

He wasn’t better, he just had more legitimatacy since he was the party leader during the last election. Hell, Sunak resigned from said government before Johnson resigned. That’s why there were calls for a new election after Truss resigned, but the Tories refused because they knew they would get clobbered at the polls.
It’s his current defense now that the California DOT is on his ass for fraudulent marketing for Tesla Autopilot as well .