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Mr Speaker, the alleged comments were wrong, they were racist.

And he has now, as I said, the comments were wrong, they were racist.

He has rightly apologised for them.

And that remorse, and that remorse should be accepted, Mr Speaker.

As I said, the gentleman apologised genuinely for his comments, and that remorse should be accepted.

As I said, the comments were wrong.

The gentleman in question has apologised for them, and that remorse should be accepted.

That remorse should be accepted over and over again.

He's apologised. He's shown contrition.

He wants to move on.

It's time we all moved on.

Let's forget about it.

And let's just keep that 10 million quid in the bank.

That was Rishi Sunak, of course, talking about Frank Hester, who has now apologised for the

comments he made by saying they were rude, not racist, not sexist, not threatening, or

dangerous, but rude. Is that going to be enough to help Rishi Sunak move on from

yet another race row and another row that asks big questions of his own leadership and his

relationship to his own colleagues? Welcome to the newsagents.

The Newsagents. It's John. It's Emily. It's Lewis. And I think we need to do this in two parts, which is the row over Frank Hester's comments,

the way the government has behaved, the slowness, the tardiness to accept that it was racism,

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