00:00 Clearly what Mr Hester said was wrong and it was racist and he's apologised for it,
00:04 which is the most important thing, that if you do something that is wrong and say something
00:08 like that, you apologise for it, which he has done.
00:10 I'd say you can interpret what he said in different ways, but I think the interpretation
00:16 that the Prime Minister has made of his comments and certainly how I see his comments, it was
00:20 absolutely the wrong thing to say.
00:22 He talked about somebody's race, therefore it is racist and that's the position we're
00:27 at and he's apologised for what he said.
00:29 But say to people at home listening to this, we have the most diverse cabinet in history,
00:34 the first British Asian Prime Minister, we're very proud of our record on ethnicity.
00:39 Anybody in this country should be able to get on, should have an opportunity, whatever
00:42 their racial background and that's what we're proud of as a party.
