As PM, you have got to do everything from chairing the Cabinet to ceremonial things. You have also got to do the nitty gritty. I do get stuck into the detail.
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I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration.
I now know what to do; I know how decisions can be made. I know how you can drive ministers and their departments to actually make decisions and bring results.
I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.
If our system of cabinet government is to work effectively, the prime minister of the day must appoint ministers he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out that policy.
I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.
I am accordingly ready; I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation.
At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction.
I've organized everything for my family since I was little. I know how to delegate and budget. I solve people's problems.
I will do what the Prime Minister asks me to do; that is my consistent approach to politics and to service.
I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.
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