"His spokesman said his air travel was privately funded and that neither the British nor Venezuelan governments contributed to the cost."
That raises the question of who are the power people that do this sort of funding and why.

And the mention of "back channel" operations conjures up an unpleasant image of Boris given his education background.

Given the interest of the US in Venezuela's oil reserves and how Boris the Clown's self serving point of view he needs to be closely watched.