Truth is that senior ministers, senior officials, senior advisers like me fell disastrously short of the standards that the public has a right to expect of its government in a crisis like this. In any sensible, rational government, it is completely crazy that I should have been in such a senior position. The fact that his girlfriend also wanted rid of me was relevant, but not the heart, the heart of the problem. The heart of the problem was, fundamentally, I regarded him as unfit for the job. And he had the view that he was prime minister and I should just be doing as he wanted me to.

Source: New York Times May 26, 2021 18:08 UTC