Tory donor racism row, plus the Princess and the pic

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News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Another shocker of a week for the Conservatives which saw their biggest donor caught up in a race row, and their former Deputy Chairman defect to Reform UK. Beth Rigby, Political Editor at Sky News, tells Nish and Coco that the Tories don’t want to give back the £10 million they received from Frank Hester last year, despite the racist language he’s alleged to have used about the MP Diane Abbott. Beth also reveals what happened at the surprisingly tetchy press conference held by Reform to unveil Lee Anderson as their party’s first ever MP in the Commons. Beth tells Nish and Coco why she’s obsessed with THAT Royal Mother’s Day picture, they discuss Princess Catherine’s questionable photoshop skills, conspiracy theories and what it all means for the Royal Family.

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0:00.0	Hi this is Podzae for UK. I'm Nish Kamar and I'm Coco Khan and Nish
0:14.8	riddle me this. When is a racist not a racist?
0:18.6	Is it by any chance when they've donated 10 million pounds to your political party
0:22.3	Coco? Oh you're good at this! I am good at this. when they've donated 10 million pounds to your political party,
0:22.5	Koko.
0:24.3	I am good at this.
0:25.4	On this week's show, Political Journalist of the year,
0:27.6	Sky News's Beth Rigby is here to run through
0:30.1	another worrisome week in Westminster.
0:32.4	Will the Tories have to refund donor Frank Hester
0:35.4	and will any other MPs follow Lee Anderson
0:37.7	into the welcoming arms of Reform UK?
0:42.3	Hello Coco. Hi Nick, how are you? Good how are you? I'm good I'm just looking at my
0:45.9	script and this is the area that says Nish and Coco chat. It's quite a lot of
0:50.2	pressure isn't it? Nish and Coco chat. Are you saying that you would like them to
0:54.2	script our chats? So we could be... Hi Coco, how are you? I am well. This week I have
1:01.7	mainly been having lunches.
1:05.0	And what have you been doing this week?
1:07.0	This week, well, I'm having a great day today because I've got use of my mouth back,
1:11.0	which has been a bit of an issue.
1:13.2	Definitely for a podcast.
1:14.6	I would say mouth is essential.
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