Mr Johnson, a cheerleader for both President Zelenskyy and President Trump since he was PM, tried to have it both ways too, criticising the US president's wild claims but backing his motives.
Perhaps she was goaded into breaking her silence by the typically flamboyant words of one of those successive Tory prime ministers, Boris Johnson, and attacks by the Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey.
Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader and self-appointed chief Trump basher in UK politics, has accused both the Conservatives and Reform UK of being "Trump boot-lickers".
To be fair to Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer, there has until now been a political consensus in the UK in support of President Zelenskyy and Ukraine.
Amid warnings of a Trump-Putin stitch-up that betrays President Zelenskyy, the Tory leader had been missing in action, even neglecting to mention Ukraine in a conference speech this week.
