Good morning. By the standards of British political funding, £10m is a great deal of money – and it would be hugely useful to the Conservatives as they prepare to fight the next election.
That is why they are deeply reluctant to hand back the donations of Frank Hester, a healthcare tech entrepreneur – even though Rishi Sunak has acknowledged that Hester’s remarks about Diane Abbott making him “want to hate all black women” were “racist and wrong”. (Hester has accepted that his remarks were “rude” and apologised, but claimed that his comments were “nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin”.)
