No escaping the Russians

[AtW]

Yes yes we know. It's because you're one of CUK's village idiots.

HTH, BIDI, TSLITH

What’s the difference between Jon On and moron?

Two characters...

[vetran]

The real nuance is that it is now clear they were part of Russian MoD (GRU), so using banned chemical warfare on UK territory is act of war

good we will send our rowing boat and its support canoe!

[Jog On]

Yes yes we know. It's because you're one of CUK's village idiots.

HTH, BIDI, TSLITH

What’s the difference between Jon On and moron?

Two characters...

[xoggoth]

But if the substance was in a form that could be washed away, why was it placed on an external door knob? It was in point of fact raining heavily in Salisbury that day, and indeed had been for some time.

Would the rain necessarily wash the handle on this house? Depends which way the wind was blowing.

[BR14]

Would the rain necessarily wash the handle on this house? Depends which way the wind was blowing.

is novickok water soluble?

[xoggoth]

Not sure about the instant actions either.

Nerve agents can act within minutes but they can also take hours to take effect. Much depends on the exact toxin, the dose and the delivery method

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...d-nerve-agent/

Inhalation acts rapidly, digestion and skin absorbtion less so.

[greenlake]

is novickok water soluble?

Yes it is, but I much prefer it on the rocks....

[AtW]

It was probably gel based version - oily spray or some such

It degrades in water or from moisture, which is why I think they went back to London on 3rd, Skripal got lucky it degraded which is why he lived long enough for serious investigation to occur - same as Litvinenko, had he died few days earlier then we’d never know faces of his killers or the poison, but after it was picked up then it meant Polonium can’t be used anymore (at least in UK)

If it looks comical errors it’s because thise guys got used to killing peope without UK giving a tulip and overtime became complacent

[original PM]

It's okay you can soon vote for a new President.

[AtW]

" A central figure in this disinformation campaign was former British ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray.

Murray's outlandish claims were wild and baseless, even going so far as to imply Israel might be behind the attempted assassination in a bid to damage Russia's reputation. Instead of being dismissed offhand as borderline anti-semitic drivel, his nonsense was widely shared by pro-Corbyn voices. Novara Media founder Aaron Bastani described him as "the only person who conducted anything resembling investigative journalism around the Skripal story", which suggests he understands neither investigations nor journalism.

Murray was one of the few people left still supporting Putin last week, cooking up conspiracist propaganda about timestamps in the CCTV screenshots, which was then, like clockwork, shared and promoted by the Kremlin. He then performed similar contortions in order to further defend Boshirov and Petrov, trying to twist and turn their bizarre lies into a believable narrative."

Skripal poisoning: It's time for the Corbyn left to confront its Putin problem

Looks like he's earned his right to become a Russian Embassador to Britain once Komrade Kolonel Korbyn gets into power...