This
piece by former British ambassador Craig Murray about the poisoning of
former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in the British city
of Salisbury is largely speculative, but no more so – possibly less so –
than a lot of the coverage so far in the British and US media.
Murray offers a very useful counter-narrative – suggesting other actors
who had motive and opportunity – that reminds us there are absolutely
no grounds to rush to judgment on who is responsible.
Not that
that is likely to stop the political and media classes who are so
determined to confect a "Putin is an evil global mastermind" narrative.
