The veteran MP also claimed the Conservatives would 'play the race card ruthlessly' at the next election
The veteran MP also claimed the Conservatives would 'play the race card ruthlessly' at the next electionMarch 14, 2024 4:23 amDiane Abbott has taken aim at both the Conservatives and Labour on their track records of tackling racism, amid a row over whether the Tories should hand back £10m to a major donor.
Rishi Sunak has described the comments as racist, but said Mr Hester’s “remorse should be accepted” and resisted calls to return the businessman’s £10m. She also said Rishi Sunak “clings to the Rwanda scheme” because it “proves to a certain sort of voter how tough he is prepared to be on asylum seekers”, while complaints about the policing of pro-Palestinian protests were due to an “underlying Islamophobic narrative” as the police “cannot arrest people… if no actual crime has been committed”.
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