Was Boris Johnson Right To Threaten Russia In Such A Way?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/06/boris-johnson-uk-will-respond-robustly-if-russia-poisoned-spy

[gulliver1]

OK got it , Boris says UK will boycott The world Cup , that will teach them!.

[andy-hughes]

AOG - // /// If a foreign power is murdering people in the UK, then that is not acceptable. ///

What about a 'foreign' religion? //

Your continuing ability to turn any thread you can into an anti-Muslim pop is breathtaking!

[gulliver1]

This is all the fault of Jermy Corbyn , Labour Party Supporters , and anyone who voted for stay in the EU.

[Jackdaw33]

For once I agree with Gullible.

[gulliver1]

Is Idiomacy a reference where you live Jackdaw?

[ludwig]

He's obviously right to say something - it's his job, but in reality the only way we can prevent, or at least make it more difficult for Russia to kill people they regard as traitors is for us hide their identities.

I think this bloke was living openly under his real name.

[Jackdaw33]

I know I shouldn't laugh but I'm sure I read somewhere that this bloke was sick outside Greggs. No surprise there, then.

[jno]

It's all a bit Mission Impossible : if you fail in your spy mission, you're on your own, Britain can't protect you. Which may not be what potential future British spies want to hear.

[anotheoldgit]

Nothing more than a hate crime, perhaps it should be left up to the local police to find the perpetrator?

Had it been two British subjects who had had a acid type substance throw into their faces, I don't think it would set off an international incident.

[ladybirder]

I don't think we did anything when Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by Polonium a few years back?

[ludwig]

// I don't think we did anything when Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned by Polonium a few years back? //

I think we said we'd respond appropriately and robustly, and want to have a serious talk with the man that we know did it, should he ever return to the UK - which he won't, having been made an MP and national hero in Russia.

[Baldric]

So, if I've got this right, when it comes to The World Cup we are simply going to pick up our Ball and bring it home?

That'll learn 'em!

[jourdain2]

Well, it would save us the embarrassment of not getting through to the quarter-finals. :)

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// Your continuing ability to turn any thread you can into an anti-Muslim pop is breathtaking! ///

In your case, always willing to oblige.