Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
that Hester said in 2019 that said Abbott made him “want to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”.A spokesman for TPP, the tech firm Hester runs, said he “accepts that he was rude about Diane Abbott in a private meeting several years ago but his criticism had nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin”.
“I welcome his apology. Abbott and I disagree on a lot. But the idea of linking criticism of her, to being a black woman is appalling. It’s never acceptable to conflate someone’s views with the colour of their skin.“MPs have a difficult job balancing multiple interests -often under threats of intimidation as we saw recently in parliament.
The comments were at odds with fellow ministers Graham Stuart and Mel Stride, both of whom sought to play down the row earlier today.In his first public comments on the row, Hester said “racism ... is a poison that has no place in public life”.
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