Opinion of Indira Gandhi

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

HP, but an HP who was good for it.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

HP, but an HP who was good for it.

What do you mean by that?

I wanted to leave that ambiguous (call it a once-in-a-long-while indulgence in self-conscious sagery if you must) but since you asked I meant that it's possible to hold a sort of grudging respect for her and understand why she acted as she did, even though the way she acted was godawful.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

HP, but an HP who was good for it.

What do you mean by that?

I wanted to leave that ambiguous (call it a once-in-a-long-while indulgence in self-conscious sagery if you must) but since you asked I meant that it's possible to hold a sort of grudging respect for her and understand why she acted as she did, even though the way she acted was godawful.

Sorry for ruining your ambiguity.

It's okay. It was sort of pretentious ambiguity anyway.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Kind of literally both. To such an extent that the question misses the point entirely.

See also: Dev, Ataturk, countless others.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'm thinking of making 'an HP who was good for it' my standard response to questions about such figures, honestly.