Today we salute the courage of Novichok victim Charlie Rowley. It took a lot for him to go to the Russian Embassy yesterday.
He was among people whose countrymen killed Charlie’s girlfriend Dawn Sturgess and damn near killed him.
And the man he went to meet, Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko, is a slick diplomat trained to lie for his country.
All Charlie wants is the truth. Answers to the questions which have been tormenting him ever since he and Dawn were poisoned nine months ago.
But most of all, Charlie wants the men who did this brought to book. He wants the Russians to allow British police to interview them. Charlie accepts that’s never likely to happen. But we applaud him for trying.
Novichok victim Charlie Rowley asks Putin's man 'did you kill my girlfriend?'
Mr Yakovenko denied Russian responsibility. Well, he would, wouldn’t he? He suggested America may have been behind the killing. Or the Czech Republic. Or Porton Down.
Pull the other one, Mr Ambassador.
Charlie would now like to speak to Mr Yakovenko’s line manager, Vladimir Putin himself.
Astonishingly, Mr Yakovenko said he would talk to the President personally to see if it could be arranged. Mr Yakovenko, we will take you at your word.
