I started thinking about getting into politics when David Cameron became leader. — Sam Gyimah Leader 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 About 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… — Sam Gyimah People Copy Share Image
Much of what we buy relies on products from the EU - purchases that British importers make in euros. — Sam Gyimah British Copy Share Image
At the Oxford Union I'd never debated before but I gave it a go. — Sam Gyimah Before Copy Share Image
Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty. — Sam Gyimah Born 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… — Sam Gyimah Brexit 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… — Sam Gyimah Country 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.… — Sam Gyimah Angry 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 Brexit 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… — Sam Gyimah Born Copy Share Image
The Tory Party only talks to Brexiteers. It almost demonises... It comes across as dismissive of those who are not. — Sam Gyimah Almost Copy Share Image
The big thing in Ghana is a strong sense that if you failed in your education that was it. There was no… — Sam Gyimah Chance Copy Share Image
Leaving people worse off financially is a Brexit outcome nobody supports, whether they voted leave or remain. — Sam Gyimah Brexit Copy Share Image
I want to ensure we have more nurseries in schools, and that they open in time for parents to get to work. — Sam Gyimah More Copy Share Image
That's my upbringing. Try, if it doesn't work out, try again. It was the same thing with Parliament. — Sam Gyimah Again Copy Share Image
The sheer drop in sterling since 2016 is only a taste of what's to come if we continue down the destructive route… — Sam Gyimah Brexit Copy Share Image
Westminster is gripped by a fanatical race towards a cliff-edge Brexit and nobody is stopping to think about the impact it would… — Sam Gyimah Brexit Copy Share Image
My job is to help parents give their children the best start in life. — Sam Gyimah Best Copy Share Image
It's a bit bold to go around saying, 'Prime Minister, if there's an opportunity I really want to be in this department,'… — Sam Gyimah Bold Copy Share Image
Everyone who's rational should have an interest in science. The future of our planet depends on our understanding of science... It's something… — Sam Gyimah Future Copy Share Image
I am an outcast in the Conservative party. But that's Brexit. It has divided families. The country is divided. This is a… — Sam Gyimah Brexit Copy Share Image
I've been involved in the Conservative party for two decades. I've fought for the party. I have an unusual background - I'm… — Sam Gyimah Conservative party Copy Share Image
Nothing of substance is being achieved or even proposed, while the country remains trapped in the Kafka-esque misery that Brexit has become. — Sam Gyimah Being Copy Share Image