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.
Doomscrolling on my phone.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗
Bad timekeeping.
I would deplore feeling deplorable about myself.
I don’t think anyone should deplore anything about themselves. You can always improve things, but by deploring you’re putting yourself on a losing streak.
Overeating when stressed.
Nothing. Tony Benn, one of my favourite politicians, said, “I don’t care where you’ve been, I care where you’re going.”
I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg.
Chlöe Swarbrick who is co-leader of the New Zealand Greens. She’s demonstrating the bold leadership that I look to do every single day.
I wanted to be in the WWF – the wrestling one, not the wildlife one.
Those who create the doom.
I get trolled on a daily basis so it probably involved my teeth, but that was until I learned to love my teeth.
George H. W. Bush, Jon Snow, Caroline Lucas, Keir Starmer, Rory Stewart, Nancy Pelosi
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