POLL: Should Tories give Frank Hester's donations back after racist remarks?... More infoMr Sunak

Mr Hester’s firm released a statement after the comments were first published, saying that he was

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Hester repeated the claim that he “ abhors ” racism as a “ poison that has no place in public life

Major Tory donor Frank Hester has been under fire since comments that he allegedly made about Diane

.Mr Hester has made over ￡10 million in donations to the Conservatives over the past two years, making

Diane Abbott has said remarks allegedly made by a top Tory donor that she made him “ want to hate all black women ” are “ frightening ”.... I live in Hackney, I don’t drive, so I find myself, at weekends, popping on a bus or even walking places, more than most MPs.“ I am a single woman and that makes me vulnerable anyway.... But to hear someone talking like this is worrying.” She added: “ For all of my career as an MP I have thought it important not to live in a bubble, but to mix and mingle w

They should tell this odious little man they won’t accept his money and give all his donations to anti-racist charities. StardustThe money should never have been accepted in the first place because the money comes from profits on taxpayer funded contracts.... Be as racist and insulting as you like.... We will forgive and forget if you give enough money to the Conservative Party. voxtrotReturn the money and use it to support services in Abbott’s constituency. And then an independent inquiry int

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Lacie" Sonic" Hester, an F-15E instructor weapons systems officer, is the first Air Force woman to