The Whitehall Circus Continues To Amuse And Amaze.

[needawin]

Where was the Skripals poison administered?
It was in the Bar. Oh no it wasn't!
It was in the restaurant. Oh no it wasn't!
It was sprayed as they walked. Oh no it wasn't!
It was on the park bench. Oh no it wasn't!
It was on the door handle of the car. Oh no it wasn't!
It was on the front door handle of the house!
How do we know?
Sir Mark Sedwill, National Security Advisor today tells us he knew the Russians were watching the Skripals for 5 years and training agents how to spray the toxic substance on door handles.
If he had told this a month ago he would have saved a lot of time and money for the agencies searching Salisbury!
You couldn't make it up. Or could you?

[youngmafbog]

Much of what you read is media speculation so dont confuse it with what the security force really know, because they will never tell you for obvious reasons.

[Peter Pedant]

I am more worried about what is gonna happen in Syria and how it will affest us in the long term

Poison need onlhy be administered once
so it is relatively easy to construct an amusing litany

was it on her lipstick oh no it wasnt !
was it on her knicker elastic, oh no it wasnt ! coz she doesnt wear knickers - but he may !
was it on the space station when she visited ? oh no it wasnt ! - no other fatalities reported up there
was it on her holy missal, smeared on during the Easter service ? oh no it wasnt ! Easter is about resurrection and anyway there isnt a Russian Orthodox Church in Salisbury (o yes there is!)
was it on the chocolate sauce on her profiteroles that were on offer, 12/6 for two, along with a slab of ginger sponge - looking like hundreds and thousands ? at the mill - very good service ? No it wasnt !
and so on

and instead of ' ora pro nobis'
you could have - "oral job for Trumpis"
or someother fake news tag

[Toorak]

PP - you never disappoint :-)

[ludwig]

It's amazing that they didn't work out these details in advance of planning this whole anti Russia smear campaign. That would've seemed the obvious thing to do, so as not to leave any loose ends and awkward questions being asked on Answerbank.

Or, perhaps it was just the Russians that did it.

[ludwig]

At least we can be sure that the perpetrator has been brought to justice though. He/she will have been force fed a lump of their own poison by now as punishment for making such a pig's ear of a straightforward assassination.

[Guilbert53]

Yes needawin, everything is so easy when you are not involved.

This is the thing I notice about social media, suddenly everyone is an expert.

It is so easy to criticize organizations on social media isn't it.

[ichkeria]

Good grief.
If Whitehall is a circus and are in need of a few clowns they know where to come

[Zacs-Master]

Well, maybe next year.

[ToraToraTora]

gawd help us needabrain has spoken, where's your mate gullible?

[The_Rim_Greaper]

"making such a pig's ear of a straightforward assassination.

your knowledge and understanding of how such matters work in these instances is severely lacking.

If a straightforward assasination was wanted it would have been done with a gun and a silencer...it was not wanted.

The russians are playing a game as they always do...they know everybody knows that they did it, but no matter what will never publicly admit to it.

This is a warning to any and all enemies of the state, we know where you are and we can get you at our leisure and with a method that suits us.

If you know anything about this family of poison agents (pun intended) poison you will know its unreliable in how it works, eg : how its applied in relation to its effectiveness, time it takes etc etc.
This may well have been botched (unlikely)or it may have been an experiment in its use , either way the message will have got through.

If they wanted him dead he would be

[Spicerack]

//He/she will have been force fed a lump of their own poison by now as punishment for making such a pig's ear of a straightforward assassination.//

That'll teach em. They'll be dead in 50 years.

[ludwig]

// If they wanted him dead he would be //

They did want him dead, and he isn't. (yet).
The assassin(s) botched the job.