there were the strong personalities within downing street and the strong personalities that went on to dominate and the toxicity within the whole decision making process at the time. he didn t defend that, per se, but he did note some kind of defence about how the strong personalities were needed and it is not surprising they were there at the time because it is those people that i got the government to where it was in the first place. he government to where it was in the first lace. . ~ government to where it was in the first place- government to where it was in the first lace. ., ~ ., , ., first place. he talked about his own decision making first place. he talked about his own decision making process first place. he talked about his own decision making process and - first place. he talked about his own decision making process and how . first place. he talked about his own i decision making process and how that was influenced by people outside government and he changed