First, engage brain...

I suppose I should say something about this Skripal business.  He and his daughter are critically ill in hospital having been poisoned somehow by a nerve agent of Russian (or more precisely USSR) design.  He is a ex-spy and seen by many Russians as a traitor.  Should we care? It seems to me that this is for the most part a media-led story.  They have got  hold of it and sensationalised it as a way of selling papers - whipping up a storm that was perhaps never really there.  The Government haven't helped by giving out too little information too late in the day.  I think everybody needs to take a deep breath and think before they speak further.