I am embarrassed to be British sometimes.

Its been quietly reported that the UK government suggested targeting the Russian military in Syria but luckily got overuled - and probably laughed at - by the rest of the G7. For all the talk of Trump being crazy (which he kinda is) its Boris Johnson and Thereasa May who have come with the most nuts and dangerous idea yet. Ww3? No thanks.

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GlassDog · 46-50, M

I've been embarrassed ever since Boris Johnson's press conference with John Kerry. Kerry is a skilled diplomat and seeing Johnson side-by-side with him was revelatory.

Boris Johnson needs to realise fairly sharpish that his words are no longer just tomorrow's chip paper, as they used to be. Lives hang in the balance. Perhaps more than he imagines.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

I remember seeing that. It was just after Brexit and Kerry didn't even bother to hide his contempt for Johnson at the press conference.

Yes he's got to the place his is by being a charming chancer. He is exactly the last person who should be in charge of dangerous foreign policy situation, or indeed Brexit negotiations.

GlassDog · 46-50, M

Yes, it was just a matter of weeks after the vote. There was a point where Kerry said something like, "I'm told that Boris Johnson was well-regarded at Oxford and seen as intelligent, and that's the Boris Johnson I seek to hold discussions with", i.e. not this fool standing to my right, who publicly insults world leaders.