Oh to have the confidence of Boris Johnson or Nadine Dorries. Even when their incompetencies are pointed out, extremely publicly and shared endlessly on social media, lampooned by comedians and Ant and Dec, they continue to believe they are brilliant.
Do they lie awake at night worrying about what they might have done wrong?
Do they stop writing, just in case they say something stupid or unforgivable?
Do they turn down parties and social events for fear of not quite fitting in?
They might do. It might all be a fake smile and an insistence that everything is perfectly fine that causes them to blunder on, waffling on about Peppa Pig or Channel 4 receiving public money. They might be perfectly well aware of how dumb they’ve been and keep their anxiety private. It’s easy to look in from the outside and think they have it all sussed. I suspect that they don’t even know how incompetent they are , which makes it easier to fool themselves.
I also think they are supremely self confident, which isn’t fair. Why should they get it all? Couldn’t they share?
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