This guy is retiring, right?
Pretty obvious he is securing a position within the Deep State.
he said he might run in 2022 but it would be his last
Not retiring.
Quango: QUasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation. Primarily a British term meaning 'a semipublic administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it.'
In other words, his snout and trotters are as far into the public trough as they can be!