The question
What has been your biggest disappointment?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This exact question recurs in The Guardian's institutional Q&A pool.
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Losing the 1992 general election.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗
Not being a soccer star.
That Scottish tennis has failed to capitalise on the successes of Jamie and Andy.
Not being Bond.
Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.
Mum, because I never really knew how to cope with her alcoholism.
A dog, though my husband would prefer a cat.
Brave, naughty, diligent.
I’d have reported the tutor who asked me to read an essay to him sitting on the toilet as he lay soaping himself in the bath.
Totalitarianism in Europe.
Zelenskyy for holding out against Putin.
Ed Balls, Barack Obama, Zoë Heller, Angela Eagle, Clare Balding, Alan Johnson
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