Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
SALISBURY
term consequences”.
Mr Skripal, 66, and daughter Yulia, 33, were found unconscious on a shopping centre bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire last week.
They remained seriously ill in hospital last night along with Det Sgt Nick Bailey, 38, the first police officer at the scene.
The attack was a “war-like act deeply threatening to the British people”, Commons Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat said.
Tory ex-leader Iain Duncan Smith told Mrs May the Commons would “back her” to take “the most severe action as is required” against the
Kremlin. He said: “Russia is now as close to being a rogue state as any.
“It occupies Crimea, it has helped occupy eastern Ukraine, created hell on earth in Syria and is now overseeing worse action. “This is a country locking up its members of the opposition. We’ve learned this lesson before – if we appease a country like this then we expect even worse.” Mrs May replied: “He is absolutely right, nobody should be in any doubt of the various activities the Russian state is involved in across Europe and elsewhere. It is important