Sunak should have immediately returned Frank Hester’s £10m. The PM’s speech about hate suddenly seems a long time ago, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
This is the Tory party now: so devoid of values and leadership it can’t respond to blatantly racist remarksSunak should have immediately returned Frank Hester’s £10m. The PM’s speech about hate suddenly seems a long time ago. Looking at Diane Abbott makes you “want to hate all black women”, he told a meeting at his healthcare technology firm in 2019. “I think she should be shot … It would be much better if she died.
In which case, how come the government machine and the Conservative party were so exceptionally slow to respond – and in particular to respond decisively – to the Guardian’s exclusive? The story went live just after 3pm on Monday. But it took more than 24 hours – which is a very long time in the online political world – for Rishi Sunak to finallyFor it’s not as though Sunak, busy man though he undoubtedly is, does not know who Frank Hester OBE is.
There’s also no way that some other ministers and backbenchers would not have privately pressed Sunak for stronger action, including giving back Hester’s £10m, as soon as they caught wind of the story. On Wednesday the West Midlands mayor, Andy Street, and the Scottish Tories each went public with their unhappiness about Sunak’sIt was not always this way.
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