I really like this government. Because at no time before can I ever remember ‘triggering an article’ and yet now, so soon after ‘triggering article 50’ to get us out of Europe (and that seems to be going really… errrr… hmmm… really well?), it looks like we’re set to now trigger article 51. I mean, that’s fucking amazing. I didn’t realise articles had to be triggered in sequence, but there ya go. I’m an article-triggering-virgin so not sure of the rules.

Article 51 is a UN thing, it should be noted, I s’pose, whereas article 50 was a European thing, but I don’t think we should let that underplay the neatness and synchronicity of these events. And, of course Article 51 basically accuses the Russians of attacking Britain. Which it PROBABLY did. And allows us to take action. From my own point of view, I still think we need to establish all the facts, as in ‘would they stand up in a court of law’. If not, then really we should hold all threats until such details are established. We all fucking KNOW that the Russians did it. Who else would have the motivation to kill a traitor-to-Russia? Who else would possess a Russian-made nerve-agent? But its not enough. Ironically, even when it does become ‘enough’, as it did with Andrei Lugavoy killing Litvinenko, the Russians will still deny it anyway.

So we’re going to shut down Russia Today, the Russian state tv channel based over here. Which will cut Jeremy Corbyn’s income source significantly, cos he’s always on it. And we’re threatening a ‘cyber attack’ on the Russians. Which is a bit like taking your slingshot out to attack a tank because Russia leads the world in cyber-crime. They hacked Hillary Clinton, they affected the US election, they played a part in the Brexit referendum and lead the world in ‘malware’. And we’re going to attack them?

Midnight tonight. That’s the ‘deadline’ for the Russians to respond to Theresa May’s threats. Otherwise… otherwise… she’ll trigger article 52 (not sure there is one, but we’ll make it up as we go along)? Very exciting.

I think we should suspend this til May 26th. Because that’s the day we come home from our trip to (fucking) Russia. And having spent about 19 hours filling in the visa application, I’ll never get that time back. Never. Listing every country visited for the last 10 years, dates and times of entry and departure, details of last 3 passports, names and addresses of children, parents (including where they’re buried, when applicable), every meal eaten in the last 9 months, quite unbelievable.

So please don’t declare war on Russia til we’re home and safe. Triggering articles is opening a can of fucking worms. As we know.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx