Diane Abbott: Why the Tories won't return the race row money
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Speaking in the Commons, Rishi Sunak condemned Mr Hester's reported remarks about MP Diane Abbott as "racist" and "wrong" but insisted he had shown "remorse".
Labour is calling on the Conservatives to give the money back.
Today on the Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Labour MP Dawn Butler and Sky's deputy political editor Sam Coates about the matter.
Plus, Sky correspondent Amelia Harper takes us through her report uncovering a WhatsApp network of children who are filming themselves killing and torturing animals.
Warning: this episode contains references to animal cruelty
Producer: Soila Apparacio and Sydney Pead
Assistant producer: Iona Brunker
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:04.3 | I'm Neil Patterson. Welcome to the Sky News Daily, where once again we are talking about racism and politics. |
| 1:15.9 | Frank Hester has given the benefit of his huge success to the Conservatives to the tune of £10 million in donations and the odd helicopter ride for the Prime Minister. |
| 1:25.6 | Back in 2019, he also gave his employees the benefit of his views on the former Labour MP, |
| 1:31.9 | now sitting as an independent, Diane Abbott. |
| 1:34.9 | He suggested that her very presence made him feel like he wanted to hate all black women, |
| 1:41.3 | and, and I'm quoting here, that she should be shot. |
| 1:46.0 | Having fudged the issue for the best part of 24 hours, only going so far as to say |
| 1:50.5 | Hester's comments were offensive and wrong, it was the business secretary, Kimmy Badnock, |
| 1:55.6 | who first correctly identified them as racist, Downing Street later following suit. |
| 2:02.5 | Later, I'll be speaking to a close colleague and friend of Miss Abbott and herself, a black |
| 2:07.8 | parliamentarian, the Labour MP, Don Butler. But let's begin with our Deputy Political Editor |
| 2:13.6 | Sam Cotes. You and I are speaking mid-afternoon on Wednesday, not long, of course, |
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