Kemi Badenoch breaks ranks to brand Tory donor’s alleged comments ‘racist’
Kemi Badenoch has broken ranks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by branding comments reportedly made by a major Conservative Party donor about MP Diane Abbott as “racist”.
Frank Hester is alleged to have said Ms Abbott, Britain’s longest-serving black MP, made him “want to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”.
Downing Street described the reported remarks as “unacceptable” but has refused to say whether they were racist.
Hester’s 2019 comments, as reported, were racist. I welcome his apology.
— Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) March 12, 2024
Abbott and I disagree on a lot. But the idea of linking criticism of her, to being a black woman is appalling.
It’s never acceptable to conflate someone’s views with the colour of their skin…(1/2)
Police are now understood to saying officers from its Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation Team were in touch with an MP over a report that appeared in the Guardian.
