You're starting to sound a little confused.

As for "leaving it to others", this is an open forum. You know, somewhere to share ideas and opinions.
Not sure wheat the "troublesome French, specifically, have to do with this but, maybe, they are just a country/race that you dont like.
Generally, I've always found them to be ok.

As for the teapot and ice cube. It's hot tea in a teapot, with a shrinking ice cube - just thought you ought to know, to avoid anymore confusion.

Oh dear, someone's been reading the lies printed in the Daily Mail

As for Johnson, he's such a diminished figure on the world stage compared to previous British Prime Ministers it's almost painful to see. That journalist who shamed him yesterday gave a hint of what the rest of the world thinks. And only the most deluded cheerleader would claim he or his government have in any way led on this, reliant as they are on dirty oligarch money.

So what you are saying then is your best mate is personally compliant with Russian funds being laundered through the London financial sector, and to quote you I need to get my priorities right, perhaps you could put me on the road to redemption and point out what my priorities are, all I'm guilty of his asking the anti Boris brigade if now they'd had time for reflection if they thought they're condemnation of the man was some what over zealous, if you think that calling him by the name depriferol makes you stand out from everybody else, then by all means matey fill yer boots

I'm starting to get a little embarrassed for you, seemingly taking all your views from the British far right press.

With Britain now absent from influence Macron has done all the European running on the Ukraine situation and - as has been widely reported - spoke at length to Putin on Monday.

He is, meanwhile, breezing to re-election. Something which will make the red faced nutters in this country absolutely furious for some reason. Although fury is their default position to be fair.

I miss when this place had decent conversation

What views would those be? It's hardly my fault if the British far right press want to quote me.
If Britain is now absent from influence please explain the why Boris is at the forefront of everything going on, on the television in those Baltic states Poland etc, where is Macron? Oh I'm told by the holy ghost he's in Moscow talking to Putin, doesn't seem to have had much effect there, not sure why the red faced nutters on here should be absolutely furious because he's breezing to re-election, good luck to him I say, it seems to have cheered you up no end, although to be fair if anybody needs cheering up it's a Lib-Dem rhino supporter

The topic say Ukraine, you principal objection is that no one will give de Pfeffel credit for helping solve the problem. I am sure when he does he will but currently our contribution is to provide arms to Ukraine and a way for Russians to launder their money. He could take stronger action but is in fact quite weak within his own cabinet, with any decisions he takes tainted by money.
The other major problem is not about Ukraine at all but that I call him de Pfeffel, I bet many of his previous dalliances have much more descriptive names for him.

You make some good points, and as Scarlett would say, it's time for your cocoa

You wonder why I think you're getting your news from dodgy pro Tory sources. Then you immediately claim that "Boris" is at the "forefront of everything going on". When as any consumer of foreign or international news would know he is utterly invisible.

I understand if it helps you to sleep at night to create these little fictions but reality is always the best medicine.