Boris Johnson finally admits he'd like to be prime minister [View all]
(Reuters) - London's popular mayor Boris Johnson, tipped as a possible rival to British Prime Minister David Cameron, has admitted he would like to "have a crack" at being prime minister one day.
Known for his blunt but colourful quotes and a boyishly eccentric personality, the 48-year-old Johnson used a rugby analogy to express his ambitions for the top job and then immediately played them down.
"I think it's a very tough job being Prime Minister," he said in a BBC documentary due to be shown on March 25.
"Obviously, if the ball came loose from the back of a scrum - which it won't - it would be a great, great thing to have a crack at. But it's not going to happen," he added in remarks published ahead of the documentary's release.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/19/uk-britain-borisjohnson-ambition-idUKBRE92I0KQ20130319
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