They're not supposed to be on holiday. Recess is a time when they can take a holiday but it's not supposed to be the whole recess. It's a time when they deal with major and minor issues in their constituencies, hold surgeries, help out the people who voted them in. In theory the PM or any cabinet minister has to be on call and ready to return if needed. At the moment the country is lurching from one crisis to another and the PM should be here. It's fine to go on holiday when things are ticking over nicely but they're not and his place is in Downing Street.
Before anyone says that no one else has to do that, there are jobs where people have to be ready to return to work. When I was little my dad phoned work at 9am every morning. If something had cropped up he would be called back. If it was early in our holidays we might stay and he'd collect us later but if it was towards the end or looked like it was something big then that was the end of our holiday. We'd have to pack up and come home.
My dad had an important job but he wasn't as important as the PM. Johnson should be here doing sorting things out, not pretending that he can't do anything because the new PM may not like what he does. The new PM doesn't take over until September. In the mean time the old PM should be steering the ship. Instead we're rudderless and floundering. If he doesn't want to do the job then fine, hand the keys to Number 10 over the the deputy PM and bugger off but don't expect to get paid.
