I'm pretty sure parent is being sarcastic. Boris Johnson is the guy who literally goes 'uh, I think' when asked how many children he has[0]. He's not big on commitments of any kind.
[0]: for the record, it's supposed to be six, but some people say seven.
this is for me is a net plus. children of politicians (even how many) should not be a thing, and i’m actually very impressed that when faced with so many questions regarding his children, over so many years, this politician chose the high road. very few choose this route (see basically the whole US establishment).
I sympathise with your desire to separate the private and the public, but where somebody is a deadbeat dad to the point that they seem genuinely unsure how many kids they have, you would question whether they are responsible enough for the job, even if they weren't as feckless and flippant as Boris Johnson.
As conservative prime ministers go, he'd be one of the better ones in recent memory if it wasn't for awful timing. The UK had about twice the death toll as france and germany in the last couple of years, and it's hard not to blame that on Boris, and those around Boris, essentially being the wrong guys for the job. When it's serious, you need serious people making the decisions, and I don't think anybody, Boris included, genuinely thinks he's a serious person.
Failing to turn up to 5 COBRA meetings on the bounce could account for Johnson's failure to grasp the seriousness of the situation he was dealing with. Preferring to be spoonfed reassuring pap armchair experts like like Cummings show a clear lack of judgement.
[0]: for the record, it's supposed to be six, but some people say seven.