Reform chairman hits out at Trump for 'political point scoring' after Washington DC plane crash

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00:00He's a big friend of the party obviously. I don't think, I have enormous admiration for

00:03President Trump, but until we have the facts of the matter, until the investigation is done,

00:08I don't think it's appropriate to be speculating as to what the cause is.

00:11He's spoken too soon.

00:14Look, after a tragedy like this, I think it's, I think it's, I think it's,

00:18I don't think it's appropriate to be making political points.

00:21And in terms of the, in terms of Simon's question, should we, should we review our

00:25own diversity practice in this country? What's, what's the reform position on that?

00:28Well, reform is very, very clear about this. It's in our contract with the people that,

00:32you know, speaking of President Trump during his inaugural speech, he just, you know,

00:38obviously a few, a few days ago, he said he invoked the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.

00:43and said, America will once again be a country that is colorblind and merit-based. That is

00:48exactly the sort of country that we will have in the United Kingdom under a reform government.