The more painful incidents of racism I chose to forget, to suffer in silence, or use humour to deflect rather than confront. I didn't want to be the angry black man. — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
As a black member of parliament and minister for nearly a decade, I was determined not to be defined by my race. I didn't want to be 'the black politician', when being black is just a part of who I… — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
I started thinking about getting into politics when David Cameron became leader. — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
The astonishing thing for me is that I had a career before politics and I never thought about my colour. — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
A society in which people feel they have a legitimate right to stop someone expressing their views on campus simply because they are unfashionable… — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
Much of what we buy relies on products from the EU - purchases that British importers make in euros. — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty. — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
Ever since Theresa May's premiership, I have become suspicious of the 'lectern moment'. That is when the prime minister steps outside Downing Street to… — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
One point leavers and remainers agree on is that if there had never been a referendum, and this deal had been proposed as the… — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
The more painful incidents of racism I chose to forget, to suffer in silence, or use humour to deflect rather than confront. I didn't… — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
Brexit is an immensely complex national challenge encompassing issues from sovereignty and trade to security in an increasingly interdependent world. — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
I was born in the UK and brought up by my single mother in Ghana, where being black was unexceptional. As an adult, I… — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
