*** Official Politics Shitposting Thread ***

[oskar]

Why is the proximity to the factory where the nerve agent was allegedly produced of any importance? If someone gets shot with german made bullets, do you think it's more likely the killer was german? Would it be even more likely if the bullet factory was really close? How does that make any sense?
How do you think that plays out? You can send a package from anywhere in the world to basically anywhere within 24 hours, but you think the people who buy nerve agent for political assassinations shop local? To what end? Support local business? And then make sure that the factory is nearby so... so what? So you can bicycle over to the factory, get yer nerve agent, politically assassinate someone and be back home in time for tea? Explain yourself!

[OngBonga]

The fact there was an alleged poisoning from a nerve agent is rare enough. If it was the Russians, it's the first time they've used a nerve agent on UK soil.

That it happened a few miles from our primary military-grade chemical weapons lab, I mean really. How many labs like this do you think we have?

[Poopadoop]

The fact there was an alleged poisoning from a nerve agent is rare enough. If it was the Russians, it's the first time they've used a nerve agent on UK soil.

That it happened a few miles from our primary military-grade chemical weapons lab, I mean really. How many labs like this do you think we have?

I find this proximity argument pretty lame too. Unless you can show the nerve agent degrades with kilometers from where it's produced, it seems completely irrelevant.

[oskar]

The fact there was an alleged poisoning from a nerve agent is rare enough. If it was the Russians, it's the first time they've used a nerve agent on UK soil.

That it happened a few miles from our primary military-grade chemical weapons lab, I mean really. How many labs like this do you think we have?

Do you think they somehow coerced the targets into getting really close to the nerve agent factory so the nerve agent man didn't have to walk too far to deliver the nerve agent?

Or was it coincidental like: oh, they're close to the nerve agent factory, let's kill 'em with that then! Their original plan was the piano factory, but then the targets got lost and there was a change of plans?

[Poopadoop]

Their original plan was the piano factory, but then the targets got lost and there was a change of plans?

Come on Oskar, use your head. The nearest piano factory is in Edinburgh. Also the main bullet factory is in Manchester so they couldn't use a gun ldo.

There is, however, a bus factory in Salisbury which is even closer than the secret nerve agent place. I'm a bit surprised they didn't run him over with a bus frankly. But I guess there was too much sleet, so they went to Plan B.

[OngBonga]

I don't see that. The judge looks at what is presented to him in court, he doesn't make up his mind by reading a newspaper. And we don't have jury trials here do we? So no need to worry about what Joe Public is being told in that sense.

um yes we have jury trials here, and that's precisely what they should get.

What technicality is that? There's no law saying evidence leaked to media is therefore invalid.

Members of the jury being aware of the case.