Sir Keir Starmer has admitted he “never” wanted to be Prime Minister while opening up on his political career.
Speaking with the BBC’s Laura Keunssberg this morning, the Labour leader defended Labour policy while under pressure from the political heavyweight presenter.
He told the ex-political correspondent that, while he believes his party should run the country, he did not enter the Commons aspiring to become the next Prime Minister.
He said: “I’m not doing it for me. When I was a child I didn’t dream of being Prime Minister.
“When I came into Parliament I didn’t dream of being Prime Minister.”
He added to a shocked Ms Kuenssberg that he is serving as Labour leader for “duty” and an “obligation to serve our country and improve lives”.
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