I don’t want the new leader to make me parliamentary under-secretary for nuts and bolts.

Said in an interview with the Guardian's Peter Walker, 27 June 2019. Walker, Peter (27 June 2019) Veteran Tory MP Ken Clarke: 'I'm minded to step down now' in the Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2019. On his freedom to choose a leader in the 2019 Conservative leadership election because of his lack of aspiration for a ministerial post.