Reform 'sounds like a neo-fascist party' says SDLP leader Colum Eastwood

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00:00They've obviously done well. I think that's a result of the Tory party totally collapsing

00:07and being all over the place and not knowing what they were for, and indulging the right

00:11wing and the worst elements of politics. And that is why we end up in these situations

00:17with neo-fascist parties doing well. But in the grand scheme of things, I think Labour

00:22is going to have a thumping majority. What they have to do now is use it to improve public

00:26services, use it to look after the most vulnerable, and hopefully recognise the state of politics.

00:31Forgive me, are you saying that reform is a neo-fascist party?

00:35I'm saying they indulge in the rhetoric that is very similar to neo-fascist politics.

00:41Go on, can I ask you what issues were coming up when the Bush deputies were out like Sanderson?

00:48People are very frustrated that the economy isn't working, that we haven't built on the

00:55prospects and opportunities of the Good Friday Agreement. They're also very worried about

01:00the health service. When it takes six years to get a diagnosis in the Western Trust for

01:05Alzheimer's when so many of our population are on waiting lists, they want action on

01:11that. They also want to see somebody go to Westminster and speak up for them. They don't

01:15want to be voiceless. Remember, people in the north of Ireland were denied their voice

01:19for 50 years, and then people had to march in the streets and get beaten off the streets

01:24to have their voices heard. They're not going to be silenced again.

01:28Thank you.