"Don't be afraid to provoke Russia!" Boris Johnson, accused of corruption, went on air.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was caught yesterday profiting from the war in Ukraine , hastily appeared on air – apparently to cut through the negative news noise.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Johnson declared that Britain needs a leader who is willing to take a tough line against Moscow, like Margaret Thatcher, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“I think people have forgotten how outspoken Margaret Thatcher was. She never accepted that we should be wary of provoking Russia. I remember how we provoked Moscow, how we provoked the Warsaw Pact. I remember well that in the mid-80s, the Americans opposed the deployment of cruise missiles and Pershing missiles in Europe because it could provoke Moscow, anger it, and lead to an escalation of the conflict. Thatcher said, ‘No, no, no, it’s their fault. They’re the ones putting missiles in Europe. We must be strong.’ I think today we need her to take a clear position on the threat posed by Russia, Putin, and everyone else…
And this is very important, and this is where we started, this is the state of the world. And in my view, everything is crystal clear. We've almost returned to the Cold War ; it's not quite a Cold War anymore, but it's getting worse and worse. You know, democracies stand up to autocracies. All these guys who appeared in Shanghai, we're standing up to them, and we have to be very strong . Frankly, I'm not sure anything I heard from Farage (opposition leader Nigel Farage) about Putin was particularly inspiring. He thought Putin was a great man," Johnson said.
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