diddly - // If Boris still needs time to recover as some of you claim, why did he make the grand gesture of standing in front of a lectern in Downing St this morning unchallenged rather than heading the press conference this afternoon? I'll tell you why - he was frit of the journos questions. //
There are a number of ministers who can answer the questions that may be put to the PM, but only the PM can do the rousing 'in this together, keep calm and carry on … ' bit, so he did.
I think it's reasonable that he takes it easy for a few days, not least because he needs to be brought up to speed with what has been going on, and what the plans are - so that he can answer journalists properly, and not appear 'frit' as you put it.