Now I don't want to get all jingoistic, but this Salisbury business.

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Originally Posted by Pokster

May is going to stamp her feet and say we are very cross.... so no, we will do bugger all

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The very least we should do is withdraw from the World Cup, ffs!

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Originally Posted by Burney

Well given that Putin has effectively stated that he considers all traitors to be targets and that Russia’s overseas assassinations have not been notable for their adroitness, you’ll understand if disagree with you here.

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I suspect that the gentlemen of The Circus know perfectly well who did it, and why. If it was a Russian state-sponsored assassination, the problem is quite what we can do about it. Realpolitik, b. Immer Realpolitik.

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Originally Posted by Burney

I mean, Ivan has in effect launched a chemical weapons attack on British soil that appears to have affected hundreds of people and fundamentally broken the rules of international espionage. Are we actually going to...y'know...do something?

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The bit that really confuses me is the theatricality. Nerve agents, poisoned umbrellas, polonium... these KGB types are just wannabe Bond villains, aren't they?

Why not simply shoot the **** through the head?

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Originally Posted by Burney

The very least we should do is withdraw from the World Cup, ffs!

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Well Scotland, Wales and N Ireland obviously knew something like this would happen so did it months ago... we will withdraw after about 10 days of the WC

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Originally Posted by Burney

Well given that Putin has effectively stated that he considers all traitors to be targets and that Russia’s overseas assassinations have not been notable for their adroitness, you’ll understand if disagree with you here.

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Also, Nerve gas is fairly identifiable as state sponsored. Not exactly readily available

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Originally Posted by Sir C

The bit that really confuses me is the theatricality. Nerve agents, poisoned umbrellas, polonium... these KGB types are just wannabe Bond villains, aren't they?

Why not simply shoot the **** through the head?

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As I say, because anyone can do that. This way, the correct individuals ensure they get the credit, the mark is added to their scorecard.

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The bit that really confuses me is the theatricality. Nerve agents, poisoned umbrellas, polonium... these KGB types are just wannabe Bond villains, aren't they?

Why not simply shoot the **** through the head?

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Because they're vulgar barbarians with no sense of how things are supposed to be done.

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Originally Posted by Ash

Yeah, let's have a nuclear war, despite Russia having no motive for killing a bloke they could have killed in their own prison years ago. And if they did they wouldn't be so clumsy.

I quite like the weird theory about another Clinton murder, bumping him off before he spills something about Steele's (to whom he was connected) dodgy dossier, while blaming Russia as an excuse to ramp up the defcon even further. #WereAllGoingToDie

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#SpiritCooking ? :-(

I'm guessing one should only Google that with extreme caution, by the way.

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Originally Posted by Pokster

May is going to stamp her feet and say we are very cross.... so no, we will do bugger all

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She could send Boris on a state visit there - that would teach them

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Originally Posted by Ash

Yeah, let's have a nuclear war, despite Russia having no motive for killing a bloke they could have killed in their own prison years ago. And if they did they wouldn't be so clumsy.

I quite like the weird theory about another Clinton murder, bumping him off before he spills something about Steele's (to whom he was connected) dodgy dossier, while blaming Russia as an excuse to ramp up the defcon even further. #WereAllGoingToDie

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Tell me a, do you see Comrade Putin as a sort of benevolant figure, father of the Russian people and friend to all the peoples of the world, unfairly maligned and smeared and the victim of all sorts of bizarre conspiracies?

I mean, why would the rest of the world constantly want to make up stuff about the chap and his regime?