Kemi Badenoch criticises continuation of Tory donor racism row for ‘well over a week’

Speaking to Nick Ferrari, the business secretary commented on the ongoing conversation regarding Frank Hester’s alleged remarks about Diane Abbott.

“We need to get to a place where we stop chasing people around and looking everywhere for the racism… We’ve been talking about this for well over a week now,” Ms Badenoch said.

Mr Hester, who gave the Conservative party £10m in 2023, allegedly made derogatory comments about Ms Abbott during a 2019 company meeting, suggesting she “should be shot”.