SURPRISE! PUBLIC INQUIRY ANNOUNCED INTO LITVINENKO

So, for years the British Government has stalled and stalled and stalled a public inquiry into the death of MI6 agent Alexander Litvinenko, last year announcing that an inquest would be adequate. And instead of using a public inquiry to embarrass Putin into dumping Assad last year, the decision was taken to instead send Prince Bandar to threaten Putin; dump Assad or there will be hell on earth in Syria, resulting in the event of 21st August.

But now that Putin is not backing down on the BRICS development bank, and is either receiving support or neutrality from many world leaders on the highly suspicious crash of MH17, the British Government has suddenly decided that, after all this time, they do want to use a dead man for political purposes and finally hold a public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

A public inquiry will be held in to the death of poisoned Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko Theresa May, the Home Secretary, will announce on Tuesday.

The Government decision means the formal investigation in to his death will be able to examine whether the Russian state was behind his murder.

The decision is another blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin at a time when he is already under intense international pressure in the wake of the Malaysia airlines atrocity.

Mrs May will tell Parliament that a public inquiry will take over from the inquest in to the death of Mr Litvinenko five months after losing a crucial legal challenge, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.

The Government long resisted calls for an inquiry and insisted that an inquest which was being led by a senior judge was adequate.

[source : Alexander Litvinenko murder: public inquiry to be held, The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10981586/Alexander-Litvinenko-murder-public-inquiry-to-be-held.html, 21st July 2014]