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Election Extra: New Frank Hester allegations

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.5778 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Former employees of Tory donor Frank Hester have made a series of fresh allegations that Hester repeatedly made comments about race or religion in the workplace, including in recent years. Archie Bland reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is the Guardian. From the Guardians today in focus this is election extra with me Lucy Hoff evening, shocking new allegations against major Tory donor Frank Hester

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revealed in the Guardian. The battle over tax rages on and the campaigns go silent for D-Day commemorations.

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With me is Archie Bland, editor of the Election Edition newsletter.

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Archie, let's start with this new reporting from the Guardian from our colleagues

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Rowena Mason and Henry Dayer. What are these fresh allegations against Tori donor

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Frankesta? So the story about Frankesta started in March when he was revealed by the

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guardian to have made remarks about Diane Abbott that were pretty quickly condemned by all kinds of people

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including Rishi Sunak as racist. He said that she made

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you want to hate all black women and he said that he thought that she should be

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