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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason and Heather Stewart

Don’t mention the Partygate: Boris Johnson is buoyant on the world stage

Boris Johnson at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi during his visit to the United Arab Emirates.
Boris Johnson at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi during his visit to the United Arab Emirates. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images

Since his premiership nearly sank a few weeks ago, Boris Johnson has done more foreign travel and frantic diplomacy than in all his previous years as prime minister combined.

He has made phone calls almost daily to Volodymyr Zelenskiy as the war with Russia rages, and won praise from the Ukrainian president during his emotive video address to the House of Commons.

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