You say natural leader but all I can see is a serial loser.
We had Boris Johnson as a populist leader, who was charismatic liar and pig thick, look what happened there..surely Mr White who I'm sure would think himself very intelligent and much more knowledgeable than us mere Mortals, would remember that at the very least. Give me someone, honest, boring and competent in his role everyday of the week. It's just finding them is the problem.
