Skripal Inquiry

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bitchstewie

Original Poster:

55,115 posts

217 months

Thursday 31st October
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Anyone been keeping up with this?

A mix of terrifying and fascinating and a lot of good luck from what I've read so far yikes

Gareth79

8,039 posts

253 months

Thursday 31st October
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Crazy that the paramedic intended to give Sergei naloxone (for opioid overdose), but knocked his bag over an accidentally gave him "atropine" instead, which is perfect for use for nerve agent poisonings!

The other interesting new info is a boy was given bread by Sergei to feed some ducks, and reported being "unwell" for a day or two after:
https://news.sky.com/story/boy-fell-ill-after-sali...

andyA700

3,315 posts

44 months

Friday 1st November
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I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
I trust that the people who believe this, also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.

Nigel_O

3,057 posts

226 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
I trust that the people who believe this, also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.
Interesting…. So what is your explanation for what occurred then? It was rather more than two people affected, including Dawn Sturgess, who died after using the perfume bottle.

Looking forward to your version of the truth…

oddman

2,786 posts

259 months

Friday 1st November
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The really odd detail that stands out to me is a consultant looking after Yulia Skripal, Dr Stephen Cockcroft, was admonished by his medical director Dr Christine Blanchard, for talking to her about what might have happend and taken off the intensive care unit rota by medical director for being 'unprofessional'

If talking to our patients about what happened before they got unwell is 'unprofessional', I think doctors might going to struggle helping people.

Be interesting to see if they put Blanchard in the witness box.

andyA700

3,315 posts

44 months

Friday 1st November
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Nigel_O said:
andyA700 said:
I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
I trust that the people who believe this, also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.
Interesting…. So what is your explanation for what occurred then? It was rather more than two people affected, including Dawn Sturgess, who died after using the perfume bottle.

Looking forward to your version of the truth…
I have no idea what the truth is, but I am pretty sure it isn't the "Grimm fairytale" served up to us.
I suppose none of the above, which I posted, seems strange to you.
However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on.

BikeBikeBIke

10,151 posts

122 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
In conjunction with the below it does seem odd:

"Crazy that the paramedic intended to give Sergei naloxone (for opioid overdose), but knocked his bag over an accidentally gave him "atropine" instead, which is perfect for use for nerve agent poisonings!"


But then, would all those people (including a random paramedic) be able to keep silent forever and what would be gained from such a conspiracy?

Chrisgr31

13,741 posts

262 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
I have no idea what the truth is, but I am pretty sure it isn't the "Grimm fairytale" served up to us.
I suppose none of the above, which I posted, seems strange to you.
However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on.
Of course the truth is perfectly capable of being stranger than fiction and this case just happens to be one of those examples

Super Sonic

7,281 posts

61 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
I have no idea what the truth is, but I am pretty sure it isn't the "Grimm fairytale" served up to us.
I suppose none of the above, which I posted, seems strange to you.
However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on.
I would imagine they were poisoned in Salisbury, 'a place near Porton Down' because that's where they lived. It's right in the middle of spta, so no big surprise they were found by an army nurse.

MrBogSmith

2,545 posts

41 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
Nigel_O said:
andyA700 said:
I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
I trust that the people who believe this, also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.
Interesting…. So what is your explanation for what occurred then? It was rather more than two people affected, including Dawn Sturgess, who died after using the perfume bottle.

Looking forward to your version of the truth…
I have no idea what the truth is, but I am pretty sure it isn't the "Grimm fairytale" served up to us.
I suppose none of the above, which I posted, seems strange to you.
However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on.
It's an Independent Inquiry - not the government / BBC.

As much as it's healthy to be skeptical, I'm not sure "I have no idea, but I am pretty sure..." doesn't seem like a great alternative to the 'government / BBC'.



119

9,561 posts

43 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
I trust that the people who believe this, also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.
hehe

Got enough tinfoil?

BikeBikeBIke

10,151 posts

122 months

Friday 1st November
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Super Sonic said:
andyA700 said:
I have no idea what the truth is, but I am pretty sure it isn't the "Grimm fairytale" served up to us.
I suppose none of the above, which I posted, seems strange to you.
However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on.
I would imagine they were poisoned in Salisbury, 'a place near Porton Down' because that's where they lived. It's right in the middle of spta, so no big surprise they were found by an army nurse.
....and it turns out atropine is used to speed up a slow heart rate so perfectly natural an ambulance would carry some.

I enjoyed the conspiracy theory, though.

pghstochaj

2,488 posts

126 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
I trust that the people who believe this, also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.
Breaking this down a bit:

Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen),

- Why does that happen?

interacts with other people - none of whom are affected

- you now know this is wrong, correct?

then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights

- do you think perhaps that when you are under the influence of a nerve agent, it might not cause you to collapse at the exact same point, but you might start to lose the ability to deal with the situation at a similar point which ultimately then results in you collapsing, but at different times? (put simply, I don't think anybody is claiming that they collapsed at the same time).

They are then found by the head nurse of the British army
- Obviously if this was a conspiracy theory then this is presumably the item which is so unbelievable that it is put in so that people can say "this part is so unbelievable it must make it true"? (the government wouldn't be so stupid to put the Chief Nursing Officer in the location if it was a conspiracy). Or perhaps it is just coincidence mixed with the higher probability that people in distress are approached by people with a medical background/

in a place that is not too far from Porton Down

- I think this is where the Skripals lived? Where should they have been poisoned?

Super Sonic

7,281 posts

61 months

Friday 1st November
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BikeBikeBIke said:
Super Sonic said:
andyA700 said:
I have no idea what the truth is, but I am pretty sure it isn't the "Grimm fairytale" served up to us.
I suppose none of the above, which I posted, seems strange to you.
However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on.
I would imagine they were poisoned in Salisbury, 'a place near Porton Down' because that's where they lived. It's right in the middle of spta, so no big surprise they were found by an army nurse.
....and it turns out atropine is used to speed up a slow heart rate so perfectly natural an ambulance would carry some.

I enjoyed the conspiracy theory, though.
He was doing a great job too, until he gave the game away with "However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on."

Randy Winkman

17,726 posts

196 months

Friday 1st November
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Super Sonic said:
BikeBikeBIke said:
Super Sonic said:
andyA700 said:
I have no idea what the truth is, but I am pretty sure it isn't the "Grimm fairytale" served up to us.
I suppose none of the above, which I posted, seems strange to you.
However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on.
I would imagine they were poisoned in Salisbury, 'a place near Porton Down' because that's where they lived. It's right in the middle of spta, so no big surprise they were found by an army nurse.
....and it turns out atropine is used to speed up a slow heart rate so perfectly natural an ambulance would carry some.

I enjoyed the conspiracy theory, though.
He was doing a great job too, until he gave the game away with "However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on."
And are other media providers telling us different things to the BBC?

otolith

59,063 posts

211 months

Friday 1st November
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None of this seems particularly unlikely, unless you are a Putin apologist who thinks the Poison Dwarf's previous form for this kind of operation is all just Western propaganda.

98elise

28,223 posts

168 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
Nigel_O said:
andyA700 said:
I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
I trust that the people who believe this, also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.
Interesting…. So what is your explanation for what occurred then? It was rather more than two people affected, including Dawn Sturgess, who died after using the perfume bottle.

Looking forward to your version of the truth…
I have no idea what the truth is, but I am pretty sure it isn't the "Grimm fairytale" served up to us.
I suppose none of the above, which I posted, seems strange to you.
However, if you feel like accepting anything our government/BBC throw at us, then crack on.
Why do you think the government left all those obvious clues for you to spot? Bad planning? Double bluff?

Mont Blanc

1,414 posts

50 months

Friday 1st November
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andyA700 said:
I didn't believe anything from the "Skripal story" from the beginning, it was all too unbelievable.
Two people, get poisoned, by the most dangerous nerve agent known to man, by both touching the front door (doesn't happen), then goes out for a few hours, contaminating various places in Salisbury, interacts with other people - none of whom are affected - then collapse on a park bench at the same time, despite being different sexes/ages/comorbities/weights.
They are then found by the head nurse of the British army, who just happens to be passing, in a place that is not too far from Porton Down. where they test and use (on the British public) various, nasty stuff.
I trust that the people who believe this, also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.
rofl

But presumably you do believe that these two fine Russian gentlemen travelled 4700 miles from Moscow to Salisbury, purely to visit the wonderful cathedral?



Edited by Mont Blanc on Friday 1st November 15:11

isaldiri

20,281 posts

175 months

Friday 1st November
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Gareth79 said:
Crazy that the paramedic intended to give Sergei naloxone (for opioid overdose), but knocked his bag over an accidentally gave him "atropine" instead, which is perfect for use for nerve agent poisonings!
...
This bit is almost too coincidental to be true tbh...

simo1863

1,909 posts

135 months

Friday 1st November
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Randy Winkman said:
And are other media providers telling us different things to the BBC?
RT obviously, after all, Saint Nige worked for them.