Your incredulity is irrelevant to what happened.
Allegedly , 5 people came into contact with a lethal nerve agent that is soooooo dangerous only one person died as a result. You need to answer this
When Porton Down scientists refused to say the Novichok was made in Russia the powers that be decided to coin the term " of a type developed by Russia ".................thus making it possible to point the finger at Russia whilst at the same time giving themselves the plausible deniability to say " we didn't claim it was made in Russia "
Normal people watching these sorts of BS antics , and also being versed in the fact that the powers that be in the UK have done these types of charades before , are right to view the whole affair with a large degree of scepticism or at least get their critical brain into gear
Unfortunately for people like yourself ,you have an overriding compulsion to believe the official state narrative at all costs. It's that same old BS as " why are we always the good guys "
The criticisms are there because the story is rubbish
Now , imo , there is a chance that a hit against the Skripals has been carried but the UK governments insistence that it was a state run hit has thus far not been confirmed by the evidence. Secondly , the way they have gone about it and the obvious junk within that state narrative has alarm bells ringing
Have the UK security/government establishment got form for false flag chemical threats/scaremongering against official state enemies ? The answer is yes they have
People are wise to be sceptical . Fanatics of the religion of state are a different category of observer imo and will ignore anything and everything that undermines their preferred state's narrative. So it's not surprising that you promote , unquestioningly , the pro West /anti Russian stance that is the Skripal affair