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Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

Russia Special

Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips

Sky News

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.0156 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Adam Boulton and guests discuss the Russian spy mystery almost two weeks after Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were discovered poisoned on a bench in Salisbury. Tensions between London and Moscow are escalating following Theresa May's decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats. The panel assess the tit-for-tat dispute and explore next steps in UK/Russia relations. They'll also offer their predictions ahead of what's unlikely to be a close Presidential contest this weekend. Joining Adam this week are former Moscow foreign correspondent Mary Dejevsky, Sky's Diplomatic Editor Dominic Waghorn, senior political correspondent Jason Farrell and Head of Data, Harry Carr. #Russia #Skripal #skynews #putin

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0:48.0

Hello, welcome to the All-Out Politics Podcast.

0:51.2

I'm Adam Bolton, and joining me today are the former Moscow foreign correspondent

0:55.2

Mary Degovsky, Sky News's senior diplomatic editor Dominic Waghorn and the senior political

1:01.0

correspondent for Sky News, Jason Farrell, plus of course the head of Sky Data, Harry Carr. And only one

1:07.6

thing to talk about this week with many, many implications.

1:15.6

The attack in Salisbury on Sergei and Julius Screepal, still in a critical condition in hospital, a policeman also in hospital.

1:20.6

And as far as the Prime Minister's concern, little doubt as to who was responsible.

1:25.6

Their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events.

1:32.2

They have provided no credible explanation that could suggest they lost control of their nerve agent.

1:39.5

No explanation as to how this agent came to be used in the United Kingdom.

1:46.0

No explanation as to why Russia has an undeclared chemical weapons programme in contravention of international

1:52.0

law. Instead, they have treated the use of a military-grade nerve agent in Europe with sarcasm,

2:00.0

contempt and defiance.

2:02.5

So, Mr. Speaker, there is no alternative conclusion other than that the Russian state was

2:08.5

culpable for the attempted murder of Mr. Scripile and his daughter.

2:13.5

Well, that was Theresa May's view, but when Jeremy Corbyn came to respond, he seemed to concentrate on domestic issues such as cutbacks in funding for the Foreign Office.

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