Joseph P Farrell – If you’ve been following the Skripal spy case, then you’ll know that things have taken a turn into the surreal. I’m reminded of the old television situation comedy Green Acres with Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor, which was something of a twisted mix-up between Hee Haw and Salvadore Dali; the plots and storylines were so self-evidently absurd that one kept watching just to see what sort of nonsense would follow. Lisa – played with remorselessly chic and stupid elegance by Eva Gabor – was often so confused that she would notice the “credits” at the beginning of each episode, and sometimes read them.

That’s the feeling I get when I’m watching the May Government “handle” the Skripal spy case: Lisa is reading the credits and other prompts in her already badly-written screenplay: “No, Minister, those lines in parentheses are what you’re supposed to do, not say… Take two!” Mrs. Thatcher could and would occasionally go off script and she could get away with it because whatever else one thought about her, she was not stupid. Watching Mrs. May, I have to wonder if she even knows what a script is. Continue reading →