Boris Johnson is right about Saudi Arabia – but will he stick to his tune in Riyadh?

The Foreign Secretary went off script, but on truth.

The difference a day makes. On Wednesday Theresa May was happily rubbing shoulders with Saudi Royalty at the Gulf Co-operation Council summit and talking about how important she thinks the relationship is.

Then on Thursday, the Guardian rained on her parade by publishing a transcript of her Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, describing the regime as a “puppeteer” for “proxy wars” while speaking at an international conference last week.