I could walk away at any time, says PM
GORDON BROWN has said he has no interest in the trappings of power and could walk away from Downing Street at any time.
The Prime Minister, who faced down an attempted leadership coup earlier this month, also indicated his "hurt" at some of the criticism levelled at him.
In a personal interview with a national newspaper, he said: "To be honest, you could walk away from all of this tomorrow.
"I'm not interested in what accompanies being in power. It wouldn't worry me if I never returned to any of those places – Downing Street, Chequers.
"And it would probably be good for my children."
He hinted that he might be drawn towards teaching, a "great profession", as a post-Downing Street career and insisted he had never been keen on political machinations.
He said that it had been a "revelation" to him at university that politics was "less about ideals and more about manoeuvres".
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