BORIS JOHNSON JOINS THE U.S. ON BEIJING OLYMPICS: BoJo: UK honchos a no-go to Beijing Olympics. “The diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics picked up speed overnight as three US allies joined Joe Biden. Boris Johnson became the latest to join, announcing a few minutes ago that the UK would not send any ministers to the Olympiad in protest of China’s genocidal policies. That would be “effectively” the same as the US diplomatic boycott, Johnson said. . . . Thus far four nations have decided not to send any official delegations, including Lithuania and Australia. Did that get under Beijing’s skin? Just a wee bit, yeah. . . . China’s responses have pinballed between threats of revenge and measured indifference. The effect has been schizophrenic.”