because he knew he would get slammed by a finger waving lefty, and the majority of level headed Brits would see a lefty elite virtue signalling a politician whose country is currently experiencing devastation.
Not a bad strategy given this type of behavior is precisely why the Left finds it hard to ascend to power.
No one likes tattletales and finger pointers especially when people are suffering. We are taught this as children and yet grown up lefties, their advisers and apparatchiks seem to have forgotten this.
