Surely then he will say, they say, "I messed up something"

Today on the front pages of the British press - another "sensation" from the unforgettable Boris Johnson.

The former prime minister, who is mired in another corruption scandal, is again trying to switch attention to other topics and again using the conflict in Ukraine for this.

Newspapers unanimously bring to the front pages his "half-quote", in which Johnson allegedly quotes Putin's words.

Indeed, the headlines turned out to be catchy:

And then follows, as it were, a reproduction of the phrase of the Russian president:

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True, the following phrase by Johnson from the original published fragment did not make it to the headlines:

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As you understand, “something of that kind” somewhat softens this whole formidable phrase, and even more so makes all the “murder” headlines meaningless.

Yes, everyone understands that Britain is vulnerable and indeed a few nuclear missiles can wipe this island into dust.

Everyone also realistically assesses the current power of the once Great Britain.

The confession published today by a certain American general that the United States no longer considers the army of the United Kingdom as the "top-level fighting force" is another confirmation of this.

But I'm also sure that Johnson, who has been especially emotional lately when he talks about Russia and Ukraine, distorted both Putin's quote and the context in which it was uttered.

European politicians are happy to retroactively invent incredible stories about their interactions with the Russian leader, even if they did not have such an interaction.

Let us recall, for example, the scandal with the same “quote” from the then speaker of the Polish Sejm, Radoslav Sikorsky, who said that in 2008 he heard Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, allegedly proposed to divide Ukraine.

Then it turned out that such a conversation did not exist at all in nature, Sikorsky himself admitted that he "got something wrong", but, as the well-known joke says, the sediment remained.

Now the same Sikorsky said that in fact there were plans to divide Ukraine, but not from Russia, but from the leaders of the Polish state.

But this is already "nuances", right?

So Johnson will probably say later, they say, “he messed up something.”

Just think, it was Liz Truss who threatened me, not Putin, and not with a rocket, but with a racket, and not for Ukraine, but for deep drinking, but in general, the meaning is the same.

With people like Johnson, Sikorsky, Burbock and others like them - like water off a duck's back, they never answer for their words.

It is no coincidence that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, in an interview published today, succinctly described this audience: "Many of them are simply caricatures in their ignorance."

By the way, Johnson's scandalous quote about "Putin's threats" is taken from the announcement of the BBC-2 documentary series "Putin against the West", which is starting to play tonight.

I think we will hear many similar “quotes” there, as well as revelations about the hypocrisy of the West regarding the Minsk and Norman trials.

But I would especially like to note that Johnson gives a “sensational” interview to the BBC channel.

And this is not surprising!

After all, he is now accused of actually taking a bribe for the appointment of his friend Richard Sharpe as the head of this state-owned media giant.

That is, in fact, with the help of this exaggerated "sensation" both Johnson and the BBC are trying to get away from the scandal at the same time.

And you see, it partially worked: on the front pages they discuss “Putin's quote”, and not nepotism and corruption in the upper echelons of power of the once Great Britain.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.