article_snippet.sent: why do we see a stream of invective directed at different groups in society from different groups in society candidates and different groups in society members? '
article_snippet.sent: There is a virus of racism which runs through that party which that party've failed to deal with, and I'm not surprised given that party doesn't see the need for equalities legislation that we have in Britain today and that we're very proud of.'
article_snippet.sent: As a party a party've got a problem with race.
article_snippet.sent: And I don't think you can kick out racism from a party unless you have got a leadership which understands it and understands race in modern Britain. '
article_snippet.sent: I have no truck with this notion that immigrants are to blame for all of the country's problems.
article_snippet.sent: We saw people do that to black and Asian people like my father in the Sixties and Seventies, and now the group people're trying to blame for all people problems are Eastern Europeans.'