Good old Boris!

[corydoras]

For once I agree with him. I'm fed up seing British Prime Ministers including the current one come crawling back from the Middle East with size eleven rectums and Saudi protoplasm running out the corner of their gobs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38248316

 

[Ken L]

It's all just a game, They're trying to push Muhammad bin Salman a little this way and a little that to try to mould the future ruler before he fully inherits the reigns of power.

Of course they are worried by the hawkishness that he has displayed in Yemen (where Saudi forces have had more than one bloody nose) but hey also want Saudi Arabia to remain as a check on Iranian expansion.

To be honest though, I suspect that there are so many competing agendas in that region and so many hidden power brokers that it's impossible to fully fathom the supposed differing views of Boris and No 10.

[barry luxton]

For once I agree with him. I'm fed up seing British Prime Ministers including the current one come crawling back from the Middle East with size eleven rectums and Saudi protoplasm running out the corner of their gobs.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38248316

 

 

Blimey I agree:

 

It is Boris Johnson's fate that even when he is right he is wrong.

Few would disagree with the foreign secretary when he says that Saudi Arabia and Iran are engaging in proxy wars in the Middle East.

Not everyone would use his language, accusing both countries of "puppeteering", but it is well known that both Riyadh and Tehran support opposing sides in several conflicts.

In Syria, the Saudis are providing arms to opposition rebels and Iran is supporting some of the many militias fighting alongside the Syrian army.

In Yemen, the Saudis lead a coalition of forces fighting the Houthi rebels who ousted the government and are being backed by Iran.

Across the region, the Sunni-Shia divide is one that sucks in outside nations like Saudi Arabia and Iran into a regional power play that many analysts fear could one day escalate.

Nor is the Foreign Secretary's wider analysis too controversial, that there is a lack of leadership and vision in the Middle East which creates conflicts and opportunities for outside powers to flex their muscles.

[Puzzled]

Good old Boris, open gob and insert foot, say what you think and not what you should.

 

He's probably bang-on, however there is a real danger that he'll endanger British jobs directly linked to sales of armaments to the rag-heads.

 

Unfortunately, our economy is so reliant upon middle-eastern oil that we just cannot afford to offend this brutalist bunch that own most of West London.

 

I think BoJo will continue to provide a more challenging view whilst he's in the FO; no diplomat is our Boris!

[chesters1]

The saudis are certainly behind a lot of things bad ,15 out of the 19 involved in 11/9 were saudis as was bin liner

[big_cod]

Good old Boris, open gob and insert foot, say what you think and not what you should.

 

He's probably bang-on, however there is a real danger that he'll endanger British jobs directly linked to sales of armaments to the rag-heads.

 

Unfortunately, our economy is so reliant upon middle-eastern oil that we just cannot afford to offend this brutalist bunch that own most of West London.

 

I think BoJo will continue to provide a more challenging view whilst he's in the FO; no diplomat is our Boris!

 

The mans a Buffon.

[ayjay]

The mans a Buffon.

 

An Italian footballer?

[gozzer]

An Italian footballer?

I thought that it was a 60s hairstyle!

 

John.

[ayjay]

I thought that it was a 60s hairstyle!

 

John.

 

Bouffant.

[gozzer]

Bouffant.

 

I bow to your superior knowledge of such things, sir

 

John.