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...
5 Facts BBC’s “The Salisbury Poisonings” Forgot to Mention
The BBC's new drama "The Salisbury Poisonings" concluded over the weekend. A three-part story "based on actual events", claiming to tell the story of the alleged poisoning of Sergei...
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 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...
The Framing of Russia
David Macilwain On the first of May, the UK’s National Security Adviser Sir Mark Sedwill told MPs that the agencies he oversaw – MI6, MI5 and GCHQ – had...
Further down the rabbit hole with Eliot, Boshirov, Petrov, his grandma & all
Bellingcat today released the second part of their “investigation” into the alleged real identities of Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, the two Russians accused of attempting to murder Sergey...
Operation Nina – the Novichok Hoax
There’s no shortage of commentators in the Western mainstream telling us how Russia planned its attack on the Skripals, or how Syria planned its chemical weapons massacres. Anyone who...
Open Thread: Skripal Suspects Interviewed on RT
For those of you who missed it - the Skripal suspects came forward, approaching RT to tell their story. The whole interview is available here...
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...
False Western Narratives Have Caused a Real Russia-West Split
Tony Kevin We have a situation now in which two major world governments, UK and Russia, both nuclear powers and permanent members of the UNSC, are upholding entirely opposed...
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...
Second Salisbury Alleged Poisoning: Still More Questions than Answers
James O’Neill It is symptomatic of the level of desperation being felt by the British government that the illness of two known drug addicts (Rowley & Sturgess) in the...
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...
Joining Some Dots on the Skripal Case: Part 4 – The Dodgy Dossier
Rob Slane So far in this series of pieces, I have attempted to demonstrate why I believe the official story of the poisoning of the Skripals doesn’t add up...
Joining Some Dots on the Skripal Case: Part 3 – The Agitated Mr Skripal
In Part 1 of this series, I stated why I believe the official narrative on the Skripal case does not appear to hold water. Firstly,...
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...
The Guardian, "Russian bots" and the dehumanisation of dissent
Heather Stewart, The Guardian's chief stenographer political editor, has copied and pasted a press release written a new article all about "Russian bots". The trouble is she doesn't...
