Boris mocking Putin y pretending to ride bare chested....

If Putin ever gives a moments thought to Johnson , I expect he regards him as an ungrateful little toerag who has forgotten the help he gave him to win the fraudulent referendum of 2016.

Johnson being jovial and witty, as he thinks. He’ll poke that tiger once too often and many will suffer. He’ll never see that it is time for him to step away.

Crossed posts, DiamondLily!

If we are going to have to have negotiations to end this war, which we are, what is the point in a childish laugh at Putin? Whatever we may think of him, he is a head of state who will have to be part of the negotiations, and a more vital part than any of the people who were mocking him.

Just can't see an agreement happening DiamondLily I mean whose going to trust Putin. He can't even be honest with his own people and is still saying this war he's started with Ukraine is a 'special mission'.

Putin doesn't care much, but the only way this will be ended is with some sort of agreement between Ukraine and Russia.

Second rate leaders, struggling at home, but trying to be clever, on the global stage, bring nothing useful to the party.?

A lot of fuss about nothing IMO. Let's face it Putin doesn't need an excuse/reason for doing what he does; never has done and never will.

They were indicating that the countries felt differently about their response to Ukraine. You should never let your enemy know anything about your strategy or what you're thinking. And no news reporters telling us how it went. The whole thing should have been kept private apart from smiling photographs on the terrace.

Smileless2012

Surely a display of unity is a good thing Chestnut?

There are thousands of ways of showing unity more effectively than a cheap joke though Smileless, particularly one which threatens the butt of the joke’s masculinity when you know he’s a dangerous man.

Surely a display of unity is a good thing Chestnut?

They can joke as much as they like but not in front of the cameras. And I don't think the MSM should be broadcasting details of how they are getting on with each other and whether they are in agreement. You do not let your enemy know details like that.

a reasonable interpretation of this thread volver IMO even without the inaccuracies of the OP.

That's not an accurate interpretation of this thread, is it Urms?

But still running with ‘just Boris’.

Anyone doing that is just plain rude and childish whoever they are.

Literally the second post of the thread...

No criticism of the EU leaders I note! Let’s just bash Boris not Ursula vd Leyen or the others.

Johnson is a laughing, joking, closet fascist and a supporter of the ERG. That support is mutual.

Greta

Maudi: "Should they have got out the white flag and waved that around instead, probably that's what Starmer would have done if he was the PM (God forbid). What's wrong with a bit of humour."

It's interesting how often we hear what Keir Starmer "would/would not have done if..." Where do all these crystal balls come from?

Well, come on, it makes a change from saying what Corbyn would have done, which was a favourite from some of our more right-leaning members until recently!

It's not our "war" - it's a conflict between two parts of the old USSR. 'Evil happens when good men do nothing' springs to mind.

Greta

Maudi: "Should they have got out the white flag and waved that around instead, probably that's what Starmer would have done if he was the PM (God forbid). What's wrong with a bit of humour."

It's interesting how often we hear what Keir Starmer "would/would not have done if..." Where do all these crystal balls come from?

Well said, Greta.

Maudi: "Should they have got out the white flag and waved that around instead, probably that's what Starmer would have done if he was the PM (God forbid). What's wrong with a bit of humour."

It's interesting how often we hear what Keir Starmer "would/would not have done if..." Where do all these crystal balls come from?

I know that we’re supporting Ukraine, but I really wish we were doing far more. Putin won’t give up, he’s like Hitler, he needs to be stopped.

It's not our "war" - it's a conflict between two parts of the old USSR.

What Ukraine and Russia end up doing is between them.

Should they have got out the white flag and waved that around instead, probably that's what Starmer would have done if he was the PM (God forbid). What's wrong with a bit of humour.