{"id":1688,"date":"2024-03-12T12:05:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T12:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/abbott-calls-tory-donors-comments-frightening\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T12:05:31","slug":"abbott-calls-tory-donors-comments-frightening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/abbott-calls-tory-donors-comments-frightening\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott calls Tory donor’s comments frightening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abbott calls Tory donor’s comments frightening<\/p>\n

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By Sam Francis<\/div>\n
Political reporter, BBC News<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Diane Abbott has said comments allegedly made by a top Tory donor that the MP made him “want to hate all black women” and that she needed “to be shot” were “frightening”.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Britain’s longest-serving black MP said the “fact that two MPs have been murdered in recent years makes talk like this all the more alarming”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the Guardian, Frank Hester made the comments at a meeting in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Hester has apologised for making “rude” comments about Ms Abbott.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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