The Conservative government in Britain has announced that it will not be returning a 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) donation received from IT entrepreneur Frank Hester, despite his racist comments towards Black lawmaker Diane Abbott. Hester, the chief executive of healthcare software firm The Phoenix Partnership, made derogatory remarks about Abbott during a company meeting in 2019, sparking outrage.
Hester's comments, which included expressing a desire to hate all Black women and suggesting that Abbott should be shot, have been widely condemned as racist. While Hester has admitted to being rude towards Abbott, he has denied being racist, stating that racism has no place in public life.
