Alexander Litvinenko and Neil Morrissey

Watching the evolving events surrounding the death of Alexander Litvinenko over this weekend – including TV cameras camped outside his house in Osier Crescent, which is in my constituency.

I had previously texted Richard Sumray, who is Chair of Haringey Primary Care Trust and also the person charged with the health brief in our local emergency planning team. I just wanted to be sure whether there was any action that had needed to be taken on the health front. It didn’t seem as though there was any danger of radioactive contamination – but with such dangerous and toxic substances and clearly with local neighbours being concerned, just wanted to be sure.

Also noticed that the Journal carried the story about a local phone mast controversy. It is outside Neil Morrissey‘s house. It always helps to have a ‘name’ involved in a campaign. The problem goes on and on however, and I think it’s a matter of better safe than sorry!

Alexander Litvinenko

I discovered today that the poor, poor Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko who died last night from poisoning is one of my constituents. It is the most dreadful story – and I hope that those responsible are caught and brought to justice. This is the side of the James Bond spy movies that doesn’t really get covered. There are spooks and spies and state murderers out there – we just don’t usually get to know about it.