Seeing as how Harry Kane seems to be looking a wee bit doubtful for the World Cup, it would be a bit of a propaganda COUP for England to withdraw from the competition as part of a package of Russian reprisals, rather than suffer an ignominious first round exit :moo:
Just been watching RT (Russia Today) news. They talk a really good game, as might be expected. They just stonewall everything. Deny any wrongdoing in Syria, deny any wrongdoing in Salisbury, deny any collusion in Trump election. Call in 'expert witnesses' who you might expect to not back up...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43291394
'After a Cold War-style spy swap at Austria's Vienna airport, Col Skripal moved to the UK, where he kept a low profile for eight years.
His wife Liudmila died in 2012, a year after they had bought a semi-detached home in Salisbury.
Two years...