The Guardian – Biggest Tory donor: looking at Diane Abbott makes you want to hate all black women

The Guardian says the Conservative Party’s biggest donor told colleagues that looking at former Labour MP Dianne Abbott made you want to “hate all black women” and said she “should be shot”.

The paper says Frank Hester, a businessman who runs healthcare technology firm Phoenix Partnership (TPP), made the remarks in 2019 and that they “raise questions about the workplace behaviour and professionalism of a man whose money will be helping to bankroll” the Tories’ election campaign. 

In a statement, the firm says Hester “accepts he was rude about Diane Abbott in a private meeting” but abhors racism and maintains that “his criticism had nothing to do with her gender nor colour of her skin”.

The front page features an image of Hester alongside former Tory PM David Cameron.