I take it you never met Boris.
Boris Johnson's close relationship with Evgeny Lebedev raises serious questions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
bylinetimes.com
If you read one thread today, read this one, this is the son of a kgb agent that Johnson ignored intel concerns in to make a lord.
On March 17, 2020, Boris Johnson learnt that British intelligence had warned against granting a peerage to his close friend Evgeny Lebedev on national security
www.thetimes.co.uk
Sad though it is as a collection of countries like the Uk has decided not to be part of the EU, the EU benefits from not having a leader like Boris Johnson involved and the obvious concerns involved. Russia are in deep in the UK, in their infrastructure and institutions, in this sense Brexit is a benefit for the EU.
You'd think with a name like Boris hed make it less obvious. lol