Sam Gyimah has appealed for his party to occupy the centre ground of British politics in dealing with the country’s exit from the European Union, or risk defeat at the next general election.
Speaking at a New Statesman fringe event at the Conservative Party conference, the universities and science minister called on his party to “tack to the centre over Brexit” or “risk Brexit and the free trade deals you want being defined by [Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn”.
Interviewed by the magazine’s political editor George Eaton, Gyimah answered questions on higher education, Brexit and the electoral fortunes of the Conservatives.
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