The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗
I dislike my impatience.
Catastrophising.
My love of sugar.
Self-righteousness and a phobia of embarrassment.
I wanted to be in the WWF – the wrestling one, not the wildlife one.
I would say something earnest like stopping the far right, but the truth is nothing keeps me awake at night.
A Reform government.
A dog bounding through the grass on a summer’s day chasing a squirrel.
Deputy leader Mothin Ali gave a speech at conference talking about growing up in poverty and the effect it had on his family. It was incredibly powerful and I had tears streaming from my eyes.
Catching Covid. I don’t think any of us know what we’re messing with still to this day.
Nancy Pelosi, George H. W. Bush, Malala Yousafzai, Caroline Lucas, Bill Clinton, Keir Starmer
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