Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has refused to rule out running as a candidate for London Mayor at the next election.
He was also asked about the defeat of Conservative Party at the General Election and said voters “were right to throw us out”.
Asked about reports claiming that he was considering running to be London Mayor, he told GB News: “Look, in politics - I was an entrepreneur, I built YouGov before entering politics - there are always opportunities.
“At the moment, my big focus is I chair the Very Group, we have 4.4 million customers. Many of them are your viewers and we sell them about £1.7 billion worth of goods.
“They're very happy with us and I'm very delighted to be chairman of one of the biggest online retailers in the country.”
On the Tory Party leadership contest, he said: “I haven't yet declared for anyone. I like Rob Jenrick. We are actually spoilt for choice, in terms of the quality of candidates and the ability to communicate.
“I have to say, the current government looks like it's stumbling and making early mistakes I didn't expect them to make.
“I’m now a mere foot soldier, an activist for the party. I want to see the candidate who can demonstrate they can unite the party.
“We don't unite. We formed a circular firing squad. Imagine a world where your viewers are having to watch their Government talk about the five families meeting in smoke-filled rooms at night to try and settle their differences like an episode of The Sopranos.
“They were right to throw us out. We have to unite and come back and the candidate that can do that will get my vote.”
On migration, he said: “We need to look at making sure there are safer legal routes. But there is a much bigger debate here.
“You mentioned the ECHR, every law in our country almost, we always review, modernise and bring up to date. Why is it that this one convention that's been around since the end of the Second World War is sacrosanct?
“We can never look at reviewing it or bringing it up to date for a new world. If you look at where the world is today, if anything, south of Libya, there's about half a billion people who, through political instability, economic need and, of course, environmental [issues] are now much more mobile.
“Europe cannot absorb half a billion people. So we need to have a much, much better debate, and quality of debate.”
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