article_snippet.sent: , there's only one black. '
article_snippet.sent: we're a non-racist, non-sectarian political party
article_snippet.sent: but we don't have all female quotas
article_snippet.sent: , we don't have all black quotas, we treat everybody as being equal. '
article_snippet.sent: I think we're a multi-racial society.
article_snippet.sent: I think a multi-racial society is a much more contentious point and perhaps that's the bit that may have gone slightly wrong. '
article_snippet.sent: Over 10% of our candidates come from BME backgrounds.
article_snippet.sent: we're probably more diverse in we membership than some of the other parties who talk about all of this in a sort of 'holier than thou' way.'