Investigation Launched Into Alleged Racist Comments By Conservative Donor Investigation into racist remarks by Conservative donor towards Black MP Diane Abbott sparks controversy and calls for donation return. Top News · Mar 22, 2024
Police Investigate Alleged Racist Comments By Conservative Party Donor Investigation into racist remarks by Conservative donor towards Black MP sparks controversy and calls for donation return. Top News · Mar 22, 2024
The left is smeared as the angry mob again and again. In reality, it is the target of political violence These threats don’t just seek to intimidate leftwing politicians, it makes them seem a risk to voters, too, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024
NHS England chief condemns Frank Hester’s ‘racist, sexist and violent’ remarks In an update to healthcare leaders, Amanda Pritchard expresses shock at entrepreneur’s comments about Diane Abbott The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2024
The Guardian view on Britain’s non-white political class: supporting change by embodying it Editorial: The success of the three political leaders should not be seen as a repudiation of the existence of racism itself The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
My late husband, Bernie Grant, received vicious abuse like Diane Abbott Letter: Sharon Grant calls on the Labour party to address its deep-seated problems with race and the abuse that its black MPs have received for decades The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
Diane Abbott is Proof That as a Black Woman, You Are Held to Higher Standards and Criticised More Harshly It's no surprise so many black women support Diane Abbott — they know how it feels to be vilified Marie Claire · Mar 18, 2024
Rishi Sunak hints the Tories would accept another £5 million from racism storm donor Frank Hester The PM’s delay in branding the donor’s outburst as racist has added to disquiet among some Tory MPs over his leadership Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2024
Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from Frank Hester The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
Frank Hester’s TPP employed Conservative peer as trade envoy in 2016 Exclusive: Lady Manzoor was paid £148,000 for the part-time role, showing Hester’s party links date back further than first thought The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
Diverse cabinet is no ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ on racism, says ex-No 10 adviser Samuel Kasumu ‘frustrated and disappointed’, as minister denies Tories have a problem after Frank Hester row The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024
Rishi Sunak’s refusal to give up the Frank Hester gold proves his principles have a price point If the Tory party won’t relinquish the millions from its disgraced donor, it will be saying it doesn’t have a problem being associated with racism The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024
Revealed: Sunak flown to Leeds for private tour of Frank Hester’s office weeks after £5m donation Fresh questions raised over Tory donor’s access to prime minister following November visit The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024
Britain is not without its problems. But Vaughan Gething proves how diverse it really is The UK now has ethnic minority leadership in Downing Street, Scotland and Wales – and it hardly even counts as a surprise, says the director of British Future The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024 Sunak under pressure to say how many times he has met Tory donor Frank Hester Exclusive: photograph of Sunak with Hester at Tory fundraiser last June raises further questions for prime minister
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 Diane Abbott thanks supporters at anti-racism rally in east London Hackney MP tells large crowd ‘this is not about me, this is about the level of racism in Britain’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 Health workers’ unions call for Frank Hester to lose NHS contracts BMA says Tory donor should resign from his company as questions grow about how many times Hester has met Sunak
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 This Tory long goodbye is toxic for the country – and making Labour’s job ever harder The greater the wait until the election, the more reassurance Labour must provide. And that weakens its future mandate, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 ‘Nope, no way’: can the Tories afford to give Frank Hester’s money back? Unwillingness to hand back £15m in donations despite uproar may show frailty of financial firepower
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 Frank Hester racism row: how key figures reacted to remarks about Diane Abbott Tory donor has been widely condemned over racist and misogynistic comments about prominent black MP
Al Jazeera · Mar 15, 2024 Black Britons fear for Diane Abbott after a millionaire’s call for violence A top Tory donor said the veteran politician, affectionately called ‘Auntie Di’ by her supporters, should be shot.
Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024 Diane Abbott says Labour leadership determined to keep her out of parliamentary party Party insists a long-running investigation into Abbott should not be conflated with its support for her now over a Tory donor ‘racism’ row
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 GPs call for health tech boss Frank Hester to resign after Abbott remarks BMA committee votes in emergency motion after Tory donor’s comments about MP condemned as racist and misogynist
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 The threat to MPs is real. But Michael Gove’s empty extremism plans will do nothing to tackle it Politicians should be able to differ in their views without their opponents wishing them dead. Can parliament unite around that principle? asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 In Britain’s degraded politics, fighting racism has become a cynical game This goes far beyond a Tory donor’s racist comments about Diane Abbott, and Labour’s opportunistic response, says sociology professor Gary Younge