‘I think you have to do stuff that actually hits Putin and his government where it hurts. I know about this tennis match – they volunteered me to play tennis with some geezer. It is very important full checks are carried out to make sure this is not someone who is an intimate or a crony.’
So said Boris Johnson on Sky News earlier today. This funny little tennis match has put the Tories under some pressure. Not nearly as much pressure as it should have done, because Ed Miliband has, unaccountably, been bumming about in America in search of a photo-op with Barack Obama, which was not an unqualified success. Indeed, Tory strategists 'couldn't be happier' about this state of affairs.
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