A former counter terrorism chief has described how he initially wondered if the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter could have been “an act of war”.

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in March 2018.

Neil Basu, who led the counter-terrorism investigation, said the “true horror” of the “colourless and odourless” poison was not knowing how to warn people or what to look for.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Salisbury Poisonings podcast, he said: “To leave that lying around anywhere on foreign soil is the most unbelievably reckless disregard for human life I’ve ever witnessed.”

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    3 days ago

    lol it’s pointless arguing with hex or grad you’re wasting your time. I’m curious what the result of our vote to defederate from them on jlai.lu will be now.

    Yeah you’re being judged for past actions but to these people it does not matter if you recognize your mistake or not nor that you try and improve the situation.