Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Emmanuel Macron “disgusting” and “Putin’s helper”, says an adviser to Johnson from the time he headed the government in London, according to The Guardian and News.ro.

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Guto Harry, Boris Johnson’s head of communications during his time as prime minister, made the comments in the latest episode of his Unprecedented podcast, in which he talks about his time at 10 Downing Street.

“At first there was tension when people like Emmanuel Macron of France went to Moscow to talk to Putin. I think that Boris called (the visit – no) privately nauseating. Meanwhile, I think Macron was feeling the tension caused by Boris doing military aid work for Ukraine,” said Guto Harry about his former boss’ comments on the occasion of Macron’s visit to Moscow on February 7, 2022. he tried to convince Putin not to invade Ukraine.

A former adviser says Macron sought to pay for the former British prime minister’s policies.

Acidic comments Johnson allegedly made to the French president

“So when the British press excoriated the British government over our response to the refugee crisis, Macron added fuel to the fire by criticizing Boris directly, and his words were on the front page of The Guardian on Friday. , I think. And while Boris doesn’t tend to get really angry or use particularly harsh language, this was one of those times where he really went crazy and at our meeting this morning, I think I was a small group, just launching into a vicious attack on Emmanuel Macron.” Harry said.

“He basically said, ‘This is a four-letter word that starts with C, it’s a bastard, it’s a Putin invention.’ We’ve got to get our boots on this’ – a rugby term that basically means going without gloves. We have to knock the frog (the perorative term given by the English to the French – no) off the ground. I’ll have to punch him in the head. Anyway, it was a pretty strong thing,” Guto also told Harry.

However, the former co-author said that after a few weeks they reconciled.

“They got along very well. They even went to drink whiskey together at the G7 summit,” said Guto Harry.

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