Deleted Notes & Queries Response: What qualities should we look for in a leader?
image generated by Craiyon Below is a response to a question that appeared on the Notes & Queries page of The Guardian website on the 24th July 2022 The comment has since been deleted from the website. This blog is obviously not affiliated with The Guardian. Its reference to a question that appeared in Notes & Queries is presented under the terms of fair use. ~ What qualities should we look for in a leader? Recently, Walter Searle sent me (and I would imagine others in his email address book) a Warhol-esque montage of the outgoing British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, suffering from what he referred to as “tie wilt”. “Whenever he deigns to wear a neck tie, it inevitably comes to resemble a weed that has been strangled by the gardener who attempted to uproot it,” he added, by way of commentary. I am unsure what he meant to achieve with this observation, beyond adding to an expansive list of competencies where Johnson has fallen lamentably short. It actually rather depressed me,...