Thread by @ThomasPride

The incompetence of the @BorisJohnson circus of clowns, collectively known as the UK Tory government, descends into farce.
Johnson announced sanctions against 5 small private banks in Russia. However, he got a bit mixed up and included the Russian State bank (not sanctioned) ...

@BorisJohnson ... in his official statement.
One of the private banks is called Bank Rossiya, with an address in St Petersburg. The Russian State bank is known colloquially in Russian also as Bank Rossiya, but with an address in Moscow.
Guess which bank was listed by ...

@BorisJohnson ... the UK as sanctioned?
The mistake was discovered by the foreign office hours after the official statement was released, and the error quietly changed.
The Russians knew about the error, but calmly waited for red faced British officials to correct it, knowing sanctions ...

@BorisJohnson ... against the Russian State bank will never happen, not least because too much Russian money is invested in the UK for Johnson to even think about proper financial sanctions. Russians said to be extremely 'amused' by the British show of incompetence.
Allies said to have ...

@BorisJohnson ... "raised eyes to heaven" at the British incompetence.
A reminder: it's our country Johnson is reducing to a laughing stock in the eyes of the world.
Is anyone still prepared to vote for these clowns?