I was at a dinner last night and the subject of Boris came up, given that two of the people there work(ed) with/for/near him.
They said that he so dislikes his decisions being criticised, or being proven wrong, that his standard approach is to avoid all decision making until he is forced down a path because there are no longer any alternatives, at which time he can make a strong decision without being criticised for not choosing any other option.
This is apparently behind his approach to most of his lockdown, guidelines, rules and other decisions. They also said it was SOP for him and always has been.
Apparently it is quite vexing (they didn't use the word "vexing"). (come to that, they didn't use the word "quite" either).
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