Piers Morgan quizzed on whether he would run to become prime minister

Piers Morgan on whether he'd run for PM as he criticises 'shockingly mediocre politicians' Source BBC

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00:00You've got a lot of views, a lot of opinions. Have you thought about politics?

00:04Would you consider a career in politics?

00:05Well, somebody did say PM for PM. There's a certain ring for it.

00:07Was it PM who said PM for PM?

00:09I think it was a few PMs, actually.

00:12You know what? I've never hankered to be in politics.

00:15But I do look at the current situation in our country and do think, wow.

00:19I mean, it does seem to be a shockingly mediocre top tier of politicians.

00:25And I think back to when I was young, when you felt like the Cabinet, for example,

00:29was full of really smart, intellectual people who'd all done things in the real world

00:32which had been successful. I don't get that sense anymore.

00:35Those kinds of people don't want to go into politics.

00:38And I think that's a shame. I would also go the Singapore route,

00:41which is they pay their politicians a million dollars each.

00:43And they remove, in one fell swoop, they remove corruption

00:46as a potential way for people to go down.

00:49And I think that there's an argument, if you pay, you know, pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

00:53And I think we've got to start paying politicians better,

00:56but with that, more accountability, and we demand more from them.