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14/08/2009
Mandy Won't Take Labour Crown
Whatever happens in the next general election, Labour's Lord Mandelson has "officially ruled out" ever becoming Prime Minister or even to lead the party.
Currently the Business Secretary, who is standing in for Gordon Brown while the Prime Minister is on holiday, the peer said there was "no prospect" of him running for the party leadership in any future contest.
An experienced and often feared politician, who includes several years as the Northern Ireland Secretary of State in his CV, he has effectively ended speculation about any leadership chances.
Rumours have been rife in recent weeks following his promotion to First Secretary of State and following Mr Brown's consistently poor opinion poll ratings.
But in an interview with Sky News on Thursday, he said: "I have no prospect and no plans of standing as leader of the Labour Party.
"I am a member of the House of Lords. There is no opportunity for me to divest myself of my life peerage.
"A peerage is for life. A life peerage is a life peerage."
Asked whether he was ruling himself out of any future contest, he said: "It is me officially ruling it out."
(BMcC/KMcA)
Currently the Business Secretary, who is standing in for Gordon Brown while the Prime Minister is on holiday, the peer said there was "no prospect" of him running for the party leadership in any future contest.
An experienced and often feared politician, who includes several years as the Northern Ireland Secretary of State in his CV, he has effectively ended speculation about any leadership chances.
Rumours have been rife in recent weeks following his promotion to First Secretary of State and following Mr Brown's consistently poor opinion poll ratings.
But in an interview with Sky News on Thursday, he said: "I have no prospect and no plans of standing as leader of the Labour Party.
"I am a member of the House of Lords. There is no opportunity for me to divest myself of my life peerage.
"A peerage is for life. A life peerage is a life peerage."
Asked whether he was ruling himself out of any future contest, he said: "It is me officially ruling it out."
(BMcC/KMcA)
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