The BlogMire: The Slowly Building Anger in the UK at the Government’s Handling of the Skripal Case
In her daily press conference on 5th April, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, mentioned a quiet resentment and fury that is building up amongst ordinary Russians over the way the Government of the United Kingdom has handled the case of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Strange though it may seem, I sense a similar feeling of anger and resentment building up here in the UK, as it becomes clearer and clearer that the official narrative has little or no connection with reality.
The anger and frustration is increasingly being displayed on comment boards underneath pieces reporting on the issue. And the feeling is not confined to those who would normally be labelled “conspiracy theorists”. It appears that even many of those who would not normally question official statements can see that something is seriously wrong with all this.
More specifically, from whence comes this feeling? Here are just 20 of the many reasons for this growing anger:
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Update: Salisbury: a crumbling edifice of lies (Richard North. EUReferendum)
WNU Editor: The Labour Party is also raising questions on the Skripal Case .... Russian spy: Politicians in 'idiot' row over poisoning (BBC). What is also not helping the UK government's case are stories like this one .... Boris Johnson accused of making misleading Russia Novichok claim in DW interview (DW). As to what is my take .... for a nerve agent that is suppose to be 5x more lethal than VX, the Skripals are recovering very quickly. And while my gut is telling me that probably someone(s) in the Russian intelligence community probably wanted Sergei Skripal dead, people are raising legitimate questions on how the UK government has handled this case. This also reminds me of the Madrid terror bombings in 2004. Days before the election the Spanish government was blaming Basque terrorists for the bombing (even before the investigation had begun) .... no one bought that story and voted the ruling government out a few days later. Not surprising .... the suspects were Al Qaeda linked terrorists. Is the UK guilty of the same thing .... a rush to judgement even before the facts are known? Some people are saying yes.
1 comment:
The May government hasn't impressed me over the last few years. She seems over her head. Her legacy as top cop prior to ascending to PM is a crime wave the likes the English haven't seen in London in lifetimes. Then nearly losing the general election last year to a bounder like Corbin is a big black mark. Should it turn out that the nerve agent isn't Russian origin, she goes down fast and is soon forgotten.
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