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Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

- Sam Gyimah
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It's a bit bold to go around saying, 'Prime Minister, if there's an opportunity I really want to be in this department,' but that's what I did.

I voted to remain because I thought it was costly and complicated to leave the EU, and that is clearly still the case. But there are opportunities and challenges.

At the Oxford Union I'd never debated before but I gave it a go.

Universities have a big role to play... making it very clear to their counterparts, their networks, that the U.K. is not walking away from the world. We still value multilateral cooperation, we still see the EU as a significant partner.

I am instinctively wary of identity politics. Ultimately, no two black men are the same, any more than two white men are the same.

I want to ensure we have more nurseries in schools, and that they open in time for parents to get to work.

Westminster is gripped by a fanatical race towards a cliff-edge Brexit and nobody is stopping to think about the impact it would have on the everyday lives of the people we serve as politicians.

Everyone who's rational should have an interest in science. The future of our planet depends on our understanding of science... It's something I value immensely.

That's my upbringing. Try, if it doesn't work out, try again. It was the same thing with Parliament.

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Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.

Born in the UK, brought up in Ghana, it was a sort of childhood of hardship and difficulty.