Stephen Flynn, the SNP leader at Westminster, rejected Rishi Sunak's decision to forgive the Conservative's biggest donor, Frank Hester, after it emerged he had said that the then Labour MP Diane Abbott 'should be shot' and she made him 'want to hate all black women'. 'He wasn’t rude. He was racist. He was odious, and he was downright bloody dangerous,' Flynn said in parliament, suggesting the government should address extremism in the Conservative party and return Hester's donations. Downing Street has called Hester's remarks 'racist and wrong' after senior politicians from across the political spectrum piled pressure on the prime minister to intervene

Source: The Guardian March 13, 2024 14:59 UTC