Grant Shapps is right, there will DEFINITELY be another “novichok-style attack”.
Kit Knightly Two days ago it was reported that UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps was warning the country might face another “novichok-style attack”. And he’s completely right – although...
The Skripal Case 5 Years On: BS then, BS now
Kit Knightly Today marks five years – five long years – since the “attack” on Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England. For those of you who may have had the...
Navalny Novichok Poisoning: The (Very Unlikely) Story So Far
Kit Knightly For those of you who haven’t been following the news – Russian politician (or “opposition figure”, as he is universally referred to in the Western press) Alexei...
The Skripal Case – Two Years On
It’s been two years to the day since disgraced former military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia, were allegedly found on a park bench in Salisbury, near...
In Memory of Dawn Sturgess
Rob Slane, from The Blogmire I said at the beginning of the year that I wanted to move on from writing on this case, unless significant developments arose. That...
The Skripal Case: One Year On
Dear Assistant Commissioner Basu,
It is now a year since the events in Salisbury that shocked the nation, and indeed the world. Since then, your organisation has conducted an investigation...
The Incapacitation of Salisbury
David Macilwain This is a sequel to “The Poison Paradox – who knew?”, and a logical extrapolation of facts already established “beyond reasonable doubt” on the Salisbury poisonings. In...
The Poison Paradox – Who Knew?
NOVICHOK! It just won’t go away – even though it was never there! The Sun reports that twenty vehicles that “came into contact with the killer substance” have now...
Skripal Case: Luke Harding’s latest work of fiction
Kit Knightly Luke Harding likes writing books about things that he wasn’t really involved in and doesn’t really understand. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, that covers pretty...
UPDATED: Skripal Case: Gaping Holes in New Narrative
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) named their suspects in the poisoning of Sergei Skripal et al. today. The two men - named as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov -...
Joining Some Dots on the Skripal Case: Part 6 – Tying up the Loose Ends
Rob Slane, the Blogmire Over the last five pieces (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) I have, slowly but surely, advanced a theory of what...
Joining Some Dots on the Skripal Case: Part 5 – An Educated Guess
Rob Slane, the Blogmire I want in this piece to start joining some dots together on this case, using some of the facts, clues and suppositions that I have...
Open Thread: The Amesbury Couple and the Reborn Novichok Saga
1. Are we supposed to believe that this "novichok" incident is directly related to the alleged poisoning of the Skripals? How so?
2. If this IS the same chemical, why...
ANALYSIS: Signs of Compromise in Yulia Skripal's Statement
by Tony Kevin Tony Kevin’s summary responses to the MoA view that Yulia’s statement is suspect, because it was allegedly written under duress of some kind, and from a...
Don't Panic! Lighten Up! Smiley Skripal case forces scientists to revise everything they thought they knew about Novichok
Rob Slane Warning: This article is likely to contain traces of satire. In the aftermath of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury on 4th March, scientists...
What Would Sherlock Holmes Have Made of the Government’s Explanation of the Case of Sergei and Yulia Skripal?
by Rob Slane from The Blogmire In an article on 3rd May, the Guardian journalist, Luke Harding, made the following rather amusing observation: Since the Skripals were found stricken...
WATCH: More Skripal-weird: even head of OPCW doesn’t seem to have a clue what Novichok is
Raising the serious possibility even the director-general of the OPCW doesn’t really know what Novichok is supposed to be, Ahmet Uzumcu, incumbent of that post, claimed May 4 that...
The Rapidly Evolving Skripal Story: Evidence of the Destruction of an Anglo-American Plan
James O’Neill looks at the evolution and collapse of the official narrative about the alleged Skripal poisoning
UK Govt rewords ambassador’s March 22 speech – makes it appear he DIDN’T say the novichok came from Russia – but he DID & there’s proof
British Ambassador to Russia Dr Laurie Bristow briefed the international diplomatic community in Moscow on the UK Government response to the Salisbury attack, March 22 2018. The tweets have...
Skripal case: belief in Russia’s guilt looks to be based not on evidence but on a guess
by Alexander Mercouris at the Duran British authorities admit have no proof poison made in Russia; entire case against Russia based on a classified assessment On the eve of...
