The Buck Stops Here
The British Establishment has hardly covered itself in glory over the McCann affair. Integrity has been a rare quality. There have been some exceptions such as Martin Grimes whose dogs de facto solved the case and Mark Harrison the Missing Persons Supremo who was the one to suggest that the Portuguese hire him. They have not been well rewarded for their efforts, being the subject of persistent smear campaigns by the McCanns and their cronies ever since. One man who has rather flown under the radar of both McCann sceptics and McCann shills has been HM Ambassador to Portugal Sept 2004-August 2007 John Buck. Buck has tended to get a bad rap from McCann sceptics who have noted his astonishingly rapid appearance in Luz along with the British High Commissioner early on the morning of Friday 4th May. This came as an unwelcome surprise to Gonzalo Amaral who correctly judged it an ill portend for the political interference that was to hobble the investigation throughout. However, ambassad
