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We'd lose that game to them, just as we've lost the economic one. .

I don't think either. I think it's simply because we are too slow and obstruct them. Drivers get just as mad with electric milk floats, slow moving farm and construction vehicles, buses with frequent stops on narrow roads, military convoys etc. However they can't bully them or force past in...

Yes, Syria is now a very convenient escape from the self imposed embarrassments of the Salisbury poisoning and Brexit subjects. .

Not relevant, they are all living creatures, just with varying degrees of sentience. You say the Chinese throw live dogs into boiling water, we throw live lobsters into boiling water. It's a cultural matter, not an ethical matter. .

Far from forgetfulness, that looks quite deliberate, the money from him but the wife alone named as the purchasing interest. Caught out he should go. .

It's all relative to culture etc. We do the most horrific things to living creatures too, insects, fish and even much larger creatures in our food chain we treat very badly at times. .

Indeed. The whole affair is very silly and we should never have leapt into it so carelessly. We could never achieve anything by the accusation since Russia would just deny it, creating an impasse, exactly as has happened. We are the ones left helpless, Russia meanwhile smugly enjoying our...

That does give some support, but like other evidence claimed it's circumstantial. To believe only Russia has the necessary expertise would be far fetched. And it works both ways. The purity achieved defies accurate tracing of the source, something any country guilty would want. .

I deliberately exaggerated to emphasise the large scope of possibilities within what has been said. I still fail to see any basis for the claims of evidence for the source or any party's guilt. All I see is a very unpleasant ganging up, most of the particants joining in with their "side"...

Which invalidates what Theresa May and otlher politicians referring to Novichoc have said. To condense the last sentence, could be almost anything from anyone. .

But not the accused. Some justice. .

The poisoning is already a dead story, conveniently being dropped to concentrate on Syria. There the blame is being increasingly put on Syria with mention of Russia being involved carefully avoided. Following Trump and May backpedalling, Russia has now followed suit by saying there will have...

I see the difference being "of a type". It was Theresa May who said it was Novichok, and I doubt the OPCW meant they were agreeing with her snap judgement. Refusing to go further, our Porton Down lab reluctantly agreed with the "of a type" statement. The OPCW's finding of what is was has been...

That's correct, the OPCW did not say it was Novichok. They say they agreed with the UK's findings but avoided repeating what those findings were. As evidence the OPCW report is useless. .

Yes, we've seen a few posted videos in here that showed the complaining cyclist posting was far from innocent. .

Very unfair, the accidents are inevitable when systems are expanded as rapidly as they've done. Our equivalent rapid expansion of the railways in the 19th century and into the 20th was also marred by many horrific accidents. .

This is a repeat of the early assertions made about the impossibility of obtaining polonium 210 in the Livinenko case. It was in fact easily available through the normal post from known suppliers, either legally or illegally. I had licenced access to it for 22 years and it was widely used by...

Yes, road tax, number plate, riding licence and practical and theory riding test to lose the L plates. That'd teach them! o_O .

I am applying my customary rigour by challenging these vague assertions. As I posted, all the OPCW is saying is that they agree with the UK. That is not in any way evidence or confirmation of the existence of evidence. It is exactly like those! One can't accuse but refuse any evidence...

You really are easily pleased. That says absolutely nothing, merely says it confirms the UK's findings. Since the UK's findings amount to saying it must have been the Russians, there's still no evidence. I appreciate they can't publish the formula, but why haven't they said Novichok? I'll...