On the Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury , Wiltshire on 4 March 2018 , Pilger said in an interview on RT ( formerly Russia Today ) : " This is a carefully constructed drama as part of the propaganda campaign that has been building now for several years in order to justify the actions of NATO , Britain and the United States , towards Russia . That ’s a fact " . Such events as the Iraq War , " at the very least should make us sceptical of Theresa May ’s theatrics in Parliament " . He hinted that the UK government may have been involved in the attack , saying it had motive and that the nearby Porton Down labratory has a " long and sinister record with nerve gas and chemical weapons " . According to Pilger , " American bases form a giant noose encircling China with missiles , bombers , warships - all the way from Australia through the Pacific to Asia and beyond . ... There are no Chinese naval ships and no Chinese bases off California "
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
John Pilger