That's because he always wants to do what his backers tell him.

Of course when a man does that, he hasn't decided views of his own, and naturally doesn't wish to express what he may want to take back an hour later." "I don't like straw men," said Peter.
"A man who takes other people's opinions is not a bad governor, Mr.
Stirling.

It all depends on whose opinion he takes.

If we could find a man who was able to do what the majority wants every time, we could re-elect him for the next fifty years.

You must remember that in this country we elect a man to do what we want--not to do what he wants himself." "Yes," said Peter.