Dr Goncalo Amaral's birthday. On 2 October 2007 he received a fax telling him he was to move to other duties at Faro and would no longer be co-ordinating the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance. Amaral said that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had already been told this news hours earlier.

The Madeleine Foundation will be holding a Committee Meeting in central London this Monday (3 October) to mark the fourth anniversary of Amaral's removal from the Madeleine McCann investigation. Some leafleting will also take place. ALL members and friends will be very welcome to join us, please e-mail me at ajsbennett@btinternet.com or 'phone me 01279 635789 for details.

In the meantime you might like to send Dr Amaral birthday wishes via this thread. And we'll pass them on.

As they say in Rothley, "It'll get there"

What can I say? Just what Gonc needs as he is:

facing ruin over his libel

staring disaster in the face as Malinka takes Arguido Carvalho to court

getting ready to write a large cheque to the FindMadeleine fund because it looks like he is going to be the only person in the dock - G & P none too keen on backing their least-favourite author, Sauces say.

Now Bennett, himself facing ruin over his libel, is threatening to campaign on Gonc's behalf in London to mark his birthday.

Fan- bl**dy- tastic news

I want a go. I likes archery......

Ah, the happy memories of last GASP day..

Oh yes, Bonny. That was video footage for the BBC item too.

That didn't exactly seem to work out as Bennett planned.......

Actually doing it for the television cameras, was wonderful. Absolutely wonderful.

Can't wait for Bennett's report on this special day.