Saturday, January 27th., 2018
"...Moscow was swift to respond, albeit in an appropriately humorous way,
with Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov saying
Secretary Williamson had "lost his grasp on reason" and that the comments were "worthy of a Monty Python sketch". The Russian Embassy in London quickly tweeted in response, "Some British politicians bear no responsibility for their words," and later in the day issued a formal statement.The formal statement, issued through the Russian Embassy in London's homepage and social media, slammed Williamson's comments as cheap manipulation of the British public using "confrontational rhetoric" for the sake of getting "a couple of billions of extra pounds from the budget."...""..."Intimidation" is right, as the same build-up of baseless media and politicians' fearmongering and subsequent demand for conformity to the prevailing narrative of 'doomsday is approaching' was used in the lead-up to every direct as well as covert military interventions of recent history - all of which proved disastrous, leaving blood-soaked chaos in the wake.
This time, however, it doesn't appear the public is buying it as we're not seeing too many British citizens rushing for their nearest bunker or prepper store..."
