Tory leadership race: Sam Gyimah becomes first Conservative hopeful to back second referendum to stop Brexit
EX-minister Sam Gyimah has become the 13th candidate to enter the Tory leadership race - promising a second referendum where Brexit could be stopped.
The former Universities minister, who quit the Government last year so he could back another divisive vote on leaving the EU, said he wanted to broaden the debate.
So far no other candidate has endorsed a second Brexit referendum, and all have promised we will still leave the EU.
Mr Gyimah said he would give the people another choice, three years after Britain voted to Leave.
He said the public would be able to vote for a version of Theresa May's deal, No Deal, or Remain in the UK, he told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday this morning.
He said: "I will be joining the contest to become the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister to broaden the race.
"There's a very narrow view of Breixt being discussed... there's a broad sweep of opinion in the country, it's not being reflected in the contest at the moment."
And he added: "The current plan is not working. It's not what we want, it's not what we like.
"No Deal will be an abject failure.
"In the referendum campaign people were promised a deal. In our election manifesto, people were promised a deal."
And he added if there was another vote, he would vote to Remain in the EU too.
Meanwhile, earlier today Boris got a boost for his leadership campaign with an endorsement from Cabinet minister Liz Truss.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury said: "We need a leader who can fight Labour's negative and destructive worldview head-on. Boris has proven he's a winner, and now we need someone to win the battle of ideas."
She's working him on a "free market" policy platform to "take us through Brexit and beyond", she added.
"Boris Johnson is the person with the credibility and oomph to lead at this crucial time and bring Britain with us."
But he's not looking on track to secure the support of Amber Rudd at the moment - who is concerned about his plans for a No Deal Brexit.
Instead she's leaning more towards endorsing Matt Hancock, several newspapers reported.
One source close to Mr Johnson told the Mail on Sunday: "Boris is happy to leave the door open if Amber changes her mind but his terms will not change."
Yesterday Donald Trump also gave his support to Boris, saying he'd make a great PM.
The US President waded into the leadership battle in a Sun world exclusive and said: "I think Boris would do a very good job."
How does the Tory leadership election work?
THERESA May's resignation last week kickstarted the Tory leadership election.
The Prime Minister will formally stand down as party leader on June 7 - but will stay in place while the new PM is being chosen.
The leadership contest, overseen by party chairman Brandon Lewis, will take around six weeks and conclude in late July.
Any Tory MP can enter the race, and the list of contenders is then whittled down by the parliamentary party.
MPs vote in multiple rounds, eliminating one candidate each time until just two are left.
With at least ten declared candidates, it could take a couple of weeks to get through the rounds - although contenders who perform poorly early on may drop out.
The party's 160,000 activists then choose between the final shortlist of two, with the winner declared leader and Prime Minister.
When Mrs May became leader, she didn't have to submit to a vote of members because Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the race.
So the last time activists have had a say on the leadership was 2005, when David Cameron defeated David Davis.
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