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

[Burney]

Meh... Do we really care enough to shoot ourselves in the foot? Couldn't Russia just turn our gas off if we decide to start throwing accusations around.

The man is clearly a snake & cannot be trusted. He had it coming.

No. We don’t rely on Russian gas.

[Pokster]

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?

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

[Burney]

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

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

[Pokster]

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

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

[Luis Anaconda]

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

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

[Sir C]

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?

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?

[redgunamo]

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?

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.

[Sir C]

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.

I couldn't. Not without some training. The technicalities coupled with the nerves would defeat me.

[redgunamo]

I couldn't. Not without some training. The technicalities coupled with the nerves would defeat me.

Right. OK then; let us say, anyone with some training.

[Burney]

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?

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