The question
What trait do you most dislike in other people?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.
Those who create the doom.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗
People who aren’t kind enough.
Manipulative greed and hate.
The inability to listen.
I’m irritated by critics and academics who dismiss poetry that is popular, comprehensible or humorous.
Getting elected with 85% of the vote.
A Reform government.
I would say something earnest like stopping the far right, but the truth is nothing keeps me awake at night.
Catching Covid. I don’t think any of us know what we’re messing with still to this day.
Doomscrolling on my phone.
Last summer with my boyfriend Richie. We had no plans – it was just wonderful.
Rory Stewart, Jon Sopel, Clive Myrie, Kellie Maloney, Bob Schieffer, Barack Obama
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