Pursglove: Tory chair will reflect on social media post

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Legal Migration Minister Tom Pursglove says the Conservative chairman will reflect on the response to a post shared by the party's social media account in which it compared Labour's immigration policy to a picture of BBC anchor Maryam Moshiri. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 People are pretty clear about where we stand on this issue of channel crossings and the

00:05 totally unacceptable nature of it, the exorbitant costs that we're spending in responding to

00:10 it, as well as the real jeopardy that people are in when they get in a small boat and cross

00:14 the channel.

00:15 I don't think that they feel that the Labour Party has a credible position in relation

00:20 to this.

00:21 It isn't good enough just to say that there's a problem and then try and glide under the

00:25 radar into office without coming forward with a credible alternative plan.

00:30 I'd be delighted to hear alternative suggestions from politicians about what they would do,

00:35 but I don't think that it's good enough to turn around and say we won't support this,

00:38 but we're not going to be clear about what we do support and what we would do.

00:41 But I am aware that there were a number of graphics that were put out yesterday that

00:46 sort of highlighted this point.

00:47 I know that colleagues have made views known about that and I'm sure that the party chairman

00:51 and central office will reflect on that feedback.

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