cat neilan, diane abbott, when it came _ speak. cat neilan, diane abbott, when it came to _ speak.bott, when it came to the _ speak. cat neilan, diane abbott, when it came to the alleged - when it came to the alleged comments, said they were frightening, she said she already felt vulnerable. there has been heightened concern when it comes to the safety of members of parliament. absolutely and on that it is worth reflecting on what the comments were. frank hester is alleged to have said in a business meeting, and he hasn't denied he said these comments, that diane abbott, who is the uk's longest serving black female mp, makes you want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. these comments were supposed to have taken place, have been made, in 2019, that's three years after the murder of a labour mpjo cox, and a couple of years before the murder of a conservative mp david amess. so i think there are a lot of mps on both sides of the house who are very, very conscious about the rising security threat and i think that's one of the reasons why conservatives are not terribly

i spoke to cat neilan, she's the political editor at tortoise media who broke the story of further donationst the lag in the money being sent and when parties have to report it. this is one of the many problems that we have in our system. it appears to be born out of historical reasons rather than anything else. we do have, for what is supposed to be a very transparent system, quite a complicated one in which there are various different registers updated at various different points. the electoral commission's register is only updated every quarter and i think this story has sort of renewed questions about whether that's really appropriate in this day and age when websites can be updated at the drop of a hat. that was the conservative party response so far when it came to frank hester�*s donations, that they have reported everything that needed to be reported in the public sphere. you have looked into this closely, could you tell us how big a donor frank hester is, how important he is to the tory party's treasure chest, essentially? sure, i would say first of all, for many people, even politi

i spoke to cat neilan, she's the political editor at tortoise media who broke the story of further donations