Instead of facts emerging and clarity beginning to dawn, the picture is becoming less clear as time passes. The latest revelation that the poison was planted whilst his daughter was in Russia opens up many more possibilities, potential suspects and throws into question who the intended victim was and even which country the attack was carried out in.
The latest information regarding the poison being planted before the daughter left Russia makes it entirely possible that this was never intended to be an attack carried out on UK soil. The intent could have been to kill her inside Russia before she left for the UK, if the attacker even knew she intended to travel to the UK in the first place.
In this particular case, the slow acting nature of the poison also seems to be at odds with what we are told about the supposed toxicity of this material. Many aspects of this case don't stack up and there seems to be many contradictory factors.
Turning to Nick Bailey, the police officer who seems to have been poisoned as a result of being one of the first on the scene, something doesn't seem quite right there either. As far as I know, Nick Bailey is a Detective Sergeant, a non-uniform investigation supervisor, not a response officer. This incident would most likely have been reported as a man and woman in a park feeling unwell / semi-conscious / vomiting etc. No one would have had the slightest inkling that a nerve agent was responsible. That thought wouldn't even have been in anyone's mind, so why send a Detective Sergeant, unless he was off-duty and happened to be passing by? In 99.999% of cases like this, a regular copper or PCSO would be the first line of response. They would have stood around for a bit, scratched their heads, scratched their @rses, maybe tried a but of CPR etc. The Detectives normally arrive much later in the process, not as first line response. Anyway, I hope he soon recovers or else he will be on half pay after six months and no pay after twelve. That was one of Theresa May's gifts to the police service to show how proud and grateful she for the essential and difficult work done by the emergency services.
I continue to be impressed by Jeremy Corbyn for continuing his stance and insistence that proper processes are followed and that people don't jump to hasty conclusions. This is particularly noteworthy because he is not allowed himself to be bullied into line by the newspapers and popular opinion. This is actually leadership we are witnessing. A man with a view and an opinion, which he knows may not be popular thinking, but he puts out into the public domain and defends it in the face of bullying and insults.
I think the governments response is starting to show signs of being premature & uncoordinated and now it's starting to smell of fish. No change, no change, situation normal.
