{"id":144233,"date":"2024-03-22T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/breaking-police-investigate-tory-donor-frank-hesters-alleged-racist-comments-about-diane-abbott\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:00:30","slug":"breaking-police-investigate-tory-donor-frank-hesters-alleged-racist-comments-about-diane-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/breaking-police-investigate-tory-donor-frank-hesters-alleged-racist-comments-about-diane-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Police investigate Tory donor Frank Hester&#8217;s alleged racist comments about Diane Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3N0DKJ-HGJs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"BREAKING: Police investigate Tory donor Frank Hester's alleged racist comments about Diane Abbott\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3N0DKJ-HGJs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating alleged racist comments made by one of the Conservative Party&#8217;s largest donors about former Labour MP Diane Abbott.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks are said to have been made by Frank Hester at a company meeting in Horsforth, near Leeds, in 2019, with the businessman allegedly saying Ms Abbott made him &quot;want to hate all black women&quot; and that she &quot;should be shot&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police previously said they were assessing the alleged comments after being contacted by the parliamentary liaison and investigation team, but the matter has now been passed onto West Yorkshire Police.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hester later said he was &quot;deeply sorry&quot; for his &quot;rude&quot; comments, but insisted they had &quot;nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/trib.al\/6fWe3Ui<\/p>\n<p>#Tories #Politics #racism #UK<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating alleged racist comments made by one of the Conservative Party&#8217;s largest donors about former Labour MP Diane Abbott. 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