Tory donor openly states Dianne Abbot should be shot..

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Frank Hestor reportedly said: “It’s like trying not to be racist but you see Diane Abbott on the TV, and you’re just like… you just want to hate all black women because she’s there.
“And I don’t hate all black women at all, but I think she should be shot.
“(The executive) and Diane Abbott need to be shot.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/frank-hester-tory-donor-diane-abbott-comments-black-women-labour-b1144631.html

Abominable, disgusting. Aibu to be incecsed by this?
Money allows all sorts of behaviours apparently, particularly if you give a lot of it to a political party.

Abhorrent ..no other word for it .. oh yea sorry Racist.

i did see, in the budget, money set aside for modernisation of NHS IT systems .. no doubt this racists company is in line to receive it.

Tories won’t condemn it, they need his money .. plus what he said will appeal to a certain amount of their voters - maybe they will not go with 30p Lee, if Sunak fails to condemn this.

Truly dreadful and inflammatory but of course it's 'not racist' according to various Tories.

The Tories nor their supporters will condemn, he apologised, thats good enough in their twisted world.

So much for hate and division tearing our society apart.....

Just imagine the outrage across all the media if a Labour donor had said this this about Kemi Badenoch?

Utterly vile.

Obviously Sunak will keep the £10million donation and keep chucking contracts his way. He’s all mouth and no trousers when it comes to actually tackling extremism/racism.

The hatred that some people project onto Diane Abbot is unfathomable. What appalling behaviour from this Tory donor.

The 'Nasty Party' indeed.

Racist, misogynist, violent.

He’s apologising but how did he think it was ok to spout this stuff in the first place?

And I wonder how Kemi Badenoch feels about it? (But won’t say)

Absolutely shocking. The abuse Diane Abbott receives is unbelievable. I feel so sorry for her.

Awful thing for anyone to say about another human being 😔 I’m not a fan of her, but completely uneccessary thing to say

The Tories should repay the 10 million and not give any more contracts to this guy's company. That's what should happen..........

Horrific language.

She has a majority that would make many Tories weep and they just can’t get their heads around an older Black woman being so successful.

How can that not be racist and actually placing Diane in danger?
Reprehensible is right

Yep. I just read this. And turns out he is the owner of TPP which is the System One we use in the NHS. I'm a black woman and I use that everyday at work so quite angry about his comments.
Really disgusting

That's shocking. It feels a step away from incitement tbh.

Completely agree, and it’s very dangerous to allow this donor’s comments to stand.

It’s like trying not to be racist and sexist but you read Frank Hester's comments in the media, and you’re just like… you just want to hate all white men because he’s there.

And I don’t hate all white men at all, but I think he should be shot. [Whoever defended his comments] and Frank Hester need to be shot.

(Obviously I don't actually think anyone should be shot!)

Absolutely vile

of course he is racist and full of hate and ties have to be cut from him but I don’t expect they will

Poor Diane Abbott the abuse she receives and it is from racism is utterly appalling

She should take him to court for threatening behaviour, inciting violence, racist slur and been a hateful dick head

@changingchaali Dear god. And after all the crap the tories put the nhs through with their ppe-supplying cronies...
It is worrying; we are regressing as a society and as a country.

Absolutely disgusting, one of the worst cases of abuse I have read about. Absolutely needs police investigation.

Absolutely. Frankly the misery men, particularly white men, inflict on the world, I know which way round this should be IF ANY (no, I don’t want anyone to be shot)

Breathtaking. Absolutely disgusting (and it’s a horribly overused word but in this case it’s justified) that anyone in a position of influence could think it acceptable to make remarks like that.

The violence of this makes me feel nauseous. How can anyone claim it's not racism? It's the very definition of racism.

Disgusting and I hope she gets the police involved.

Racist and dangerous: calling for someone to 'be shot' is beyond vile and could obviously put her life at risk.

There is also some bizarre gaslighting this morning by Tories trying to claim the comment had nothing to do with race or gender...they really do think we are stupid.

The only decent thing for Sunak to do would be to return the donation and severe all links with this man.

Of course the grubby little man won't do that.

If anything this exposed further what the Tories really are: racist, sexist, right wing nutters and rotten to the core.