What first attracted the Conservative Party to defend the millionaire donor, Frank Hester, who made racist comments about Diane Abbott? Mr Hester has since apologised for saying that Ms Abbott, Britain’s longest-serving black MP, made him “want to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”.
But the spotlight now falls on Rishi Sunak. The Prime Minister has condemned the remarks as “racist and wrong”, but not before sending ministers out on media rounds who were clearly briefed not to call them as such. Why the Tories had to be dragged, seemingly kicking and screaming, to call racism what it is is both puzzling and disturbing.
