This is a guest post by Bespoleznyi Idiot
A year and a day after Boris Nemstov met a Blackadderian end by accidentally tragically shooting himself four times in the back might appear as almost an inappropriate time to express delight at appearing on the Russian Federation’s international radio station as expressing delight calling for the dismantling of the British nuclear deterrence on the Russian Federation’s international radio station, but a Scottish MP has done just that.
Delighted to speak to Moscow's Radio Sputnik World Service on #Trident and UKGov policy on system renewal. https://t.co/gZkJKWLaYP #SNP
— Dr Paul Monaghan MP (@_PaulMonaghan) February 29, 2016
Criticism was swift, including from normally SNP friendly and anti-Trident sources:
@LeaskyHT speaking to the Russian media about trident perhaps not the best thing
— Gillon Johnstone (@Scouriebeast) February 29, 2016
@LeaskyHT There are but think you would struggle to find one who did not support unilater disarment by the UK, and I am anti nuke lol
— Gillon Johnstone (@Scouriebeast) February 29, 2016
This is not attempting to “peacefully influence others through dialogue” any more than George Lansbury was doing so when offering to have tea with Hitler. Although, Lansbury’s excuse was that he was a Christian pacifist and holy fool.
@_PaulMonaghan I am sure somebody with a passing knowledge of Russian affairs could point you in a direction to help with that.
— David Leask (@LeaskyHT) February 29, 2016
Other incredulous observers with no ax to grind on Scottish politics arrived. Such as Edward Lucas:
@_PaulMonaghan do you have any idea what RT is? Brave Russians are fighting for freedom and you are collaborating with their jailers
— Edward Lucas (@edwardlucas) February 29, 2016
Further insight into the mind of a genuine idiot can be seen here, with minor piano key.
Update: This is not the first time he has opposed a NATO member. Last week what appeared to be a scoop that the Czech Republic was selling L-159 jets to Iran turned out to be a failure to distinguish between Iran and Iraq coupled with altering crucial words in a written answer from David Cameron to imply that he had control over the defence procurement of a foreign state.
I see SNP MP DrPaul Monaghan has got mixed up between Iraq and Iran. pic.twitter.com/plH2VvSrcg
— Jamie Ross (@JamieRoss7) February 16, 2016
