Deputy PM Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t want to be leader of the Labour Party’

Deputy PM Angela Rayner: ‘I don’t want to be leader of the Labour Party’Credit: Sky News

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00:00We talked about leaks earlier on in this conversation.

00:04There are cynics who say that you may have leaked that memo yourself

00:08as a kind of mini-manifesto for the kind of leadership you'd offer

00:12if the Labour Party's need arose.

00:16Would you like to knock that one on the head?

00:18Yeah, absolutely not.

00:19And I don't want to be leader of the Labour Party.

00:22I'm very happy and honoured to do the job that I'm doing.

00:23What kind of politician are you? You don't want to be leader of your party?

00:26No, I'm very happy and honoured to be Deputy Prime Minister of this country

00:31and I've got a lot in my entry to prove that I can do the job that I'm doing

00:36and deliver on the milestones for the people of this country.

00:39That's what I'm interested in, Trevor.

00:40You know this is being recorded, don't you?

00:42Because actually that means one day if you do,

00:45somebody's going to play it back to you.

00:47Absolutely. I'll be happy for you to play it back to me.

00:49I have no desire to go for the leadership of the Labour Party.

00:53My desire is to deliver for the people of this country

00:55who have given me opportunities beyond what I could have dreamed of.

00:59Say the word never.

01:01Never.

01:04Andrew Radar, thank you for your time.