[HRH_H_Crab]

Nodrog: we've made a damn good start.
But all of this is very much off topic.
Re. the original poster, the expulsion of the diplomats was an inevitable attempt to convince the British electorate that our government haven't just been "had" by the Russians. If it had been a small African country, Britain might actually have been able to do something constructive, as it stands, Russia is way too powerful, and we are extremely unlikely to get much in the way of help from USA either since like us, they are up to their eyeballs elsewhere.

The counter expulsion was probably initiated with much giggling!