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political route that blew up after the guardian paper had published claims that back in 2019, frank hesterlth care technology company in leeds that diane abbott, the labour mp made him want to hate all black women and should be shot. and he admitted he made rude comments about this abbott and apologised but said they had nothing to do with their gender nor the colour of her skin. but there was a lot of pressure on the conservatives at the time to give back the january donation in rishi sunak, of course, then prime minister, said the alleged remarks have been racist and wrong but made it clear that his party would not return that money and of course, we know there's been this further £5 million donation we also know and reported injune that there'd been a further donations to the tories that was excepted of under £50,000 but this was another very large donation. this was another very large donation-— this was another very large donation. , ., , ., ., , donation. the questions already beinu donation. the questions already being asked _ donation. the questions already being asked of _ donatio

ms abbott said frank hester�*s comments, which emerged in march, made herfeel in danger — and she had i was treated as a non—person, which felt very strange because at the same time they were writing to party members trying to raise money on the back of how hester had treated me. and victoria has more. 0ne one of the most well—known politicians in the country in her own words, diane abbott says her suspension as a labour mp last year was part of an attempt by keir starmer to clear out the labour left, she said. labour says there was no plan to force her out. join us for newsnight at 1030. was no plan to force her out. join us for newsnight at 1030. thanks for “oininu us. wildfires are sweeping across large parts of portugal. at least seven people, including three firefighters, have been killed. more than 50 wildfires are burning. they can be seen from space — this satellite image shows the extent of the fires and the amount of smoke moving over the atlantic ocean. meanwhile, it's water that's causing devastation on the other side of europe — with unusally heavy rainfall causing floods

and again, people were rightly furious about frank hester's donation to the conservative party, givent's just it's just it's very obvious double standards going on here. it would be nice to have some recognition of that. yeah >> yeah, yeah. well the tories keep taking frank hester's money even even after, you know what we know that he said, and he doesn't dispute that he he said it. he disputes the context but not the words. >> so you think that's bad? so what? >> well, i don't know about the money. i don't know about the money. i don't know about the money to leave them. waheed alli is a labour member of parliament. he's a member of the house of lords. he has been a committed to the labour party for 30 years. i mean, one of the ones you came up with when? because. i'm sorry. do you think he should apologise for lending his friend money to get a house for a dying sister that's going to be repaid from the sale of another house? obviously, we don't all have friends who can don't all have friends who can do that. i think that's a bit odd. >> yeah, i do think it's a bit odd. i think i thi

said the prime minister had great respect for diane abbott and that he and the party condemned frank hesterreached out to her at the time to offer support. mr hester later apologised but denied he was racist. diane abbott told the bbc�*s newsnight programme that she'd felt frightened. i think initially i was treated as a nonperson which felt very idid i did feel that if somebody was threatening to have you shot, you would have felt that your party would have felt that your party would have felt that your party would have offered you more support, giving you advice, on safety and security, even commiserated with you. at}! security, even commiserated with ou. ., ., , , ., security, even commiserated with ou. . ., , , ., ., you. of that happened. -- and none ofthat you. of that happened. -- and none of that happened. _ you can hear the full interview with diane abbott on newsnight tonight on bbc two and bbc iplayer. 40,000 residents of the city of nysa in south—western poland have been told to head for higher ground as a river threatens to burst its banks. several countries across central and

and then frank hester, the conservative donor, came along and said, some really awful things about herat her, you just want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. terrible things to say. and she's now complained to newsnight that keir starmer didn't sort of support her enough. and maybe that's true, i don't know. but there's a bit of me that's like they were on a break because like, you know, it's not that she doesn't have support around her. she talks about her friends and everything. what do you think should she have? >> my take is mixed. it's one she has said the letter was ill advised. i think they are sidelining her because that's not the direction the party wants to go. however, this guy is saying she should be shot. this is a colloquialism. we're all familiar with it. it's not literal. for diane abbott to then say, if someone was threatening to have you shot, you'd have thought your party would have offered you more support. he was in no way threatening to have her shot. that said, they could have said, are you okay or something? but he was not threatening to have

. >> and mine is frank hester and the tory party.inessman. remember when he was caught on a secret recording saying labour mp diane abbott made you want to hate all black women and that she, quote, should be shot. the police opened an investigation. operation brass announced in march that is ongoing. and yet the tories took this tainted money to prop up their failing election campaign. >> yeah, not a great look. not a great look. okay, so today's winner of the union jackass is . winner of the union jackass is. it's the royal navy. so in a news that will surprise nobody, my wife has won both of those things . things. >> you want pizza for your tea? all right. okay. >> bit of favouritism. never did anyone any harm. okay. all right, well, look, thank you very much for everybody who's been watching and listening. every viewer really matters. so go out there and tell your friends. thank you, thank you, thank you. i'll see you tomorrow at nine. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello. good eve