"Apparently, the former prime minister began by painstakingly checking what every other occupant of the table was planning to have, canvassed the waiter's opinion, then spent 10 minutes fussing about whether the dover sole was too big, before asking the waiter (answer: no), then trying, unsuccessfully, to get his mate to enter into a coalition and share the sole with him, before capitulating and plumping for the penne arrabbiata."
"I have a friend who, for reasons best known to his therapist, refuses to have the same food as anyone else at the table, even if it's what he really wants. Sod's law therefore decrees that he will end up dining with a ditherer who needs to ask what everybody is having, and that his will be the option the ditherer likes best and therefore settles on, leaving him with no choice but to switch."
Rishi Sunak dithered for many minutes at The Dover in Mayfair, checking what others intended to order, asking the waiter’s opinion, worrying whether the dover sole was too large, attempting to persuade a friend to share it, then finally choosing penne arrabbiata. Some leaders, exemplified by Wilson, Blair and Callaghan, would likely have ordered the sole without hesitation. Other diners adopt contrarian rules, refusing to have the same dish as anyone else. Pairing contrarians with indecisive diners produces clashes: the contrarian ends up switching when the ditherer copies them, upsetting the meal.
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