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| Welsh Labour leadership: Drakeford accused of reluctance to be first minister | |
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| The Welsh Labour leadership race front runner has been criticised by rivals for saying he has no "great personal ambition" to be first minister. | The Welsh Labour leadership race front runner has been criticised by rivals for saying he has no "great personal ambition" to be first minister. |
| Mark Drakeford said he would not look forward to question time or media interviews that are central to the job. | Mark Drakeford said he would not look forward to question time or media interviews that are central to the job. |
| Eluned Morgan said: "The public won't like it if they sense a reluctance in the candidate who wants to be FM." | Eluned Morgan said: "The public won't like it if they sense a reluctance in the candidate who wants to be FM." |
| Vaughan Gething said a future leader needed "drive and ambition" and to "positively want to do the job". | Vaughan Gething said a future leader needed "drive and ambition" and to "positively want to do the job". |
| Mr Gething told BBC Wales: "I think any future leader should have drive and ambition for our country and positively want to do the job. | Mr Gething told BBC Wales: "I think any future leader should have drive and ambition for our country and positively want to do the job. |
| "That really should include a burning ambition to serve and transform our country." | "That really should include a burning ambition to serve and transform our country." |
| Ms Morgan said "you've got to be hungry for the job" because there are "lots of challenges ahead in a difficult time". | Ms Morgan said "you've got to be hungry for the job" because there are "lots of challenges ahead in a difficult time". |
| 'I really worry' | 'I really worry' |
| Rhondda MP Chris Bryant MP said his local Labour Party was "very finely split" between Mr Gething and Mark Drakeford. | Rhondda MP Chris Bryant MP said his local Labour Party was "very finely split" between Mr Gething and Mark Drakeford. |
| "But I really worry that Mark says he doesn't have a burning passion to lead Wales," he said. | "But I really worry that Mark says he doesn't have a burning passion to lead Wales," he said. |
| "We can't just have business as usual. With a Tory Brexit on the horizon and real challenges in Wales we need a big dose of burning passion to change things more than ever." | "We can't just have business as usual. With a Tory Brexit on the horizon and real challenges in Wales we need a big dose of burning passion to change things more than ever." |
| When Mr Drakeford first discussed running to succeed Carwyn Jones, he said he envisaged leading Welsh Labour into the next assembly election, in 2021, and then standing aside for a "new generation of leaders to put themselves forward for election". | When Mr Drakeford first discussed running to succeed Carwyn Jones, he said he envisaged leading Welsh Labour into the next assembly election, in 2021, and then standing aside for a "new generation of leaders to put themselves forward for election". |
| Responding to the criticism in a BBC Radio Wales interview Mr Drakeford said: "I definitely want the job, but I don't want the job just to gratify some sense of personal ambition." | Responding to the criticism in a BBC Radio Wales interview Mr Drakeford said: "I definitely want the job, but I don't want the job just to gratify some sense of personal ambition." |
| "I am very committed to the contest, and to winning it, but I'm not in it for myself," he told the Good Evening Wales programme. | "I am very committed to the contest, and to winning it, but I'm not in it for myself," he told the Good Evening Wales programme. |
| "I'm in it because I believe I have the experience and the sort of politics that fit me to do these jobs." | "I'm in it because I believe I have the experience and the sort of politics that fit me to do these jobs." |