Incompetent leadership.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Trying to exercise authority over one.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗
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