LONDON: Boris Johnson called French President Emmanuel Macron a four-letter obscenity and "Putin's lickspittle" as tempers frayed over the war in Ukraine, a former aide to the United Kingdom's former prime minister said.
France's President Emmanuel Macron (left) and then-British prime minister Boris Johnson pose for a picture during bilateral talks in Elmau Castle, southern Germany on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit on June 26, 2022. AFP FILE PHOTO
LONDON: Boris Johnson called French President Emmanuel Macron a four-letter obscenity and "Putin's lickspittle" as tempers frayed over the war in Ukraine, a former aide to the United Kingdom's former prime minister said.