Tuesday, March 20, 2018

“OF A TYPE DEVELOPED BY RUSSIA” (weekly poem)

OF A TYPE DEVELOPED BY RUSSIA”
Regarding the nerve agent attack in Salisbury; in 2016, Porton Down
admitted it had no details of 'Novichoks' and the Russian defector
Vil Mirzayanov claimed it could be produced in any small laboratory.

Of 'Russia's nerve agent device',
How do we know it's theirs?
As when it comes to evidence,
In politics, who cares?
It surely can't be Russian 'cause,
They're 'Communists' no more;
And being Capitalist now means,
They're decent to the core!
Our Government could equally,
Have come up with the guess;
That it could be the Taliban,
Kim Jong-un or I.S.
In Russia's Embassy they 'found',
Some twenty-three new spies;
A few days after the attack,
Egad--what a surprise!

Is this a ploy by Downing Street,
Who want to justify;
That Porton Down's few extra quid, (1)
Was simply 'by the by'?
If Porton say of 'Novichoks',
Their details are unknown; (2)
Then how can May with certainty,
Say Russia's cover's blown? (3)
Remember WMD’s
And the Iraqi scare,
And Armageddon in an hour,
By honest Tony Blair?
The point we wish to emphasise,
In this new 'Cold War' clash;
Is be prepared in the next weeks,
For loads more balderdash.

(1) Porton Down was opened in 1916 to develop chemical warfare
agents. The lab is to receive extra funding of £48m for 'defence'.

(2) In 2016, Dr Robin Black, then head of the detection lab
at Porton Down, stated that there was no independent
confirmation about the chemical properties of Novichoks.

(3) The OCPW say it will take weeks to identify the chemicals.

© Richard Layton  

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