In an extensive field he is right up there.
He strikes me more as a spoilt brat, who would, and has, blamed everyone else for his own failures (many) and inadequacies (plenty)
For an individual who is never wrong, couldn’t possibly be wrong, it’s amazing isn’t it just how regularly he has failed in more than one chosen career.
Far from being the cutting edge pundit he thinks he is, he hasn’t got an original thought in his head. He parrots BBC dogma, always unquestioned. You will note he never exposes himself to debate with anyone outside his particular knitting circle, as he knows he would be wiped out, his only debating tactic being ‘never admit you are wrong’.
“Thick”, undoubtedly, the worst, probably.