Originally Posted by
Prunus Dessicata
Boris needs a war for diversionary political reasons. Tail wagging the dog and all that stuff. He's got the war he craves. For him it's a win-win because this time it won't be Union flag draped coffins being paraded through that town near Brize Norton. For the merchants of Death it's a massive bonanza. All those missiles and other weaponry being poured into Ukraine like petrol onto a forest fire will have to be re-bought by the tax-payer and the National Debt. Money galore.
Boris is clearly a lot smarter than I'd imagined if he somehow persuaded Putin to invade Ukraine. This was his strategy to distract the press from Partygate perhaps?
Nigel Farage here cautions against poking the Russian bear. He seems to share a few more of your ideas.
Could you both be working to the same brief?