Have Your Sayers writing outlandish scripts for Salisbury spy poisoning

I’m not an economist, but am puzzled by A Johnsen’s claim that, by going to war, Britain and the US can lower their debt. How so? Wars cost a lot of money, so would surely increase a nation’s debt. Britain’s defence budget is stretched, and its armed forces are below strength and short on equipment. The last thing Britain needs now is another major conflict. I don’t know if President Trump wants a war; I doubt if anyone knows what Trump wants.
I don’t share A Johnsen’s admiration for the Russia Today (RT) network, but do refer to it now and again, and noted a recent article in which a prominent Russian politician, academic and media personality had expressed the view that the West’s “demonisation” of President Putin had boosted his popularity with the Russian people. Exactly so. This of course undermines the claims by conspiracy theorists that the Salisbury poison attack was staged by Britain to besmirch Putin’s reputation ahead of the Russian elections.
As for HHB’s geopolitical analysis, (“West is using novichok attack to start new cold war”) well, the less said the better, although I was amused by the descriptions of the US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley and British Prime Minister Theresa May as “sociopaths”. I don’t know much about Haley, but although PM May, a vicar’s daughter and devout Christian, has been described in the UK media as many things, not all of them complimentary, no one has considered her to be a sociopath.
Anyway, the Salisbury poisoning is an intriguing saga, and a worthy plot for another “James Bond” blockbuster.
Robin Grant
Bangkok