Grassroots favourite Ben Wallace ‘not attracted’ to top PM job
BEN Wallace insists he is "not attracted" to the idea of being the next Tory leader, despite his growing popularity among the party's grassroots.
The Defence Secretary has won praise in recent weeks for his cool-headed stewardship of his department during the Afghan and Ukraine crises.
Earlier this month he topped a popularity league table of Cabinet ministers in a poll of Tory activists – overtaking Liz Truss.
But in an interview in Brussels, he said: “For someone like me to be Defence Secretary is just an amazing thing. It is the best job in government. I get to do what I have always enjoyed and have a background in, so I am not really attracted to anything else.”
