The ineffable Mike Buckingham is advocating that children should be taught how to use weapons – including revolvers. He chastised John Griffiths and me for allegedly campaigning to ban BB weapons. I have sent the following letter to the editor.
Dear Sir,
On the off chance that someone may believe the fantasises in Mike Buckingham's column, may I make clear that am not campaigning on BB guns. The Argus is.
After persistent calls from an Argus reporter I said your campaign sounded
sensible. Rarely do I support newspaper campaigns because they are more about increasing circulation than seeking reforms. Newspapers exaggerate the influence of their campaigns, congratulating themselves excessively on ones that go right and forgetting those that fail. At a time of anxiety on guns, Buckingham’s plea for children to be trained to use revolvers is a contemptible and stupid piece of attention seeking. Ban BB guns on one page: use real guns on the next? Get your act together, Argus.
Mike Buckingham has retired from the Argus, I know nothing about his relatives.Many interesting and promising changes are taking place in the Argus.
Posted by: Paul Flynn | July 01, 2012 at 08:21 AM
Nobody answered my query about whether Mike Buckingham was related to Joan Buckingham. It would be revealing if he was. She was also an extreme right wing eccentric known to those who disagreed with her as 'barking mad Joan.' But while she had dodgy and worrying views about women, gays and individuals she disliked, I didn't notice that she was actually racist.
Mike Buckingham openy admires Nazi Germany.Why dose the 'Argus' employ him? It seems unlikely that any in multi-racial South East Wales will agree with him, and even if they did, it's not something that should be encouraged.
Posted by: Marianne Hancock | June 27, 2012 at 11:19 AM
is mike buckingham of the argus any relation to the late joan buckingham who was the chairman of credo cymru?
Posted by: marianne hancock | June 25, 2009 at 03:06 PM
Is this meant as a joke?... Not very good Fido. This blog is intended to have high standards. If your jokes do not rise above the feeble, you will not appear here.
try harder next time.
Posted by: Paul Flynn | April 27, 2007 at 12:32 PM
One could ask if barking refers to your EDM the other month refering to the alleged tsunami and the need for coastal defenses?
Posted by: fidothedog | April 26, 2007 at 02:43 PM