Blunkett
Hints At PM Job
The
Home Secretary David Blunkett has given the strongest indication
yet that he is not interested in becoming Britains first blind
Prime Minister.
In
an exclusive interview with BBC Radio Sheffields Rony Robinson
during the radio stations special series of features about
visual impairment, Mr. Blunkett says he is unsure about how the
public would respond to a blind person in Number 10.
"Its
very difficult to ask the country to take the risk of a blind person
becoming Prime Minister. I know what the PM does and how hard he
works, and it makes me draw back from considering it. I mean you
can't just do it for a year - you either do it full on or not at
all," says the Home Secretary.
However,
when pressed by Rony Robinson on whether he could go the extra mile
and make Downing Street, Mr. Blunkett said: "Never say never."
The
interview is to be broadcast on BBC Radio Sheffield today at 11.50am
as part of BBC Radio Sheffields Eye to Eye week.
Notes
to Editors
BBC
Radio Sheffield's Eye to Eye Week is focusing on the issues affecting
the estimated 27,000 people in South Yorkshire and the North Midlands
with a visual impairment.
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