Boris The Tactful Dipplomat

[10ClarionSt]

Good old Boris. About as subtle as kick in the nuts. Accusing Russia of interfering in British politics at a press conference with the Russian foreign minister. Maybe he should be called Les Patterson?

[coldstream-1971]

hate to tell you this when i went to school dipplomat was spelt diplomat unless the british way of spelling has changed

[rccatnap]

"hate to tell you this when i went to school dipplomat was spelt diplomat unless the british way of spelling has changed"

True coldstream1971, but then at the beginning of a sentence the first letter would be capitalised, as would the 'I' and 'British', finishing off with a nice full stop!

[emmie]

Maybe not, he is there to do a job, and one that no one has done for 5 years, and the talks are ongoing.

[emmie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42450479

[woofgang]

Oh come on! Mentioning our export of Kettle Chips to Russia is statesmanship of the highest order :)

[ichkeria]

Where did he do that?
He mentioned Russian interference in elections in the US, France, Denmark and Germany. Although he could have mentioned Russian trolling of British MPs who have spoken against Putin.
The Russians invited him, he went, he did the usual diplomatic sutff, probably some of it in a uniquely Boris way. I suspect he was as diplomatic as he could have been in the company of criminals pretending to be politicians who seek respectability by courting countries such as the UK.

[ichkeria]

The typo is of no importance.
Just the factual inaccuracy

[woofgang]

ichkeria, I heard him say it on the TV coverage
Mr Johnson said: "I'm delighted to say that there are increasing exports of British kettle crisps to Russia and 300 Bentleys have been sold this year in Russia - not, I believe necessarily to employees of the Foreign Ministry but nonetheless a sign of progress."
Mr Johnson said: "I'm delighted to say that there are increasing exports of British kettle crisps to Russia and 300 Bentleys have been sold this year in Russia - not, I believe necessarily to employees of the Foreign Ministry but nonetheless a sign of progress."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/895543/russia-cyber-attacks-boris-johnson-theresa-may

[coldstream-1971]

Ops sorry 10ClarionSt, I admit i didn't check mind just imagine Emily Thornberry on the case!

[sevenOP]

Subtle indeed

[mikey4444]

On this overwhelmingly right wing site, its nice to see the all of us have pretty much the same opinion of Boris !

[emmie]

i like him, and if the Iranian lady is let out of her prison soon then fair play to him because he went there on the premise of future cordial relations with Iran, who has done that in recent years? Now you berate him for being in Russia, if you can't understand him now, you never will. he is doing what he does best and for that i wish him well. He is not a buffoon as some seem to think, nor a toff or any of the idiot things he has been accused of.

[ichkeria]

Lol : it wasn’t the kettle chips I was on about. Boris could have said much more but diplomacy forbade it no doubt.
It’s Russia’s exports that are more worrying

[ichkeria]

Lavrov is a liar

[mikey4444]

Emmie....I am on record as saying 2 things :::

1....If Boris can get that poor woman out of Iran, than he will get my thanks and praise.

2...I have warned against people thinking of him as just a buffoon. He is highly intelligent, and should never be underestimated.

But he is too much of a loose cannon. He is inconsistent and can't be trusted. He is like a big Labrador, that is OK when kept on a short leash but off the leash, he is uncontrollable.

[Togo]

About time somebody had the balls to tell the gangsters some plain truth. Even on here our Marxist "friends" have huffed and puffed about Russian interference in our elections, including the US elections. But now that Boris is reading the gits their fortunes the opportunist gainsayers are in full echo chamber reverberation mode. In their own backyard as well....that does take bravery. Good lad Boris.

[emmie]

that's no surprise is it. ^^