looks awfully like jeffrey archer. we might deal with that later.hey really? russian secret services in a bit of a tears? they came to salisbury to see the cathedral, what's wrong with you, don't you believe it? upset the other agencies. according to the telegraph and their sources, from british intelligence, they say the other russian secret services are terribly upset with the gru because they made a hash of the whole thing, leaving perfume bottles around and so on. leaving perfume bottles around and so on. i think the bigger question is what's this all a botched operation or in fact was it deliberate? normally... deliberately botched? deliberately left and the door knob, the novichok on the door knob, whether the perfume bottle was thrown away because they didn't care, but that was not part of the botch. in which case, means the russians are no longerjust targeting individuals, they have a com plete targeting individuals, they have a complete cavalier disregard for the loss of innocent life. that is the worrying bit. it means they have upped the

telegraph, on the other hand, carries an interview with former tory mp, author and remain voter jeffrey archerof a second referendum. the main story for the paper is an alleged dispute within the russian intelligence services over the failed assassination of sergei skripal. the express leads on claims that militia groups in libya are trying to get the country's ruling authority to "hand over" the brother of the manchester arena bomber, salman abedi, to avoid the possibility of him being extradited to the uk. the mail carries claims of muslim extremists hijacking a bible class at a london prison. the sunday times has an exclusive interview with leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, as well as an important discovery made at edinburgh zoo — in short, hi—vis clothing puts pandas off sex. and the mirror leads with what it calls a "new boris sensation", claiming the former foreign secretary holidayed in italy with a former aide just weeks before his marriage split, and that he told her he can't wait to see her again. so, a varied set of front pages. no realfrontrunners. let's see what