Boris Johnson fell flat on his face at yesterday’s G7 summit. Having called for tougher sanctions against Russia to punish the Kremlin for its support for the Assad regime in Syria, Boris laid the ground for the G7 to announce a firm crackdown. In the end, the G7 steered clear of any new sanctions, saying that it didn’t want to push Putin into a corner. So where does this leave Boris?
Boris Johnson’s ‘first big foray into geopolitical diplomacy foundered’, says the Daily Telegraph. The paper says that there are some crumbs of comfort for Boris though. Despite the criticism being directed at the Foreign Secretary, Boris can claim some credit for ‘bringing the US more into line with Britain’s approach’. But his failure to convince his European allies of the need for tougher sanctions on Russia is a consequence of the ground not having been ‘adequately prepared’, the paper argues.
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