Boris Johnson: Striking Fear into Putin’s Heart of Darkness

Sarcasm Alert: So many Russian oligarchs own high-value real estate and launder their money through shell companies in Britain that London has been called “Moscow on the Thames” since the Margaret Thatcher era of the mid-1980s. Remember when Ronnie Reagan was “tearing down that wall?” As usually happens when a society undergoes a hard-right turn toward ultra-conservative ideology, the political shift went hand-in-hand with corruption, first permeating their politics, then polluting their society. In London, corruption occurred on a scale that made the city irresistible to the Russian business racketeers / KGB spies that became known as “The Oligarchs.” Suffice it to say that the Russian Oligarchs purchased Great Britain from its politicians down to the cobblestones, and, as a result, they have become the proud owners of a spanking pink, slightly ruffled, 250-pound baby: Boris Johnson. I’m pretty sure Vladimir Putin looks at Boris’ toothless lip-service to Ukraine sanctions and finds this amusing.      Continue reading →